LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Law enforcement officers are looking for a man who escaped from the minimum security unit at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth. Prison officials say 49-year-old Joel Rodriguez was missing from his assigned quarters Sunday afternoon. The prison’s statement gave no information on how he might have escaped. Rodriguez was sentenced this year to 98 months in prison for selling drugs. He began serving his sentence on March 28. He is considered non-violent.
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (AP) A young Kansas girl drowned while on a family vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s water division says the body of 6-year old Grace Shaw was found floating in the lake Sunday morning. She was from Stillwell, Kan. The patrol says the child wandered away from the family before she drowned. Her body was found near a dock at the lake’s Chimney Point Cove.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) More than 5 inches of rain fell over the weekend, bringing the parched Quivira National Wildlife Refuge back to life. Barry Jones, a specialist at the refuge in Stafford County, says the basins there held no water until the rains began on Thursday and fell through Sunday. Jones says more than 8,000 ducks swooped into the refuge while the rains filled nearly every basin. Rattlesnake Creek, which feeds the wetlands, was flowing again after not flowing for months. The Wichita Eagle reports the rain provides hope that the birds will arrive for their annual fall migration, which…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says the state is withholding part of the payment to the company responsible for the new motor vehicle registration system while problems are being resolved. Glitches have forced residents throughout Kansas to wait in long lines to renew their tags since the $40 million system went online in May. Jordan told the Topeka Capital-Journal on Monday the final 10 percent of a $25 million contract with 3M Co. is being withheld. There’s no timetable for making the payment. However, the Department of Revenue is delaying the next phase of its computer modernization…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas woman who drove the getaway car following a January holdup in Wichita has been sentenced to 29 months in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Brittany Holt (23), of Topeka, was sentenced Monday for aiding and abetting armed robbery. In her guilty plea, Holt admitted driving David Johnson to a Subway sandwich shop in Wichita where Johnson showed a replica of a handgun and demanded money. Holt then led officers from several agencies on a half-hour chase at speeds up to 100 mph. She and Johnson were stopped in Butler County. Johnson was sentenced…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas Law School is receiving an $800,000 donation aimed partly at helping Kansas residents attend the school. Officials announced the gift from David and Debbi Elkouri on Monday. The Elkouris live in Wichita and Houston. Of the total, $500,000 will establish the Elkouri Family Scholarship Fund through KU Endowment. The other $300,000 will support scholarships for Kansas law students. One law student from Kansas will receive a $16,000 scholarship each year. David Elkouri says the university is losing qualified Kansas applicants to other law schools, many of them out of state. David Elkouri earned…
Riley County Director of Administrative Services, Clancy Holeman, went before Riley County Commissioners on Thursday to propose a new “Post Issuance Compliance” ordinance. Commissioners took the time to look over the documents and unanimously approved the ordinance. Anne Smith, aTa Bus Director, also made a presentation during the meeting. Smith shared the recent boom in business since students have returned to Kansas State University. Smith said, “On the first four days (of school), we transported a total of 3,642 rides, which is 910.5 rides per day”. There are currently 15 buses and one mini van transporting people to various stops…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and the Riley County Police Department with the assistance of the Topeka Police Department took into custody Lucas Scott Fenwick, 22, from Topeka. Fenwick was taken into custody Friday (August 24) in Topeka. Fenwick was arrested on a Pottawatomie County warrant charging him with 2 counts or burglary, 2 counts of theft, 2 counts of criminal damage to property and 1 count of Forgery. Fenwick was transported to the Pottawatomie County Jail where he is being held on $50,000 bond. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’ and the Riley County Police Department were assisted by several agencies…
An ongoing investigation continues. At 11:06 am on August 24th, it was reported that $7,400 was taken from the Fridge located at 1130 Westport Drive. The investigation is looking into this as an internal theft. —— In the western part of Manhattan, a domestic incident was reported. At 1:43 pm on August 25th, a 21-year-old female reported that her boyfriend damaged her vehicle. Jamar Fudge (27), of the 2700 block of Kirkwood, was arrested for criminal damage to property with a bond of $500. The total damage done was estimated at $1,000. —- The investigation continues into a child abuse case…
A Manhattan man was arrested by Riley County Police after attempting to flee and elude authorities. According to police reports Ryan Calmes was arrested by RCPD early Sunday morning. Calmesis under arrest for possession of Marijuana, distribution of drugs, driving under the influence, and fleeing and eluding law enforcent officers. Calmes is being held by Riley county police without bond.