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…
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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…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Officials at Lawrence Memorial Hospital are anticipating a federal investigation and possible fine after an online security breach potentially compromised 8,000 patients’ financial information. The Lawrence Journal World reported that the hospital mailed letters to patients this week. The problem occurred in September when a company that hosts the hospital’s online bill paying service was doing a system upgrade. The company apparently left a portal open that contained payment records from 28 patients. That information was accessed by Google, which then cached the page and kept the information public. Hospital officials also believe that portal provided a…
The Manhattan – Ogden school board had a lot of issues to tackle during their regular business meeting, but they were given a surprise. Doug Jaeger, CEO of Adolfson and Peterson Construction, presented a check to the board and told them that A & P was going to renovate the concession stand since there wasn’t funds allocated to that project. Even with this news, the board had a lot to discuss. The board started the night with a work session concerning the Manhattan High School East project. The board was shown the diagrams that were spelled out in the green…
Kansas State University’s public safety team cleaned up after a small explosion of waste bottles in an agronomy laboratory early this morning. No one was in the laboratory at the time, and no one was injured. Steve Galitzer, the university’s director for public safety, said a custodian in Throckmorton Hall heard noise in a laboratory around 6 a.m. The university’s public safety team was called in and found that a waste bottle overpressurized, causing other bottles nearby to rupture. Galitzer said the team has cleaned up the lab and turned it back over to the researcher. The team is not…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Tyler Palko knows full well that the most popular guy in town is the backup quarterback. He’s the one every fan wants to see at the first sign of trouble, whose name floats across the airwaves whenever the starter is struggling. Well, Palko has a chance to earn some of that popularity now. The Kansas City Chiefs’ backup has been thrust into the spotlight with Matt Cassel sidelined with a likely season-ending injury to his throwing hand. A journeyman once cut by a UFL team will make the first start of his career Monday night…
A Craigslist listing led to the arrest of a Manhattan man on the charges of felony possession of stolen property Monday evening. Paul Pierce, 20, was searching Craigslist when he stumbled upon a listing for his own Honda CR-125 motorcycle that had been reported stolen on the 20th of August. Pierce made arrangements to buy the motorcycle, and then called Riley County police to go with him on the arranged pick up. RCPD arrested Jason Oder of Manhattan on felony possession, and theft of property. Oder is being held with a $2,000 bond.
Wamego has amended its 2011 budget. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page recommended the governing body amend the 2011 budget in three different areas. He asked for an increase of $100,000 in the General Fund to reflect the budget authority to address the Burn Site issue, and the asphalt project undertaken that was outside the scope of the existing road budget. An increase of $300,000 in the Electric budget in response to the cost of wholesale power rate increases. Page said this increase gives the City budget authority transfer flexibility. In addition, Page said the Convention and Visitors…