TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) About 75 percent of incumbent Kansas legislators have filed for re-election, despite uncertainty about boundaries for their districts. All 40 state Senate seats are up for grabs in November, and the secretary of state’s office reports online that 27 senators have filed to run again. The latest was Dwayne Umbarger, a Thayer Republican. Ninety-eight of the 125 House members have also filed for re-election. The latest include veteran Republicans Forrest Knox of Altoona and Bill Otto of LeRoy, and longtime Democrat Bill Feuerborn of Garnett. The filing deadline is noon on June 11. But candidates don’t yet…
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WESTMORELAND, Kan. – The Pottawatomie County Commission green-lighted Elbo Creek Estates for expansion on Monday. The commission unanimously approved a rezone of the property that belongs to David Nelson, which creates 21 lots in the area just southeast of the intersection of Junietta Road and Green Valley Road. “Property was classified as R1, which allows single-family detached housing,” Planning Advisor John Keller said. “The proposal was for R2, which allows single-family attached housing or duplex (housing).” The Pottawatomie County Planning Commission met on May 17 to finalize all of the loose ends before appealing to the county commission for a…
Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, made a stop on his 11 city tour in Manhattan Tuesday to talk about the new Voter Identification Law. Kobach gave a short presentation at the Manhattan Public Library about which forms of identification can be used when going to vote at the polls, how identification will be verified with absentee and oversea ballots, and the new citizenship verification process that will begin in 2013. Kobach also showed the different voter education media plans and took questions from the general public. Kobach said that the main reason for the tour was to educate the…
The first round of jury selection for the Luis Aguirre capital murder trial took place on Tuesday morning at the Riley County Courthouse in Manhattan. Aguirre is charged with the murders of 18-year-old Tanya Maldanado and her 15 -month-old son Juan in September of 2009. 18 potential jurors faced questions from prosecutors and defense attorneys to ascertain their positions on issues such as the death penalty, and availability for the trial dates. During the extensive questions and answer session Assistant county attorney Barry Disney told the potential jurors that the vetting process is a lot like applying for a job that you don’t want. The selection…
Two men serving time on Geary county convictions are up for public comment sessions and possible parole this next month. Nathaniel Ellibee, 40, was convicted in Geary county in connection with a 1991 case involving second degree murder and two counts of aggravated robbery. Ellibee was passed over for parole four years ago. He currently is being held at the Wichita Work Release center. Charles Hargrove, 40, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Geary county in a 1992 case, and also a 1990 drug-related case. He is currently at the Hutchinson facility. Public comment sessions in July are the 16th…
– WACO, Texas (AP) Reliever Dillon Newman allowed only an infield hit in five shutout innings and Jake Miller drove in three runs as Baylor beat Dallas Baptist 8-2 Monday to win the Waco Regional and clinch a super regional host spot. Baylor (48-15) will host Arkansas (42-19), winner of the Houston Regional, beginning later this week at Baylor Ballpark. It marks the Bears’ first super regional appearance since 2005, when they beat Clemson in Waco and advanced to the College World Series. Dallas Baptist ends its season at 41-19. DBU took a 1-0 lead on Joel Hutter’s RBI…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Keilani Ricketts struck out 12 in a five-hitter and Oklahoma beat Alabama 4-1 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series finals. Jessica Shults drove in two runs, and tied the game at 1 with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. The Sooners (54-8) went ahead to stay later in the inning on Brianna Turang’s run-scoring grounder. Shults tacked on an RBI single in the sixth before Katie Norris’ squeeze brought in Ricketts. Game 2 of the best-of-three series is Tuesday night. The fourth-seeded Sooners had 11 hits, the second-most allowed by…
A trio of Manhattan wrestlers have qualified for national tournaments this summer. Tribe senior-to-be Davis Matthews placed 4th in 6A at 145 pounds this past season. He will wrestle in the Asics National Tournament next month in North Dakota in freestyle wrestling, and will be an alternate for the greco roman meet. Fellow MHS state qualifier Kian Clemons will wrestle both freestyle and greco roman in North Dakota. Plus, Mason Wallace became the first Indian 8th grader-to-be in five years to make the schoolboy national team. He’ll wrestle at 110 pounds in both freestyle and greco roman at nationals this…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham each hit two-run homers, Trevor Plouffe also went deep and the Minnesota Twins held off the Kansas City Royals 10-7 on Monday night. Cole De Vries (1-1) lasted five shaky innings to pick up his first major league victory in his third career start. He got plenty of help from Jamey Carroll, who reached base four times with two RBIs, and Ben Revere, who also drove in a pair of runs. The game was tied 4-all in the fifth when Morneau belted his homer off Will Smith (1-2), also…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have drafted San Francisco right-hander Kyle Zimmer with the fifth overall pick, adding an advanced arm to an organization starved for pitching. The Royals picked Zimmer over Stanford’s Mark Appel, who many believe was the best pitcher available. Zimmer is a converted third baseman whose fastball reaches into the upper 90s. Like most small-market clubs, Kansas City is forced to build largely through the draft, and is just now enjoying a wave of position players from their farm system. But the Royals have been largely unable to land a front-line starting…