Charges have officially been filed against a Salina man involved in a three county chase the end of last week–and those charges are somewhat different than what was originally listed. 55 year old Robert Smith faces charges of attempted second degree homicide, possession of methamphetamine, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery and various other assault, fleeing and eluding, and crimiinal damage charges. Smith’s first appearance in Pottawatomie county Court is set for 2:30 today (Tuesday). The chase involving a semi-Smith was driving began around midnight, Friday morning near Topeka, but ended up in Pottawatomie County. The truck had law enforcement officers…
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Riley County Police have arrested Garrett Goetz, 24, of Manhattan following an incident at the intersection of Kimball and Browning Avenues Saturday evening which saw him get into a confrontation with Officer Julia Goggins. Goetz allegedly shot Goggins with a Crossman pellet gun after she tried to remove Goetz from the intersection as he attempted to direct traffic following the K-State/Missouri football game. RCPD Captain Kurt Molrup says Goetz went into his residence near the intersection, where he proceeded to shoot the pellet gun at Goggins after pumping the gun several times. Goggins was shot in the left temple and…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) TCU accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 on Monday night, seizing an opportunity to be a part of a conference with natural geographic rivals despite the league’s recent instability. The board of trustees unanimously approved the move and Chancellor Victor Boschini Jr. made the expected announcement in front a packed room of more than 200 people. Athletic director Chris Del Conte fought back tears as he recalled receiving the phone call from the Horned Frogs’ new conference last week. “This is living proof that dreams do come true,” he said. TCU has a…
A Missouri move to the SEC could generate as much as $12 million more in annual TV revenue, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. Missouri curators voted unanimously last week to give Chancellor Brady Deaton authority to explore options to leave the Big 12. The curators reviewed the 45-page document that outlines the pros and cons of leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. The report outlines how much money Missouri could expect from its network and cable television contracts. It suggests Missouri could get $17.16 million in Big 12 TV money in 2012, compared to…
The 109th edition of the Sunflower Showdown, presented by Dillons, will air to a national audience as Fox Sports Net and the Big 12 Conference announced its football television selections for October 22. The game between the Wildcats and Jayhawks will kick at 11 a.m. from Memorial Stadium in Lawrence and mark the seventh straight week that a Wildcat football game will be televised this season.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Former K-State assistant Mike Stoops has been fired halfway through his eighth season as head coach at Arizona. Athletic director Greg Byrne announced Stoops’ dismissal at a news conference Monday evening, two days after the Wildcats lost their fifth straight game, 37-27 at previously winless Oregon State. Dating to last season, Arizona has lost 10 of 11 games, the lone victory this season’s opener over Northern Arizona, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school. Stoops had a 41-50 record with the Wildcats. He was an assistant at K-State for seven seasons (from 1992-98), and was co-defensive coordinator on his brother Bob’s staff…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three Kansas organizations will share nearly $275,000 to support production of locally grown fruits and vegetables, The funds come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant program, with the awards being made by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. The largest share about $172,000 goes to the Kansas Rural Center for a project that will provide technical help to local producers and buyers. Organizations throughout Kansas will be involved. Salina Downtown Inc. is receiving nearly $71,000 to help growers develop value-added specialty products and expand existing markets into year-round sales. The Wamego campus of Highland…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas is contesting a move by Dodge City Family Planning Clinic to join a challenge by Planned Parenthood to a new state law that stripped federal family planning money from both groups. The state argued in a filing Monday that the two entities have different interests. Kansas contends that the lawsuit by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri seeks to protect its interest to provide abortion, advocate for abortion and associate with abortion providers on First Amendment grounds. But the Dodge City clinic contends the law violates the Supremacy Claus of the Constitution because it imposes additional…
WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) Investigators looking into the two-year-old disappearance of a south-central Kansas man are hoping for a break with the discovery of human remains in Oklahoma. Seventy-seven-year-old Winfield resident Richard May vanished in December 2009 after leaving the home of a friend in Pawhuska, Okla., for the 55-mile drive home. Ranch hands found May’s minivan three months later in Oklahoma’s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, near Pawhuska. KAKE-TV reports that two ranchers recently found human remains while driving across the preserve. Authorities are trying to identify the bones, which a preliminary exam determined are those of an older man. One theory…
LYNDON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas judge is set to decide formal sentencing for a Columbia, Mo., city official convicted in the fatal shootings of four family members in 2009. A jury has already recommended that 48-year-old James Kraig Kahler be sentenced to death. District Judge Phillip Fromme can instead sentence him to life in prison without parole. The victims were 44-year-old Karen Kahler, her grandmother 89-year-old grandmother Dorothy Wight, and the Kahlers’ two daughters, 18-year-old Emily and 16-year-old Emily. A psychiatrist testified during Kraig Kahler’s trial that he was upset with his daughters for siding with their mother and believed…