FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Three former TCU football players who were among more than a dozen students arrested during a drug sting have been sentenced to probation on marijuana delivery charges. Melody McDonald, a spokeswoman for Tarrant County prosecutors, says 21-year-old D.J. Yendrey pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to three years of probation. Yendrey, who is listed as David Yendry in court records, was fined $300 on each charge. Tanner Brock and Tyler Horn, both 21, pleaded guilty to the same charges last month. Brock received four years’ probation and was fined $1,200. Horn was sentenced…
Author: KMAN Staff
The lack of rain has landed the Little Apple with dry conditions this summer. Considering the sky cannot provide the water needed for grass, plants, flowers, crops, etc, it is logical that everyone must use their own water and sprinkler systems. Manhattan Public Works Director, Dale Houdeshell assures citizens they will not be running out of water, especially since the recent increase of the supply. He says four new wells were brought on line this year, increasing the water capacity from 20 million to 30 million gallons per day. And allthough Houdeshell says our supply of water will hold out,…
Possible options for the quarter-cent city sales tax that potentially will be on the November ballot was the main topic at last night’s Manhattan City Commission work session. One item that commanded debate was how to split the proceeds the tax brings in. The Commission provided direction to City Staff, and the sales tax matter will be discussed further before the August 31st deadline to submit it for the November ballot. The Commission also discussed plans for a Metropolitan Planning Organization, and what sort of boundaries it should have.
The Kansas Honor Flight is a newly added hub to the Honor Flight program and on Tuesday, July 31, it will be holding its very first flight. According to Mike VanCampen, president of the Kansas Honor Flight, after going through about 45 applications, 28 veterans were selected, and with their guardians will be making the trip to Washington, D.C. Four local veterans, John Roberts, Rix Shanline, Norbert “Doc” Stigge and Charles Niernberger, will be escorted through Manhattan by the Patriot Guard Riders next week and as part of the support system for these veterans, the community is welcome to line the street at the Fairfield Inn and…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) One of four inmates who escaped from a north-central Kansas jail in April has pleaded guilty to carjacking. The U.S. Attorney’s office says it will recommend an 18-year sentence for 22-year-old Eric Jerome James following his plea Tuesday in federal court in Wichita. The sentence would follow the 12 years that James still has to serve for robbery and other state charges. James and three other men escaped April 18 from the Ottawa County jail, where they had been transferred from an overcrowded state prison. James was the last to be captured when he was arrested two…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Douglas County judge says Lawrence’s ordinance that prohibits obstructing people on sidewalks is constitutional. The ruling reverses a decision last February by a municipal court judge, who said the ordinance was unconstitutional because it was too vague. The city had appealed that ruling, which acquitted 54-year-old Randy Gilmore of three counts of obstructing people from passing on a downtown sidewalk. The Lawrence Journal-World reported Monday that District Judge Paula Martin ruled last week that the ordinance was not too vague. The city asked the judge to rule only on the constitutionality of the law, not to…
ULYSSES, Kan. (AP) One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas is up for auction. Monument Rocks, also known as the Chalk Pyramids, is part of a private phone auction being conducted for the Pyramid Ranch in Gove County. The formations are part of ancient chalk beds that were carved into unusual shapes when the central U.S. was covered by water. The Hutchinson News reports the acreage up for auction also is the site of prehistoric fossil finds, a stagecoach route and a post-Civil War fort. And the sale includes more than 12,000 acres of mineral rights. It’s currently a working…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Shawnee County jury will begin its fourth day of deliberations in the trial of one of nine people charged in a Topeka homicide. Jurors left court Monday afternoon without reaching a decision in the trial of 27-year-old Anceo Stovall. Deliberations were scheduled to resume Tuesday morning. He’s charged with premeditated first-degree murder and 10 other counts in the shooting death of 40-year-old Natalie Gibson and the wounding of Gibson’s partner in in July 2011. Prosecutors say the women were shot during an attempted robbery. The jury ended deliberations early Monday afternoon. WIBW reports one of the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Extreme heat conditions are continuing across Kansas as drought conditions continue to worsen with little relief in sight. The National Weather Service is issuing excessive heat advisories and heat warnings throughout the state with temperatures forecast Tuesday to be above the 100-degree mark. The July 17 U.S. Drought Monitor had 64 percent of Kansas experiencing extreme drought. Gov. Sam Brownback is resuming his tour of drought-stricken areas of northwest Kansas to see the damage wrought by the drought and heat. Brownback visited central and southeastern Kansas last week. The governor is seeking expansion of a federal disaster…
K-State football took the podium at Monday’s Big 12 media days, and among the news that was made is that Tyler Lockett will be ready for the season. The sophomore wide receiver/kick returner suffered a lacerated kidney against Oklahoma State last season, and missed the final four games. Wildcat fans became considered the injury might be more serious than thought because Lockett missed the annual Purple/White spring game in April. But, K-State coach Bill Snyder told the media in Dallas that Lockett recovered from the kidney injury after last season, and participated in the first 14 practices of the spring. …