WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old man accused of killing two people at a Wichita Dollar General store could face the death penalty, after being charged with capital murder. Marquis Marshall was charged Wednesday in the killing of 22-year-old Zachary Hunt, a store employee, and 79-year-old Henry Harvey, who was at the store to buy candy for his grandchildren. Police say both men were shot several times last Friday. Police have not discussed a possible motive for the shootings. Marshall’s bond was increased to $5 million from $1 million. The Wichita Eagle reports an attorney from the Death Penalty Defense Unit…
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More honors were bestowed on Kansas State Quarterback Collin Klein and Linebacker Arthur Brown Thursday night when the two Wildcat Football players were named Walter Camp All-Americans. The announcement was made at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Orlando, Florida by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Brown and Klein were named to the second team and became the ninth and 10th K-State players in history to earn Walter Camp honors. The two players were major contributors to Kansas State’s 2012 Big 12 Championship season, just the third conference title in the 117-year history of the Football program. Klein…
MERRIAM, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City couple has given a $1 million gift to the foundation for the Shawnee Mission Medical Center. The medical center announced the gift from Benny and Edith Lee on Wednesday. Benny Lee is chairman and chief executive officer of DuraComm Corp., which manufactures and distributes power supplies, lighting, solar power and other energy conservation products. The Kansas City Star reports the atrium of the hospital’s $44 million birth center will be named after the Lees. The birth center is scheduled to open in late February next year. The center will have a capacity to care…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A man and woman are under arrest after ramming three police cars and driving through backyards in Kansas City, Kan. Police say in a news release that no officers were injured in the chase Wednesday evening. Officers were en route to a reported automobile accident when they learned a woman who was injured in the wreck got into a car and left the scene. Police saw the car and but the driver refused to stop. Police say during the chase, the car lost at least one tire, left the road and drove through residential backyards before…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Wichita Art Museum has put together an exhibition depicting the dignity and plight of workers over 150 years. “Occupy Art: Protest and Empathy for the Worker” reflects the empathy artists have for the common man. Occupy Wall Street protests were launched in September 2011 setting off an Occupy movement. Artists have long pictured the common man in their works. Visitors to the Wichita Art Museum will soon have the chance to examine works of arts spanning 150 selected from the museum’s permanent collection. The museum says unsafe working conditions and the impact of wars on the…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Sportswriter Frank Deford has been selected to receive the 2013 William Allen White Foundation National Citation in February at the University of Kansas. The Lawrence Journal-World reports he will receive the award at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8 in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Deford also is an author and commentator who has written for Sports Illustrated since 1962. He provides commentary on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” each Wednesday and is senior correspondent on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.” William Allen White Foundation trustees choose a winner of the award annually in honor of the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo is preparing to discuss the economic consequences of failing to reach a deal on the federal budget and taxes to avoid the fiscal cliff. The conservative Wichita Republican is planning a Thursday telephone conference call with reporters about negotiations between Congress and President Barack Obama. Taxes will automatically rise and spending cuts will be imposed without a deal by the end of the year. Many officials and economists worry the economy will suffer. Pompeo’s comments also will come after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner removed fellow Kansan and conservative GOP congressman Tim Huelskamp…
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) A 1st Infantry Division brigade will be conducting a live-fire training exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Africa. Soldiers with the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team will be conducting a mock assault exercise Thursday on the training grounds at Fort Riley. The soldiers will be using newly issued models of Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Abrams tanks during the exercise. The training will combine the use of ground forces and maneuver equipment from the 4,000-soldier brigade. The 2013 mission to Africa is the first of any Army unit as part of regionally aligned forces. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Incoming Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick says he’s hoping to finish committee assignments early next week. Merrick told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he’s still working to fill some committee chairmanships in the 125-member chamber. The Stilwell Republican was named as the next speaker earlier this week by fellow Republican legislators and legislators-elect. His selection must be formally ratified by the entire House when the Legislature convenes its next annual session in January, but that’s considered a formality. It’s typical for some key committee chairmanships to change hands with a new speaker. Merrick is following Speaker…
ROELAND PARK, Kan. (AP) The suburban Kansas City mayor says her police department is in danger of being disbanded after a Walmart store closes in 2014 and leaves a roughly $700,000 sales tax gap. Roeland Park, Kan., Mayor Adrienne Foster says she could consider eliminating the department to save money, but the City Council’s public safety committee chairman says that’s not an option. KSHB reports the police department has 20 full-time and part-time employees serving the community of about 6,500, with an annual budget of about $1.4 million. As council members work on budget-cutting proposals, getting rid of the police…