A status hearing for Daniel Parker was held in Riley County court Wednesday morning. Parker is charged with the murder of 21-year-old Frederick Beverly on New Years day in what Riley county police called a “Drive by” style shooting. Defense attorrney Larry McRell informed the court the Parker’s psychiatric evaluation from Larned State Hospital is expected to be finished on July 6th. A new court date will be set after the evaluation, and subsequent filings are concluded.
Author: KMAN Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Billy Butler drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Tuesday night, and the Royals got a superb start from Luis Mendoza to spoil Zack Greinke’s return to Kansas City with a 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Alex Gordon homered to lead off the bottom of the first, and then doubled leading off the eighth, heading to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Getz. That set the table for Butler, who sent a pitch from Francisco Rodriguez (0-4) into center field to score the go-ahead run. Mendoza didn’t allow a hit…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Linebacker Brian Banks is getting a tryout with the Kansas City Chiefs before joining the Seattle Seahawks for their upcoming minicamp. The 26-year-old Banks was a one-time high school star at Long Beach Poly who was recently exonerated in a California rape case in which he was falsely accused. Banks served more than five years in prison before his conviction was overturned. Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said Tuesday that Banks was in town for a tryout, which was scheduled to take place following the first practice of their mandatory minicamp. Banks has been most closely…
The Kansas Cavalry’s 40th Annual Encampment Celebration and Awards presentation awarded two state small businesses with high honors last night. Governor Sam Brownback was present to hand out the state Exporter of the Year award which was given to Pitsco, Inc. in Pittsburg, and the Governor’s Award of Excellence was awarded to Nex-Tech, Inc. in Lenora. Brownback says though many Kansans are worried with the current state of economics, the motivation to succeed is still there in state businesses. “It’s hard economic times, but it’s just competitive times,” Brownback says. “We just have to be able to get out there and compete.”…
Looking ahead to 2013’s budget was the focus of Tuesday night’s Manhattan City Commission work session. At the center of the discussion were sales tax revenues, propety valuations, and water rates, among other items. Commissioners discussed many issues with city staff, even branching into the discussion topic for June 26th’s budget work session, which will be outside agency requests for funding. Commissioners were pleased with the presentation by Director of Finance Bernie Hayen, and provided many comments and questions to staff.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas State Board of Education member says he hopes that scientists and educators drafting new science standards will seriously consider the concerns of people who have questions about evolution. Republican Ken Willard, of Hutchinson, says people who have doubts about the theory shouldn’t be treated as “crackpots.” Willard spoke Tuesday after the board got an update about work by Kansas, 25 other states and the National Research Council on new science standards designed as voluntary guidelines for all states. A draft released last month describes evolution as a well-established, core scientific concept. Kansas has its own…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 77-year-old former mail carrier who did not deliver thousands of pieces of mail was fined $1,000 but was spared from prison. A court filing Tuesday shows Dixie Bontrager, of Whiting, also will not serve any probation on the mail theft conviction. Her route included Holton and Circleville in northeast Kansas. Agents searching abandoned vehicles on her property in 2010 found 496 first-class items and 2,786 standard mail items dating back to 2002 that she didn’t deliver on her 115-mile route. They also found 151 periodicals, 121 telephone books and two parcels. Her attorney, Richard Lake, wrote…
HARDTNER, Kan. (AP) Authorities in a small, south-central Kansas town are investigating the shooting death of a 31-year-old man as a homicide. The Hutchinson News reports reports a woman was also shot and wounded at the home in the town of Hardtner. Barber County Attorney Richard Raleigh says the woman’s injuries were not life-threatening. The dead man was identified as Tony Rosenbaum. Authorities said the woman called 911 from the nearby home of relatives around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Sheriff’s officers and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers quickly arrived at the house where the shootings occurred but didn’t enter until about 8…