LAWRENCE — The city of Lawrence is arguing that a man who was shot by its officers caused his own injuries by refusing to follow directions during a confrontation with police. Akira Lewis was shot in May 2018 by an officer who said she mistakenly drew her gun when she thought she was using a Taser. He has sued two officers, the city of Lawrence, the police chief and its police department. He alleges the officers used excessive force and weren’t properly trained. In a response filed in federal court, the city contends Lewis “unreasonably” refused to take actions to…
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GODDARD — A camel, cow and donkey that were found roaming together along a Kansas road have been booked to appear in a Christmas Nativity scene. The Wichita Eagle reports that the trio will be the celebrity guests Saturday during a holiday event called Happy Hoof-i-days at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park. Sully the camel, Gus the donkey and Rufus the cow made headlines last month when the Goddard Police Department asked for help in a Facebook post locating the owners of the “three friends traveling together (towards a Northern star).” Law enforcement later determined that their owner was an employee…
WICHITA — Attorneys for the parents of a 19-year-old football player who died of heatstroke after practice at a Kansas community college in August last year say negotiations with the school remain on track. The attorneys for Braeden Bradforth’s parents downplayed the significance of the decision of the Garden City Community College trustees on Tuesday to deny the parents’ claims totaling $50 million. Neither parents has yet filed suit. Bradforth, a defensive lineman, was found unconscious in an alley outside his dormitory on Aug. 1, 2018. The Newton, New Jersey, teenager died that night at a hospital.
A long-time Manhattan businessman has passed away. According to a Facebook post from his son, Jeff, Jon Levin, has died. Levin was associated with Varney’s Bookstore in Aggieville for over 50 years. He was hired in 1957 at the store by Ted Varney and became a co-owner of the store. Following Varney’s retirement in 1974, Levin took over as General Manager and became the store’s owner in 1992 when Varney passed away. In the 1990’s Levin’s sons Steve and Jeff returned to Manhattan to serve as Assistant Managers of the store. During Levin’s career with Varney’s. the store continued a…
Friday’s program featured our monthly visit with Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler.
Riley County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between them and the Riley County Police Department. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says the MOU is meant to clarify their each entities role in the new firing range. It is also meant to help clarify for the design company, who will be paying for the range design and construction. Holeman says the company has had issues with not getting paid in the past due to ambiguity on who was paying. The MOU was ran past the company and they were satisfied. “It does set out to show one of the urgencies in…
The Dusty Bookshelf and the K-State English Department have partnered to put on what they are calling the Satellite Transcribe-athon, which is part of a nationwide effort to digitize about 16,000 documents related to the women’s-movement of the early 1900s. The effort was launched by the Library of Congress earlier this year in honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which legalized voting for women in the United States. The Dusty Bookshelf is acting as a location where volunteers can access instructions on how to participate through the Library of Congress website and gain tips from the occasional K-State…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, police say a badly burned body was found inside a barrel near a cemetery. Police spokesman Jonathon Westbrook says the body of a man was found Wednesday after a passerby told police a human limb was sticking out of the barrel. Westbrook said it appeared someone tried to burn the body but it was recognizable. The person has not been identified. The case is being investigated as a homicide. Police think the body was at the site for less than a day.
STOCKTON, Kan. — A Plainville man has been convicted of killing his wife in March 2018. A Rooks County jury found 37-year-old Alifonso Eduardo Garcia guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday. His wife, 24-year-old Alexis Garcia, was found dead in their Plainville home. Officials have not said how she died. Garcia’s sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 17.
An inmate who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility in January has been sentenced to 10 more years in prison. Cal Henry Green was sentenced Wednesday for aggravated escape from custody, theft and burglary of a motor vehicle. Authorities say Green was on a work assignment when he took a state-owned dump truck and left the prison without permission. He was arrested three days later in Independence, Missouri. Green is serving a prison sentence for an aggravated battery charge from Wyandotte County.