While a preliminary hearing had been scheduled Wednesday morning in a first degree murder case in Riley County District Court, only a brief hearing was held. The hearing dealt with the attorney who will be representing Daniel Parker, who is charged with the first degree murder of Fredrick Beverly, 21. The incident occured on New Year’s Day and Riley County Police refer to it as a “drive by” style shooting. In a previous hearing, the first degree felony of murder charge was expanded. The allegation that it could have been first degree premeditated murder was also filed, meaning the level of murder…
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Isaac began a slow, drenching move inland from the Gulf of Mexico, stranding some people in homes and cars as the storm spun into a newly fortified New Orleans exactly seven years after Katrina.
Computer troubles at United Airlines leave passengers unable to use ticket agents or the carrier’s Web site for hours. The problem is fixed, but since merging with Continental, the airline has experienced a range of technical problems.
Isaac began a slow, drenching move inland from the Gulf of Mexico, stranding some people in homes and cars as the storm spun into a newly fortified New Orleans exactly seven years after Katrina.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling Republicans that he and Mitt Romney will put the government on the side of people who create jobs through tax fairness and regulatory reform.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two candidates in a Republican primary for a Kansas House seat from Topeka say they won’t pursue any court challenges now that an unusual special election has settled the contest. Shawnee County officials on Wednesday certified the results from Tuesday’s special election, which was limited to a single Topeka polling place where some voters got the wrong ballots in the Aug. 7 primary. The only race still in doubt from the mix-up was for the Republican nomination in the 52nd House District. The final results show Topeka physician Shanti Gandhi defeating retired Navy and State Department officer…
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A south-central Kansas woman has pleaded guilty in the death of a toddler who drank rust remover in her home. Two-year-old Davin Manly became fatally ill last October at the Arkansas City home of baby sitter Jennifer Bowman. Authorities said the rust remover was in a plastic beverage bottle. KSNW-TV reports Bowman pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter. She had been scheduled for arraignment but entered the plea instead. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 11, a little more than one year since the toddler died.
ULYSSES, Kan. (AP) An auction to determine the new owners of a western Kansas ranch that contains the historically significant Monument Rocks chalk formations is ending. The owners of the ranch announced in July that the land, along with 12,000 acres of mineral rights, was for sale. Mark Faulkner of Ulysses, whose is overseeing the telephone auction, says Tuesday was the last day to submit bids. He says the high bidder is likely to be determined Thursday or Friday. The Hays Daily News reports that as of Monday, Faulkner had received only one bid for $4 million, or $310 an…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Families of four of the six people who died in an explosion at a grain elevator in northeast Kansas have filed wrongful-death lawsuits against some the elevator’s employees. The families contend employees of Kansas City, Mo.-based Bartlett Grain Co., including current president Bob Knief, disregarded the safety and health of the workers. An explosion in October 2011 in Atchison, Kan., killed four Bartlett employees and two grain inspectors. The lawsuits were filed Monday by families of the Bartlett employees. Investigators determined the explosion was an accident, but federal safety officials accused Bartlett of willfully ignoring workplace…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A Kansas company will pay $5,000 in fines for not properly maintaining an apartment swimming pool where a 6-year-old boy drowned. Noah Davis drowned June 29 in a pool at Four Winds apartments in Overland Park. Police say his family could not see him at the bottom of the pool because the water was too murky. On Tuesday, the management company that operates the pool pleaded guilty to 10 violations, including failure to maintain the water clarity. PASSCO Four Winds was fined a total of $5,000. The Kansas City Star reports that Noah, who wanted to…