PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) The parents of a Seneca High School student are suing the school district over hazing at a football camp. Paul and Kristi Smith say in the lawsuit that their son, who is now 16, suffered severe cuts, bruising and scarring during the hazing at a 2010 Pittsburg State University football camp. At least eight freshman football players reportedly were hazed by upperclassmen during the camp. Prosecutors say the most serious incidents involved students being hit with plastic curtain rods. The Joplin Globe reports the lawsuit claims coaches did not properly supervise the team. Seneca schools Superintendent Steve…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 30-year-old Mexican national who was deported after a fatal DUI accident in 2005 was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for returning to the U.S. Adan Cruz-Santos was sentenced Tuesday for illegally re-entering the country as a convicted felon. Cruz-Santos was deported in February 2010 after serving a prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter and DUI in the death of 25-year-old Jodie Hatzenbihler. The Olathe nurse died after being hit by a car as she crossed a Lawrence street. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Cruz-Santos pleaded no contest to his third DUI conviction after a September…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police say a 63-year-old man apparently drowned in his backyard swimming pool. Police Lt. John Moore says when officers were called to a Hutchinson home Tuesday evening they found Gerald Alfieri, who had been removed from an above-ground pool. Efforts to revive Alfieri were unsuccessful. Moore says an autopsy will be conducted.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita police dog helped end a three-hour standoff that began when a man threatened to blow up a Shell gas station. Police say the man entered the station about 10 p.m. Tuesday and told the employee he had explosives in his backpack. The employee was able to push the station’s silent alarm before he was released about a half-hour later. Wichita Police Capt. Jeff Easter said the suspect told police he had C-4 and was going to blow everybody up. About 15 homes around the station were evacuated. KFDI reports after the man stopped responding, a…
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) A brigade of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division is preparing to leave Fort Riley for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will hold a ceremonial casing of its colors Thursday at Cavalry Parade Field on the northeast Kansas post. The flag will be unfurled again when the unit arrives in Afghanistan. It’s the brigade’s third deployment since 2006 and the first to Afghanistan. The soldiers will work with Afghan government and security forces to help stabilize the country.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The government’s lawsuit against an abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter to a Wichita doctor appears headed for trial. The Justice Department has sued Valley Center resident Angel Dillard under a law aimed at protecting access to abortion services. Court records show a closed mediation session that took place Tuesday before a federal magistrate failed to produce a settlement. A trial was scheduled for early next year. Federal authorities say Dillard warned Dr. Mila Means last year to check under her car every day because someone might place an explosive there. At the time, Means…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee is preparing to step into a contentious dispute among state senators over political redistricting in hopes of breaking their stalemate. The House Redistricting Committee was scheduled to meet Wednesday to review proposals for redrawing the 40 state Senate districts. Lawmakers must redraw the district boundaries of elective offices to account for changes in population over the past decade. A decades-old Kansas tradition dictates that one chamber doesn’t get involved in adjusting the other chamber’s districts. But a bitter split in the Senate between conservative and moderate Republicans has held up approval of a…
For its 75th Anniversary for the Kansas State Highway Patrol decided to give 14 vehicles a makeover. Master Trooper Rich Hageman says the new special edition cars are in the style of the original paint job of the 1937 grey and blue edition, with the cherry beacon light on top. He says they went away from that paint style quite awhile ago. It was 1993 when the change was made to a solid color. Only 14 Troopers were picked to have the vehicles, with Master Troper Hageman the closest to the Manhattan area. The next closest location with one of…
A St. George man has been arrested in connection with a fire earlier this month at the Green Chicken Tavern. Troy Priest, 25, was taken into custody on an aggravated arson charge in connection with the case. Law enforcement officials indicate he turned himself in. As earlier reported, an apartment located above the Green chicken was set on fire on the night of April ninth. The apartment was occupied at the time, but there were no reported injuries. There was some damage to the building, however.The victims are known to Priest, according to Pottawatomie County attorney Sherri Schuck. Bond has…
The name of a person still at large in connection with Sunday’s aggravated robbery at Wendy’s Restaurant on Anderson has been released. Steven Lawrence, 20, is being sought by authorities for his role in connection with the case. Steven Lawrence is described as a black male, 5’7″, weighing 150 pounds.He is the the brother of one of the men already arrested in connection with the case. As announced Tuesday, Richard McKinsey Lawrence II, 23, and Gilbert Blizzard, 28, both of Manhattan, were taken into custody in connection with the case. Richard Lawrence remains in the Riley county jail on aggravated…