BELOIT — A Kansas man died in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Mitchell County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Chevy S10 pickup driven by Meryl G. Garey, 84 Downs, was eastbound on U.S. 24 five miles west of Beloit.
The vehicle was attempting to pass a Case-International Combine driven by Paul D. Remus, 46, Beloit, and a 2009 Ford pickup driven by Jacob Remus, 19, Beloit.
During the pass the Chevy struck the left rear wheel of the combine and overturned on the driver’s side and slid into the north guardrail.
Garey was transported to Mitchell County Hospital where he died. The KHP reported he was not wearing a seat belt.
Dixon’s presentation, “Hail and Deer … and Several Other Answers to Your Questions About Storm Chasing,” will focus on his experience as a storm chaser.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — FBI agents executed a search warrant at a Kansas school district’s headquarters as part of an ongoing investigation, but no arrests are expected anytime soon.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton told The Wichita Eagle that the bureau executed several search warrants in the Wichita area on Tuesday, including at the Maize Educational Support Center. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom confirmed the search warrant, but neither he nor Patton would say whether the probe is focused on district personnel.
Patton declined to give the location of other search warrants executed in the area, but said none of them were conducted at schools.
A spokeswoman for the Maize school district sent emailed statements to parents, guardians and the media to confirm the investigation.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence police have identified a 19-year-old woman found dead in her apartment last week.
Officers found Justina Mosso at the Cedarwood Apartments on Nov. 9 while conducting a welfare check. Police are treating the death as a homicide but haven’t said how she died.
Police are trying to contact people who were in touch with Mosso before her death. They haven’t released other information about the investigation.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison in a case in which three people were killed during a home invasion in Independence.
The Kansas City Star reports (https://bit.ly/1t3WPTP ) 23-year-old Raul Soto received the sentence after pleading guilty in July to using a firearm during a drug trafficking conspiracy and conspiring to possess methamphetamine. He admitted in his plea that he was armed with a handgun and killed Antonio Hernandez in November 2012.
Soto says he and several co-conspirators went to the Independence home to rob a man they believed had a large amount of meth. Three people in the home were fatally shot after they denied having drugs.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka city committee has declined to take action on a proposed public nudity ban that is headed to the City Council for consideration.
The council’s Public Health and Safety Committee voted 3-0 Tuesday to make no recommendation on whether public nudity should become a misdemeanor offense. Committee members say the council should make the decision.
The issue arose after a man was seen walking nude in south central Topeka earlier this year. The proposed ban wouldn’t apply to children under age 10 or breastfeeding women. Violators could face up to 30 days in jail and a fine of between $1 and $499.
Public nudity isn’t banned by state law or Topeka ordinance, though state law prohibits it in the context of sexual arousal.
It’s unclear when the council will consider the issue.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dakari Johnson scored 11 points, Andrew Harrison had 10 and No. 1 Kentucky used a dominant defense to blow out No. 4 Kansas 72-40 in Tuesday night’s Champions Classic.
Kansas Athletics
The Wildcats (3-0) shot just 43.1 percent from the field, but they were so good on defense that it didn’t matter. Kansas (1-1) shot just 19.6 percent from the field and was 15 for 27 at the line in the storied program’s worst offensive performance since a 61-45 loss to Kentucky on Dec. 1, 1998.
Wayne Selden Jr. had nine points for the Jayhawks, and Cliff Alexander finished with eight.
The Wildcats led by as much as 35-17 in the first half. After Kansas closed to 38-28 at the half, Kentucky opened the second half with six straight points and continued extending the lead throughout the second half.
Kentucky has now won its first three games by 40, 19 and 32 points. But Tuesday’s victory was easily the most impressive of the three and helped reinforce the image that last season’s national championship runner-ups could be good enough to go undefeated this season. The last men’s team with a perfect season was Indiana in 1975-76.
The Jayhawks shot just 24.2 percent in the first half. They were nearly twice as bad in the second half, when they made only 3 of 23 shots — 13.0 percent.
And the Wildcats never let up. After extending the lead to 55-36 with 10:28 to go, Kentucky went on a 9-0 run to make it 64-36. Kansas didn’t even crack the 40-point mark until the final minutes.
Kansas had only been held to fewer than 50 points one other time during coach Bill Self’s tenure — a 61-49 loss to Arizona on Nov. 21, 2005.
TIP-INS
Kentucky: The Wildcats now have a 16-game lead over second-place Kansas for the most wins in college basketball. Kentucky has 2,143 all-time wins and has won in three different buildings in downtown Indianapolis — the RCA Dome, Lucas Oil Stadium and Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Kansas: The Jayhawks may argue for a different draw in next year’s classic draw. They lost to Kentucky in this event in 2011 and to the Wildcats in the 2012 national championship game.
UP NEXT
Kentucky hosts Boston University on Friday.
Kansas faces Rider on Monday in the Orlando Classic.
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A person with knowledge of the negotiations says free agent designated hitter Billy Butler and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $30 million, three-year contract.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the A’s had not announced the deal, their typical practice until a new player passes a physical. Butler would provide a right-handed bat with power who can also play first base.
Butler helped the Kansas City Royals reach the World Series last month after a 29-year playoff drought. In the postseason opener, they rallied late to eliminate Oakland in the AL wild-card game.
After losing to the San Francisco Giants in seven games, the Royals declined their $12.5 million option on Butler for next season, making the 2012 All-Star a free agent for the first time in his eight-year career.
LEWIS- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday in Edwards County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge pickup driven by Stone, Darla S. Stone, 41, Fowler, was south bound on 180th one mile south of U.S. 50 on the edge of Lewis.
The truck went in the ditch to the right. The driver over corrected and went down into the left ditch, spinning around and rolled. The driver was ejected.
Stone was transported to St. Francis in Wichita. A passenger in the truck Cory Lee Heim, 20, Dodge City, was not injured.
The KHP reported they were not wearing seat belts.
TOPEKA – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today issued the following statement in connection with the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision to allow the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex applicants in Johnson County and to delay further proceedings in this case until federal courts sort out the constitutional issues surrounding state prohibitions on same-sex marriage:
“Although we asked the Kansas Supreme Court to provide statewide uniformity, today’s ruling leaves the decision whether to issue licenses in the hands of the federal judiciary and of district court judges throughout the state. Because a provision in the Kansas Constitution is at peril, the State of Kansas will continue its defense in federal court as long as a defense is properly available. I hope the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly agree to take up the case from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to give finality and certainty to Kansas and the rest of the country on this matter.”
BELOIT — A Kansas man died in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Mitchell County.
