OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A 37-year-old methamphetamine dealer from Topeka has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a mother of five who he thought was a police informant. The Kansas City Star reports Jason Munjak will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years of the sentence he received Wednesday in Johnson County District Court. He was also sentenced to 37 months for distributing methamphetamine. Munjak pleaded guilty in April to shooting and killing 37-year-old Toby Marie Rock on Jan. 19 at a motel in Merriam. Rock, who had lived in Kansas and western Missouri, had gone to the…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The fate of political boundaries in Kansas is now in the hands of three federal judges who will digest two days of testimony and draw new maps. Attorneys for elected officials, business leaders and residents completed closing arguments Wednesday in the trial over redistricting. The judges gave no hint how they would draw the boundaries, but did suggest they would be holding themselves to a higher standard for population deviation among the districts. Evidence presented at the trial showed that courts have traditionally deviated from optimum district sizes by plus or minus 2 percent of the…
YATES CENTER, Kan. (AP) Woodson County authorities say a man in his late 60s died in an accident during wheat harvest. Undersheriff Glen Smith says the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in rural Yates Center. KCLY reports the farmer was cutting wheat with his son, who was unloading a combine. When he finished, the son began to drive away and the father was caught under the rear wheel of the combine. The farmer’s name has not been released.
PLAINVILLE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is helping Rooks County authorities investigate the death of a Plainville man. Little information is being released about the death of 54-year-old Robert Foster II, who died sometime around May 21. The Salina Journal reports that KBI deputy director Kyle Smith declined to release any information on the case because it is under investigation.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County authorities are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose body was found in their home. Lt. Jay Simecka says in a news release that deputies went to the home after being asked to check on the welfare of a person at the home. Police say no one else was in the residence. Simecka said the names of the deceased won’t be released until relatives are notified.
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) From serving with the Navy off the coast of Vietnam in 1969 to counseling soldiers as an Amy chaplain in Iraq, Col. Edwin Ahl has seen a lot in his military career. Now he’s retiring from active duty as garrison chaplain at Fort Riley and planning a new way of life in North Carolina maybe teaching, playing some golf and going to church on Sundays. He’ll be honored Thursday at the northeast Kansas post. Ahl left the Navy in 1972 and earned a bachelor’s degree in geography, then joined the National Guard. During a night of…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Testimony and closing arguments are expected during the second of two days of hearings in a federal trial over the Kansas redistricting process winds down in federal court. A three-judge panel in U.S. District Court will hear the final witnesses in a case that was prompted by the Legislature’s failure to redraw the state’s four U.S. House districts, 125 state House, 40 Senate and 10 State Board of Education seats. The judges are asked to resolve the dispute and produce maps in time for the August primary election. Attorneys crowded the courtroom Monday to present nearly…
Arrests Kristen Rochelle Cherry, 28, 1300 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Apartment 9, fortwo counts of failure to appear. Bond set at $936.02. Brandon James Crubel, 25, 4377 Fawn Cir., for failure to appear. Bond set at $1,500. Stephanie Dawn Davis, 42, Overland Park, Kan., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $500. Erik Rolland Hagadorn, 22, Junction City, Kan., for probation violation. Bond set at $1,000. Jesus Parra-Moreno, 19, Ogden, Kan., for unlawful use of an ID card and no driver’s license. Bond set at $500. Michael Joe Pratt, 42, 2261 Priboth Rd., Lot 216, for driving with a…
The 24th Annual Master Garden Tour will be on June 10th, rain or shine, in Manhattan. The tour will feature five private gardens that people can view. People can speak with the owner of the garden and Master Gardeners at each of the private garden stops. There will be two public gardens that are open to view. They are the two Kansas State Gardens. Greg Eyestone, Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent, said that for people who aren’t familiar with the Manhattan area that the K-State gardens are a great starting point for the tour. Eyestone also said that there will…
CLEVELAND (AP) Mike Moustakas had a career-best four RBIs to help rookie Will Smith get his first major league win, leading the Kansas City Royals to an 8-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Moustakas hit a two-run homer off Justin Masterson (2-4) in the first and singled in two runs in the second. That was more than enough support for Smith (1-1), who allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. The left-hander rebounded nicely after being thumped by the New York Yankees in his major league debut last week. Humberto Quintero added two RBIs…