TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials are considering parole for a 51-year-old man convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy and dismembering the body. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Kansas Prisoner Review Board is considering parole for John William, who becomes eligible in July. He was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in Douglas County of first-degree murder of Richard Settlemyre, 9, whose torso was found in the Kansas River in July 1988. The boy’s head, hands, feet and other parts of his body had been cut off. The board plans to meet in June with William, who’s in maximum…
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On today’s InFocus, Cathy gets the medical low down with Greg Unruh with Community Health Care in Onaga and Robbin Cole, executive director of Pawnee Mental Health. [mp3-jplayer]
President Barack Obama on Thursday was consoling mourners of the first responders who died last week in a fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and devastated a small Texas town.
It’s a day that brought the current president and the four living former presidents together for the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library in Texas.
New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square.
The Junction City Police Department wants to warn their local citizens of a recent rash of residential burglaries. The department released a press release around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, stating that reports have been taken from a few locations so far-including the 200 block of West Home Street and the 400 block of West 18th Street. Police have received reports of a possible suspect in the area. The suspect is said to be a black male, 5’8″-5’10”, around 200 pounds, with short black hair and wearing dark colored clothing. It is believed the suspect knocks on doors, waits for a response,…
When plat and rezoning requests are made in Riley County, the requests are taken through an extensive process to ensure that the projected site will follow specific regulations. Once the sites are approved by the County Planning and Development Department, the requests then go before the Riley County Commission. Considering the fact that the zoning board has already approved the site and recommended it to the commission, the requests are often approved in a short time. During Thursday’s commission meeting, this was not the case. John Curtis filed a request to plat and rezone his area of land on Tuttle…
By K-State Student Anthony Smith: Five years ago Sharon Larson had to come to the realization that she could have the beginning stages of Osteoporosis. Not unlike the 4.5 million women over the age of 50 in the United States who are living with the disease today. It also affects 800,000 millionthousand men over the age of 50 in the United States. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced. This causes bones to become weak and can break very easily in a fall, or in more serious cases, from everyday activities. Sharon was…
KMAN news has just confirmed the victim in a fatal one vehicle accident on HIghway 24 just west of the Seth child intersection last month tested positive for driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. Greg Harkrader tells KMAN Michael Ippert, 28, who died in the March 13th wreck, tested positive and Harkrader indicates that was a direct correlation to the accident. Authorities were on the scene for several hours following the accident in which Ippert drifted off the edge of the roadway while driving his ’95 Chevrolet Tahoe. Ippert then overcorrected and lost control,…
[mp3-jplayer] Chris Harper joined the guys on “The Game” to talk about waiting to hear his name in the NFL draft.