BROOKVILLE- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 10 p.m. on Labor Day in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Honda Sabre motorcycle driven by Jacob W. Rider, 41, Kanopolis, westbound on Kansas 140 four miles west of Brookville.

The driver lost control and hit a bridge guardrail and was ejected.

Rider was transported to Salina Regional Health Center.

He was not wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.

The driver was ejected. Vehicle 1 continued on, sliding, and coming to rest in the eastbound lane.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The latest on a white supremacist convicted of capital murder for killing three people at two Jewish sites in the Kansas City area

The judge overseeing the trial of a Missouri man convicted of killing three people at Jewish sites in Kansas has set a formal sentencing hearing for November.

Jurors recommended a death sentence Tuesday for 74-year-old Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. The avowed white supremacist, who has repeatedly admitted to the killings, was convicted of capital murder last week.

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe had urged the jury to recommend a death sentence, saying Miller’s actions “are clearly the type of case the death penalty was made for.”

In a rambling, hour-long closing statement earlier Tuesday, Miller told jurors he didn’t care what sentence they handed down.

The judge will consider the jury’s recommended sentence. The hearing is set for Nov. 10.

TOPEKA -All lanes of eastbound and westbound Interstate 70 from U.S. 75 to MacVicar Avenue in Topeka were reopened to traffic at 2:30 p.m., according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

The suspicious package was cleared from the interstate and the roadway was returned to normal traffic operations.

For the safety of the traveling public, the entire interstate was shut down in both directions.

No additional details have been released.

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TOPEKA -All lanes of eastbound and westbound Interstate 70 from U.S. 75 to MacVicar Avenue in Topeka were closed just after 1 p.m. due to suspicious package on the interstate.

TFor the safety of the traveling public, the entire interstate has been shut down both directions by the Kansas Department of Transportation

Eastbound Interstate 70 traffic will detour via northbound U.S. 75 to eastbound U.S. 24 to southbound Kansas-4 to access Interstate 70.

Westbound Intestate 70 traffic will detour via southbound MacVicar Avenue to westbound 6th Street to northbound Fairlawn Road to access Interstate 70.

Check Hays Post for additional details as they become available.

SALINA- A Friday evening fire caused damage to three homes in Salina but no injuries.

The fire at 1418 South Ohio started just after 11:30 p.m. near a hot tub in the north side of a garage, according to Fire inspector Troy Long. “The home is considered a total loss,” he said.

The fire spread, burning the east side of a neighbor’s residence at 1007 East Kirwin and the eaves of the house at 1412 South Ohio.

There were no injuries. The cause is considered accidental, according to Long.

MANHATTAN -Following notification from the Big 12 Conference of potential violations of its sportsmanship and ethical conduct policies, Kansas State University has agreed to sanctions with the conference office, according to a media release from KSU.

The potential violations occurred during the first home football game Sept. 5 against South Dakota with the band’s halftime depiction of a mascot from a team other than the day’s opponent.

“At Saturday’s home football opener Kansas State University fell short of its obligation to conduct itself in a consistent manner with the principles of sportsmanship,” said President Kirk Schulz.

“Good sportsmanship is part of the Wildcat way; we do not want to do anything that takes away from the tremendous efforts of our student athletes and the award-winning Pride of Wildcat Land marching band.”

After Saturday’s game, the administration formally apologized to the chancellor and athletic director at the University of Kansas, which was the mascot depicted by the band.

K-State students previously signed a sportsmanship pledge as a way to increase awareness of good sportsmanship. The sanctions proposed by President Schulz demonstrate the university’s commitment to provide additional leadership in this area:

 

• A self-imposed $5,000 fine to be paid to the Big 12 Conference for violation of the league sportsmanship policy.
• A single-game suspension for the university director of bands (Dr. Frank Tracz). The suspension will take place Nov. 28 at the game against the University of Kansas.
• Prior approval for the content of all band halftime shows by representatives from the Office of Student Life and the Athletic Department.

“We look forward to our upcoming athletic contests with the expectation of sportsmanlike conduct from the entire K-State family,” Schulz said.”

It was a deadly Labor Day holiday weekend in Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported seven fatal accidents from Friday through Sunday.

Just after 4 p.m. on Friday a 1999 Dodge pickup driven by Cornelius Loewen, 65, Sublette, was westbound on U.S. 56, two miles east of Ensign and struck a semi. He died at Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City. The semi driver was not injured.

Jason B. Simpson, 42, Chetopa, died just after 7 p.m. on Friday when the Dixon lawn mower he was driving exited a yard in Labette County into the path of a pickup.

Just before 9p.m. on Friday Dawn Michelle Caruthers, 48, Baldwin City, a passenger on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, died when she and the driver of the bike Steven L. Harris, 45, Baldwin City, were ejected in a Leavenworth County accident.

On Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Douglas Jay Carie, 69, Wichita, died when his Ford F150 overturned on U.S. 166 west of U.S. 75 in Chautauqua County.

Just before 4 p.m. on Saturday Ryan T. Scott, 36, Wamgeo, died after a Chevy passenger vehicle hit his Honda motorcycle on U.S. 24 just west of Goodyear Road north of Topeka. There were no other injuries reported in the 3-vehicle crash.

In Pottawatomie County Colby Scott Mathies, 27, Manhattan, died after he was ejected when his 1997 Chevy 1500 rolled on Carnahan Road just after 4 a.m. on Sunday.

In Seward County just after 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jon Steven Wiggins, 27, Dodge City, died when his SUV crossed the centerline and struck a semi on U.S. 54 one mile west of Kismet. The semi driver was not injured.

In addition to these, a Sunday accident that claimed the life of Shannon Chebultz, 45, Blaine,  in Pottawatomie County is still under investigation.

Authorities in Johnson County are also investigating the death of an 83-year-old woman who was hit by a motorcycle on Sunday in Overland Park

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 42-year-old Kansas man claims he didn’t have effective counsel during a retrial of his death penalty case.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports  King Phillip Amman Reu-El wants a Shawnee County judge to void his two consecutive sentences, as well as his convictions based on no-contest pleas.

He was convicted in 2005 of capital murder and other charges in the killings of two women in Topeka in 2013. Those convictions were overturned, and the case was sent back for retrial.

During his second trial, Amman Reu-El says he was misled into thinking a no-contest plea wouldn’t be used by the Kansas Supreme Court to deny a pre-trial action he filed in 2014.

Amman Reu-El changed his name from Phillip D. Cheatham Jr. while awaiting retrial in the capital murder case.

MARBLE FALLS, Texas (AP) — A San Antonio-area police department is investigating two football players who rammed into a referee during a high school game.  View video of the hit here.

Marble Falls, Texas, police said in a statement Monday there have been no arrests.

The Northside Independent School District is conducting its own investigation into the incident Friday and has suspended the two players from the school and the team.

Video showed the referee watching the play, and his head snapping back when he is leveled from behind. The other player then dove on top of him. The team from John Jay High School in San Antonio was playing Marble Falls High School in Marble Falls, located about 90 miles north of San Antonio.

The names of the players and the referee have not been released.