TOPEKA, Kan. — A Topeka man convicted of fleeing from police that led to another driver’s death has been sentenced to life in prison. Brandon Jordan was sentenced Friday in the death of 69-year-old Dennis Affolter of Topeka. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said the chase in November 2019 began after officers received a report of a man trying to pass forged checks at a Topeka bank. The suspect’s car eventually ran a red light and hit a vehicle driven by Affolter, who later died of his injuries. Jordan was convicted in August of first-degree murder and several other…
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WICHITA, Kan. — Six people have been arrested after a brawl outside of South High School in Wichita the second big fight there in nine days. KAKE-TV reports that four juveniles and two adults were arrested Friday. Nine days earlier, three students were arrested after a fight. In the latest incident, a school district spokeswoman says two students were in a fight that was broken up, but relatives of the students went to the school and began fighting in the parking lot, and their students joined in. Police say those arrested are accused of disorderly conduct, battery of a law…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Kansas man has been accused of allowing children in his care to be sexually assaulted by a former landlord in exchange for rent. A Douglas County judge recently ruled that Cormick Ferrell, 42, of Lawrence should stand trial on two counts of aggravated human trafficking in connection with the alleged assaults that took place between April 2014 and August 2017. Court documents say the children were 6- and 7-years-old at the time the alleged assaults began. Ferrell’s attorney, Branden Smith, said during the hearing that there was no documentation showing that Ferrell received rent assistance in…
STANTON COUNTY, Kan. — A 28-year-old Kansas man died after his SUV rolled into a ditch in the southwest corner of the state. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Bryce Stude of Eudora was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe east on U.S. Highway 160 in Stanton County when the crash happened around 11:40 p.m. Friday. The Highway Patrol said Stude overcorrected after the vehicle left the road, and the SUV rolled several times before landing in the ditch. Stanton County is near the Colorado border in southwestern Kansas.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police in Wichita say one woman has died and another has been wounded in a shooting outside a home. Police say the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday just west of Highland Cemetery following a disturbance. Arriving officers found two women who had been shot in front of a home. Both were rushed to a hospital, where one of the women died from her injuries. Police have not released the women’s names. Wichita Police Lt. Roderick Miller told television station KAKE that investigators were interviewing neighbors and the surviving woman to learn more details of the shooting.
Flint Hills Veterans Coalition – President Chuck Sexton, Past President Janet Nichols and Publicity Director Melody Sexton preview the indoor ceremony at Peace Memorial Auditorium happening on Veterans Day.
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Ronnie Elmore spoke about presidential pets.
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft in the 2300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on November 5, 2021, around 8:54 p.m. Officers listed a 43-year-old female and a 64-year-old male as the…
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Friday marks the fourth day of the typically five-day festival of Diwali or Deepawali, a celebration of renewals and festival of lights observed by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains around the world. A major festival across the Indian subcontinent, the holiday’s name is derived from the Sanskrit words “Deepa” and “Avali,” a reference to series of clay lamps traditionally used to decorate peoples’ homes. The festival has diverse significance across faiths and regions, but generally symbolizes and celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance. This year, Diwali began Tuesday, November 2 and runs…