KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas man who set up a nude photo shoot with a 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Kristopher Hausback (30), of Spring Hill, entered the plea Tuesday. He’ll be sentenced in December. Prosecutors say the girl went to a Johnson County hotel in August 2011 to be photographed by Hausback and texted the hotel name and room number to her brother. Leawood police went to the hotel after Hausback reported his camera had been stolen. In fact, prosecutors said, the girl’s stepfather showed up at the…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will stop in Topeka this month as part of a national bus tour. Duncan will visit the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site on Sept. 18. He’ll be joined by members of the Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka city officials and students from the area. Topeka’s former Monroe School was designated in 1992 as a national historic site honoring the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision that declared segregated schools unconstitutional. Duncan will discuss recent education successes in Kansas and nationwide. His tour will also take him to Emporia and…
WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a south-central Kansas man is facing fresh charges after running from a courthouse where he’d just been sentenced to prison and speeding south into Oklahoma. The Arkansas City Traveler reports Chang Lee Saulsberry (30), of Winfield, was arrested Tuesday after driving into a ditch in Oklahoma’s Kay County. The car burst into flames, but Saulsberry was unhurt. Saulsberry had just received a 20-month sentence in Cowley County District Court for possessing a chemical used to make methamphetamine. Cowley County Attorney Chris Smith says that Saulsberry bolted outside, then led officers on a 25-mile, high-speed chase from…
A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday. There were no immediate accounts of injuries, but communications were down in many areas.
Kathryn Focke of Manhattan is currently at the Democratic National Convention, and she recently took some time out from the convention to speak about her time there. Delegate Focke explains her day starts with breakfast with the delgation, where there is usually a speaker, followed by credentials being issued before being transported to the convention itself. Focke says she attended the womans caucus, which was well attended with several thousand women present. There were several notable speakers there including the president of Emily’s list, “which is a national fundraising organization for women canidates” explains Focke. Other speakers included Donna Brazile who is…
Justin Hall on the K-State campus has received some needed additions as far as classrooms go. The 52 year old building previously had structures inside classrooms that made it difficult for student-teacher interaction. The new addition includes 16, 000 square feet structure and houses two new classrooms. Virginia Moxley, Dean of the College of Human Ecology, says the two new classrooms put in are electronic-friendly. “Each (classroom) has outlets where students can plug-in their computers,” Moxley says. “We also have Airport so students can have wireless access throughout the classroom.” A special dedication will be held on Friday at 2pm…
Two unknown male suspects successfully broke into a hospital, but left after failing to enter a specific clinic. Early Wednesday morning, two men broke into Mercy Regional Health Center on Sunset. The men shattered the store front glass window and attempted to enter the Pain Clinic. After failing to enter the clinic, the suspects fled the building. The first suspect is said to be a 6’0″ black male in his mid 20s. He was wearing dark coveralls and stocking cap. The second suspect is said to be a 5’8″ white male in his mid 20s. He was said to have been…
The Wamego City Commission received a nice surprise. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page introduced Flint Hills Regional Council Executive Director Ty Warner, who presented a check for over $7,000 , as a partial reimbursement of Wamego’s contribution to the Highway 24 Corridor Study. Warner said the distribution was based on what was paid in, and was attributed to a percentage of Ft. Riley’s growth. He said a total of $200,000 was coming back to the region. According to Warner, Wamego was one of the original 6 charter members of the Regional Council, and there are now 21 members.…
K-State moves up one spot in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ polls this week. The Cats are now #21 in the media poll and # 20 in the coaches. K-State is fresh off a 51-9 victory over Missouri State last Saturday, and will host Miami of Florida this week at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Hurricanes opened the season last week by winning at Boston College 41-32. Oklahoma is still the highest ranked Big 12 team in the AP poll, but they slid down a spot to #5. The league now has a pair of top ten…
– Manhattan High girls golf won their first tournament of the season by claiming the nine-hole Salina Central Invitational at Salina Municipal by 24 shots. The Tribe shot a 159, while Salina Central was second with a 183, while Russell came in third with a 186. MHS senior Blake Fingalsen won medalist honors with a one over par 36, Kylie McCarthy was third with a 38, and Kelsey McCarthy finished 4th with a 41. – Wamego Volleyball swept Clay Center in a pair of matches, 25-12 and 25-16 in the first, and 25-22 and 25-22 in the second. – Blue…