COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel offered a public apology Thursday after his overnight arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Boone County Sheriff’s Office records show that deputies pulled Pinkel over in Columbia, Mo., and jailed him Wednesday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He was released from the Boone County Jail after posting a $500 bond. A county prosecutor said that no decision had been made about filing formal criminal charges. In a written statement, Pinkel said he “accept(s) full responsibility for my actions and will abide by whatever course of action our leadership deems appropriate.”…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Topeka branch of the NAACP is planning a Statehouse news conference Thursday to reaffirm its support for a foundation that tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case. The National Park Service has given the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research until Dec. 1 to leave the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. The foundation is led by Cheryl Brown Henderson, a daughter of the named plaintiff in the landmark case. She led the National Park site briefly last year before returning to the foundation job. A…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) This year’s convention of the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts will focus on adapting to a changing climate. Speeches and breakout sessions at the gathering Sunday through Tuesday in Wichita will look at ways in which farmers, ranchers and conservationists can manage the risk of drought. Southwestern Kansas was ranked by the U.S. Drought Monitor this year as being in an “exceptional” drought, its highest ranking. The Association of Conservation Districts notes that two-thirds of the state’s 105 counties currently face a significant drought. Speakers at the convention will include Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman and Tonya…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State officials, sports celebrities and Fort Riley soldiers are scheduled to take part in the inaugural Kansas Governor’s Ringneck Classic pheasant hunt. The three-day event starts Friday in Oakley with the hunt taking place in the surrounding area. Gov. Sam Brownback, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Robin Jennison will lead the hunt along with other elected officials. Organizers say the event is designed to highlight hunting opportunities in northwestern Kansas to hunters around the Midwest. The expected group of 50 hunters include Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett, golfer Tom…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeastern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for buying child pornography from a supplier in Italy. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 57-year-old Daniel Aldridge, of Overland Park, was also fined $12,500 under the sentence he received Tuesday. Aldridge pleaded guilty earlier to one count of receiving child pornography. The investigation began in 2007 when Interpol agents investigated a suspected child porn ring in more than 30 countries. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says investigators found Aldridge’s name among 50,000 emails between the Italian supplier and his customers. Prosecutors say…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Ten members of the Occupy Lawrence movement pleaded not guilty to violating city park hours. The protesters made their first court appearance Tuesday. They rejected a plea offer of a $200 fine, $60 in court costs, a six-month-suspended jail sentence and a year of unsupervised probation. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the protesters’ next court appearance was scheduled for Dec. 12. The 10 people were ticketed last month for violating city park hours after protest members began camping in South Park. The group was told on Oct. 25 that it could no longer stay overnight in the…
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (AP) A King James Bible from a collection at Baker University is featured on the cover of December’s National Geographic. The university said in a news release Wednesday that the Bible is from the university’s William A. Quayle Bible Collection. The magazine’s cover story commemorates the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible. Baker said in a news release that the university’s Quayle Bible Collection includes several examples of the King James Bible, including two copies of the first edition from 1611. The collection began with a 1925 gift from the estate of Bishop…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita woman was found not guilty by reason of mental disease in the stabbing death of a friend. A Sedgwick County District Court jury on Wednesday found Catie Collins not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Boston Sicard last year. The jury found Collins guilty of misdemeanor battery. Collins’ attorney argued during the trial that Collins believed she was acting in self-defense when she stabbed Sicard on Sept. 11, 2010 during an argument. The Wichita Eagle reports that testimony during the trial indicated Collins suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and was…
LANSING, Kan. (AP) Two men who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility turned themselves in to police. Prison officials say 28-year-old Matthew Glen Allender and 22-year-old Chad Duane Amack surrendered to police Wednesday night in Kansas City, Kan. They had escaped from the prison’s minimum security unit on Tuesday. Amack is serving a 23-month sentence for theft and aggravated burglary in Shawnee County. Allender is serving a 23-month sentence for a theft case from Shawnee County.
HAYS, Kan. (AP) A Kansas woman who received national attention when she graduated from Fort Hays State University at the age of 95 is still taking classes. But Nola Ochs is taking time this week to celebrate her 100th birthday. The weeklong celebration began Tuesday, when she was a special guest at a Fort Hays basketball game. Ochs, of Jetmore, earned a bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays in 2007. At the time, she was the world’s oldest graduate. She earned a master’s degree in 2010, and is still taking classes this semester. The Hays Daily News reports that her actual…