LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) The former manager of an eastern Kansas mobile home park has been sentenced to life in prison for molesting four children from November 2009 to May of this year in his trailer. Lawrence McDonagh II, 61, of Tonganoxie, was sentenced Thursday in Leavenworth County District Court on multiple counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. McDonagh pleaded no contest in August. He was arrested in May after deputies served a search warrant at the Paradise Mobile Home Park and seized several items from his home. Prosecutor Todd Thompson says McDonagh initially was charged with eavesdropping for…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Board of Regents says a 13 percent rise in fall enrollment at the six technical colleges helped drive a slight increase in students attending the state’s public institutions of higher education. The board released preliminary figures Thursday showing fall enrollment at the 32 universities, community colleges and technical colleges up by 458 from last September, to roughly 188,700. Combined enrollment at the seven Regents universities was down by 152 students from the fall of 2011. The University of Kansas reported slightly less than 28,000 students at its campuses. Kansas State University was the second-largest with…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to remove President Barack Obama from the state’s Nov. 6 ballot. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Deputy Secretary of State Ryan Kriegshauser argues in the request that taking Obama off the ballot would violate some voters’ the rights. Kriegshauser notes that Kansas began mailing ballots with Obama’s name to military personnel overseas last week. The lawsuit was filed last week in Shawnee County District Court by California attorney and dentist Orly Taitz. She has promoted the discredited notion in several states…
On Friday, the Junction City/Geary County Drug Operations Group, assisted by the Junction City/Geary County SWAT, executed a search warrant in the 100 block of W. 17th in Junction City. The search warrant was obtained after a 5 month long investigation by the Drug Operations Group and the Riley County Police Department Special Investigative Unit into suspected drug activity at the residence. Lionel Clinton Dixon, 27, of Junction City, Kenneth Sanders, 25, of Junction City and Breanna Jeffries, 23, of Junction City were all charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school, felony possession of…
Kaitlynn Pelger became the 16th player at K-State to reach the 1,000 kill plateau with 13 kills on Thursday night in a sweep over West Virginia. The Cats quickly dispatched the newest Big 12 member, defeating the Mountaineers 25-8, 25-19, 25-17 at Ahearn Fieldhouse. K-State hit .368 as a team, which is a big nod to the play of senior setter Caitlyn Donahue, who had 38 assists. She added a team-high 11 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. Tristan McCarty led a great K-State (14-1, 1-1 Big 12) effort from the service line with three aces. Alex Muff…
SEATTLE (AP) Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott confirms the conference is in preliminary talks with the Big 12 Conference about creating a seventh bowl game that would match a representative from one of the two conferences against the best team from a group of five conferences, including the Big East. Scott spoke at halftime of Washington’s game against #8 Stanford on Thursday night. He said the talks that with the Big 12 are in the infant stages and started after all the conference commissioners met last week in Chicago. A person with direct knowledge of the plan for the four-team…
– The Manhattan High boys soccer team earned their seventh win of the season by shutting out Emporia 1-0. The Tribe’s lone goal came in the 35th minute from Evan Williams and he was assisted by Jacob Stutheit. Kai Reever put up a shutout in goal for MHS, and had three saves. The Indians are 7-2-1 overall and 3-0-1 in the Centennial League, and will have a showdown with 7-1 Hayden on Tuesday. – The Manhattan High girls golf team placed third at the Hutch Invitataional at Carey Park. The Indians shot 352 as a team, nine shots behind first place Garden…
DETROIT (AP) Doug Fister set an AL record by striking out nine straight batters and the Detroit Tigers kept their lead in the Central, beating the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday on Alex Avila’s grounder in the ninth inning. The Tigers began the day with a one-game edge over the Chicago White Sox, who later hosted Tampa Bay. Fister came within one strikeout of matching Tom Seaver’s major league record of 10 in a row. But the Tigers blew a 4-0 lead after seven innings, and Joaquin Benoit (5-3) allowed a solo homer by Billy Butler to tie it…
KMAN news has confirmed the unlawful operation of a pirate radio station in Manhattan in recent days. Ron Ramage, District Director of the Federal Communications Office in Kansas City confirmed to KMAN the FCC was in Manhattan Thursday investigating a reported pirate radio station, with a complaint coming from local citizens. The station was operating on the frequency 88.3 FM. Manhattan Broadcasting has ascertained through sources, the pirate radio station was rebroadcasting from an online radio station known as the Republic Broadcasting Network. The program is described as anti-government, with mention of alleged national and global conspiracies. The location of the broadcast was reportedly…
A woman receives minor injuries after a strong armed robbery Thursday night. Victoria Johnson, 38, a Manhattan resident, was walking down the 1000 block of Laramie at about 7:45 Thursday night when a male came running up beside her, grabbed her purse, pushed her to the ground and ran off. The suspect stole Johnson’s purse, wallet and miscellaneous contents including cash and keys. The total loss was $210. The suspect is described as a male of unknown race wearing a dark blue hoodie, dark pants and white shoes. — Earlier this week, an attempted burglary was reported. Charles Gillum, 58, a Manhattan…