Animals were seen, wine was had and support of Sunset Zoo continued. On Saturday, June 2, Sunset Zoo had their sixth annual Wine in the Wild event. This year had a little something special to add as it gave guests a chance for a sneak peek into the new Nature Exploration Center. Wine in the Wild began as a way to raise money to building the center and has continued to grow in size and support. This year’s event looked to bring in about 450 to 500 people, said Mark Ellner, vice president of Friends of Sunset Zoo and co-chair…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Riley County Police Department was searching for a runaway who was last seen Saturday, May 26. As of Friday, June 1, the search is over. Telisa Adel Molina, a 15-year-old who is supposed to be in SRS custody from Dodge City, was located in Manhattan at about 4:30 pm.
Four Big 12 baseball teams entered opening night of NCAA Regional action last night. The Oklahoma Sooners hoped to get in their first round match-up with the Appalachian State Mountaineers in the Charlottesville Regional, but were not able to play due inclement weather conditions. Instead, they will start play tonight at 6:00pm. The winner will face the winner of Virginia and Army who play at 1:00 this afternoon. One of the three other Big 12 teams in the tournament finds themselves surprisingly one loss away from the end of their season. The Waco Regional host Baylor Bears met up with the Oral Roberts Golden…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Felipe Paulino kept the scuffling Athletics at bay for six innings Friday night, and the Kansas City Royals’ bullpen handled the rest in a 2-0 victory that gave Oakland its season-worst ninth straight loss. Yuniesky Betancourt came off the disabled list to provide an RBI double in the first, and Mike Moustakas added an RBI blooper to left later in the inning, helping Kansas City win for only the sixth time in 23 games at Kauffman Stadium this season. Paulino (3-1) has emerged as the ace of the Royals’ haphazard starting rotation, holding the opposition off…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation clearing the way for conversion of a former boys’ home in north-central Kansas into a minimum-security prison. The Salina Journal reports the bill signed Friday allows the state Corrections Department to buy the former St. Francis Boys’ Home in Ellsworth. The purchase is expected to cost around $350,000. Plans call for using the building to house 95 minimum-security inmates. That would free up space for medium-security inmates at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility. Concerns about prison space in Kansas became especially acute in April after four state inmates broke out of the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 26-year-old Wichita man has been convicted on a child pornography charge involving a 14-year-old girl from New York. The U.S. Attorney’s office says a jury found Shane McClelland guilty Friday of one count of enticing a teenage girl to send him sexually explicit photos of herself. The federal jury acquitted him of a second count involving another teenage girl. Police searched McClelland’s home in August 2010. Evidence at the trial included computer files showing McClelland communicated with the 14-year-old online and persuaded her to send him nude photos of herself. McClelland could face 25 years to…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Douglas County authorities are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in a wooded area, but foul play isn’t suspected. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the body was discovered Thursday in a rural area south of the Wakarusa River east of Lawrence. Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Lewis said the preliminary investigation indicates it was an unattended death and that no foul play is suspected. He said the victim’s identity hasn’t been released.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Shawnee Count prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man in two separate vehicular assault cases, including the recent death of a Topeka teenager. Dustin Leftwich is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Brenna Morgart, who was struck and killed May 25 as she jogged along a Shawnee County road. Leftwich also faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and misdemeanor reporting false information in Morgart’s death. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that prosecutors on Thursday also charged Leftwich with aggravated assault. They allege he hit a 14-year-old girl a year ago with a vehicle. She…
LYONS, Kan. (AP) The widow of state Rep. Bob Bethell will finish his term in the Legislature but does not plan to seek a full term. Lorene Bethell was selected Thursday night by Republican precinct committee members to replace her husband until his term ends next January. Bob Bethell died in a car accident May 20 while returning to his home in Alden at the end of the legislative session. The Hutchinson News reports Lorene Bethell will sit at her husband’s desk Friday for the formal adjournment of the Kansas House session. Her husband had represented the 113th District, covering…
PARSONS, Kan. (AP) A southeast Kansas man has been given two concurrent life sentences for causing a double-fatality crash while he fled from police. The Joplin Globe reports 25-year-old Kaston Hudgins of Galena was sentenced Thursday for the 2009 deaths of 41-year-old Teresa Kemp and her 13-year-old daughter, Taylor, both of Pittsburg. Prosecutors say Hudgins was drinking when he fled from a Cherokee County sheriff’s deputy and hit Kemp’s vehicle south of Pittsburg. Teresa Kemp was a teacher in Riverton, where Taylor Kemp was a student. Hudgins was convicted in March of two counts of first-degree murder and one count…