TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A state board in Kansas has denied parole to a man who’s spent three decades in prison after being convicted of killing a state Highway Patrol trooper. The Kansas Prisoner Review Board rejected a request from George Rainey, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal. The board won’t consider paroling Rainey again until July 2017. Rainey, 53, an inmate at the state prison in Hutchinson, is serving a life sentence for the shooting of Trooper Ferdinand “Bud” Pribbenow in July 1981 in Butler County. Pribbenow stopped a car speeding on the Kansas Turnpike north of El Dorado and was…
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Youth will be served as the Kansas State High School Athletic Association named Rock Creek and K-State alum Jeremy Holaday as its new Assistant Executive Director for Communications/Sports Information. Holaday will also serve administrative duties for KSHSAA in baseball and softball for the coming year. After graduating from Rock Creek in 2007, he added a bachelor’s degree from K-State four years later in public relations with a minor in leadership studies. Holaday is currently working on his master’s in student development from the school of education. He spent three years in the K-State sports information department and two years in…
The new National Academies of Science’s report concerning NBAF has been published on Friday. Kansas Senator Jerry Moran dropped by the KMAN studios to give his reaction. Senator Moran says he is pleased the Academy has verified the need for a state of the art biological research facility, and sees the need to keep the facility within the United states. Senator Moran believes the report will bolster his efforts to bring about the NBAF project, and should be helpful in the next stages as the Department of Homeland Security goes forward with the construction of the facility. [mp3-jplayer]
In a Friday morning hearing a Fort Riley soldier charged with the homicide of a Manhattan man on New years was deemed competent to stand trial. 29-year-old Daniel Parker was evaluated at Larned State Hospital, and the results were presented to Riley count district court in a hearing on Friday. Defense attorney Larry McCrell disputed the content of the report met standards set forward in the law, but Judge David Stutzman upheld that the findings in the report sufficed to label Parker as competent to stand trial. Parker is accused of killing 22-year-old Frederick Beverly in a drive-by-shooting near the…
At 12:00 pm, the Meeting Critical Laboratory Needs for Animal Agriculture: Examination of Three Options report was released concerning the future of NBAF and the options that the committee on Analysis of the Requirements and Alternatives for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory Capabilities looked into. Though repeatedly stated, the committee did not make any recommendation as to which direction should be taken, their job was just to study and look at the alternative options. During the teleconference with committee members, they discussed the three different options. The three options as stipulated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were: constructing NBAF as…
On Friday morning in Riley County court a motions hearing was held on the issue of certain interviews involved in the Cole Drake case. Drake is charged with the killing of Manhattan High school Student Tyler Dowling in April of 2011. Defense attorney Larry McRell argued that some interviews conducted by Riley County Police should not be allowed in the upcoming trial. Those interviews were conducted before the case was turned from juvenile to adult proceedings, and McCrell felt the court should hear his arguments on the admissibility of those interviews. Judge David L. Stutzman informed McCrell that the evidence…
A 60 year old man is looking to have his probation revoked. John Snyder, of the 3200 block of State Street, was held on a 5 thousand dollars bond after being arrested for probation violation. The original charges for Snyder consisted of drug charges. — A 26 year old man was not only charged with one failure to appear, but two. Edward Williams, of the 1200 block of Ratone, was held on bond for 5 thousand dollars on the first account of failure to appear and 1 thousand dollars on the second. — At about 5:10 pm yesterday, 23 year old…
A group of former K-State football players will unite this weekend to raise money for the No Stone Unturned Foundation. The Wildcat Legends for Charity Weekend includes a dinner & auction on Friday night and a golf tournament on Saturday morning. Proceeds will benefit local children and families affected by CFC Syndrome and other genetic and neurological differences. Former K-State offensive guard and current Youngstown State head coach Eric Wolford and his wife Melinda are organizers of the event. “We keep all the money here in the Manhattan area,” Wolford said. “We have some meetings coming up looking at some…
For the first time since K-State’s narrow defeat at the hands of Butler in the Elite Eight in 2010, former K-State standouts Jacob Pullen and Dominique Sutton were on the same court. The duo weren’t teammates, but on opposing squads in the NBA Summer League in Orlando on Thursday. Pullen returned to the floor for the Philadelphia 76ers after sitting out Wednesday due to injury. He struggled in 16 minutes, making just one of eight shots and one of two free throws for three points. Pullen added four assists and three rebounds. He played this past season in the Italian…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Federal agents and other law enforcement groups seized more than $540,000 in counterfeit Major League Baseball merchandise over two weeks leading up to this year’s All-Star Game in Kansas City. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Thursday that the joint operation targeted Internet sellers, street vendors and stores selling fake, game-related sportswear. The 14-day effort resulted in the seizure of 13,023 items including apparel, fake tickets and memorabilia. Nearly 20 percent were from other sports leagues, including the NFL and NHL. Authorities said they closed a Lenexa warehouse believed to be responsible for distributing…