TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A man accused of alcohol-related violations in connection with the fatal fall of an Arizona State University student in 2014 has been sentenced.
Maricopa County Superior Court officials say Matthew Farberov was sentenced Tuesday to nine months of probation and community service for a misdemeanor count of soliciting an adult for alcohol.
The 21-year-old Farberov was among two people charged following Naomi McClendon’s death in March 2014.
Tempe police say the 18-year-old freshman plunged 10 floors to her death from an apartment complex near campus.
They say McClendon got too close to the edge, lost her balance and fell over.
Police say the woman from Manhattan, Kansas, initially attended an “all-you-can-drink” party thrown by ASU fraternity members.
Surveillance video showed her stumbling and intoxicated when she entered the residential building.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas argues in a new court filing that the ability of same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses in many counties should prompt a federal judge to dismiss a gay-marriage lawsuit.
But an American Civil Liberties Union attorney said Tuesday that lawyers representing state officials are not raising any new legal issues.
The state’s filing Monday in federal court was expected to be its last before U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree considers whether to permanently bar enforcement of the state constitution’s ban on gay marriage.
The Kansas Supreme Court in November left it to chief judges in each of the state’s 31 judicial districts to determine whether marriage licenses would be issued to same-sex couples.
The state argues that as a result there is now no legal controversy.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Tim McGraw will give all the proceeds from his July 17 concert in Hartford, Connecticut, to prevent another Sandy Hook tragedy. McGraw will perform as a benefit for Sandy Hook Promise, an organization founded after the Sandy Hook shootings in 2012 that aims protect children from gun violence. A friend of McGraw’s fiddle player lost a child in the shootings. Billy Currington and Chase Bryant will open the show.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Kansas City right fielder Alex Rios is out indefinitely after suffering a broken bone in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch in Minnesota earlier this week.
The team said Tuesday that Rios has a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal in his left hand. He was hit by J.R. Graham’s first pitch in the eighth. He eventually scored but was removed as a precaution in the bottom of the inning and sent for X-rays.
The team said no timetable has been set in terms of his return.
Rios was batting .321 with eight RBIs and a home run through Kansas City’s 7-0 start to the season.
WICHITA – A Kansas man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking more than 12,000 pounds of marijuana over a period of two years according to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.
Jeremy Harris, 33, Wichita, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. In his plea, he admitted obtained and distributed the marijuana in Kansas during a period from 2011 to 2013. The plea agreement states:
On Aug. 2, 2013, Harris received a bulk marijuana shipment near Augusta, Kan. Investigators seized 35 steel containers that contained a total of more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana.
One of Harris’ co-conspirators admitted driving a vehicle from El Paso, Texas, to Wichita more than 15 times, each time transporting more than 150 pounds of marijuana.
Other conspirators were responsible from transporting marijuana from Texas to Kansas, and for transporting bulk cash to Texas and Mexico for payment.
Harris paid for marijuana with bulk cash or by making wire transfers as directed. On one occasion, he asked another conspirator to deliver $70,000 in cash to Mexico to pay for marijuana. On another occasion, he asked another conspirator to deposit cash into the account of a third party to transfer drug proceeds. On another occasion, three conspirators transported $170,000 to El Paso to pay for marijuana.
GYPSUM — Southeast of Saline USD 306 Board of Education has announced the hiring of Greg Mann as the next superintendent of schools.
Mann has served as superintendent in Norton since 2001 and will begin his tenure with USD 306 on July 1.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University and his master’s in secondary school counseling and building and district leadership endorsements from Fort Hays State University.
In 2011, the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association inducted him into its Hall of Fame and the Kansas School Superintendents Association presented him with its Distinguished Service Award.
HAVEN, Kan. (AP) — A new natural gas liquids extraction plant began operating in central Kansas this week.
The Tenewa Haven Processing plant started operations Monday near Haven, in Reno County. The plant is near Kansas 96, at the junction of two major natural gas pipelines owned by Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line.
The Wichita Eagle reports the plant separates natural gas liquids from methane and pipes them to an Oneok Hydrocarbon gas fractionation plant near Hutchinson, where they will be separated into individual products.
Company president Greg Ameringer said the Haven plant can handle 1.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas liquids a day. It employs 12 people.
Ameringer says no natural gas liquids are stored at the plant and all the gas handled there will be immediately shipped out.
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 15-year-old girl will be tried as an adult in the fatal stabbing of her 13-year-old sister.
Saline County District Judge Patrick Thompson ruled Tuesday that Sierra Niehaus will be tried as an adult in the Aug. 1 death of Galazia Niehaus in northwest Saline County.
Thompson ordered that juvenile charges be dropped when an adult charge of first-degree murder is filed. Formal reading of charges is set for April 27.
The Salina Journal reports attorneys who had represented Niehaus in juvenile proceedings were dismissed and a new attorney will be appointed.
Thompson said Niehaus has shown no remorse or any other reaction to the death of her sister.
Niehaus will be transferred from juvenile detention in Junction City to the Saline County Jail.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Hollywood Casino officials are opting to pay the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, more than $1 million rather than starting construction on a 248-room hotel.
Unified Government spokesman Mike Taylor says Penn National Gaming, which owns the casino at the Legends complex west of Kansas City, indicated that proposals before the Kansas Legislature played a role in its decision.
Taylor says one of the measures would change the way casinos are taxed, while another is designed to help the Woodlands re-open by adding as many as 2,800 slot machines.
Ralph Ostmeyer, chairman of the Senate State and Federal Affairs Committee, says Penn National’s explanation was just an excuse, since it doesn’t appear any changes to the state’s current gambling makeup will happen anytime soon.
Phillipsburg resident Vera Lucille Lare passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 94.
She was born March 12, 1921 in Phillips County, the daughter of Chase & Melva (Bartlett) Lemon. Vera served as the Postmaster in Kirwin, KS for many years.
She is survived by her daughters, Shirley Fox of Westcliff, CO and Jennifer DeBey of Kirwin, KS; her son, Bryan Lare, of Edgerton, KS; 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 17, at 10:00 a.m. in the First Lutheran Church, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Joel Hiesterman officiating. Burial will follow in the Kirwin Cemetery, Kirwin, KS.
Mrs. Lare will lie in-state on Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg. The casket will remain closed.
Memorial contributions may be given to Hospice Services or the First Lutheran Church. Online condolences may be sent to: www.olliffboeve.com.
Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.
After many years of dedicated service on behalf of the citizens of Hays, City Commissioners Ron Mellick and Kent Steward will be leaving their seats on the Hays City Commission.
The city will host a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at City Hall in appreciation of their years of service to the city of Hays.
SALINA -A feces covered 3-year-old girl walking naked in a northeast Salina neighborhood late Monday afternoon led to the arrest of a man and woman on child endangerment charges.
Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney said officers were notified just before 6 p.m of a child wandering the streets wearing no clothes.
A neighbor covered the girl and took her into her home according.
During a check of the neighborhood, police located the child’s home.
Inside the home, officers found an infant less than a year old in a bouncy chair covered in feces, and 23-year-old Efrain Martinez, and 21-year-old Brooklyn Wylie who were just waking up.
The children were placed into protective custody.
Martinez and Wylie were arrested on requested charges of child endangerment.
Wylie was also charged with possession of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.
Tom Petty’s back catalog, both solo and with The Heartbreakers, is being remastered in high-resolution digital audio and most of the revamped albums are now available for purchase now at HDTracks.com.
The project was overseen by Ryan Ulyate, who co-produced Petty’s 2014 albumHypnotic Eye, and the remasters were approved by Tom himself.
In a new video posted on Petty’s official YouTube channel, the singer/songwriter discusses the benefits of listening to his music in high-res.
“Many people haven’t discovered it yet and maybe…you don’t understand it, but you will understand it when you listen to it,” he maintains in the clip. “It’s many, many times the resolution of an MP3 or a CD…If you turn it on, it’s gonna change everything for you musically.”
Petty also points out, “You’ll actually hear what we hear in the studio sitting behind the console, which would make me very happy. I think an MP3 is five percent of what I’m hearing here in the studio, so while I’m kicking my ass trying to give you the highest fidelity there is, I hate for you to miss out on that.”
In addition, Tom notes that the high-resolution versions of the albums are mastered at a lower volume, so you should turn the volume up when listening to them.
He explains that, in contrast, albums mixed for MP3s and CDs are “so loud that it’s very hard to get the frequencies in the middle of the record, all these beautiful sounds.”
Most of the new high-res editions of Petty’s album were created using the original first-generation master tapes.
Here’s a list of all of the high-res Petty albums now available at HDTracks.com:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) You’re Gonna Get It (1978) Hard Promises (1981) Long After Dark (1982) Southern Accents (1985) Pack Up the Plantation: Live! (1985) Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) (1987) Full Moon Fever (1989) Into the Great Wide Open (1991) The Last DJ (2002) Highway Companion (2006) Mojo (2010)
