TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 23-year-old Topeka man has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated sexual battery and a count of domestic battery.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Ian Jameel Norvell Black pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a plea agreement. Prosecutors say Black and a woman were arguing at the Topeka Rescue Mission when he struck her and attempted to sexually assault her on March 14.
Black faces nearly five years in prison. His sentencing hearing is set for Oct. 30.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man suspected in the death of a Wichita State University student is back in prison on a parole violation.
Two suspects have been held since Aug. 10 in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Rayan Ibrahim Baba in Wichita State parking lot. Neither suspect has been formally charged in the homicide.
Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Adam Pfannenstiel says one of the suspects will spend at least 90 days at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility after admitting to using marijuana on Aug. 7 when he was on parole for a 2010 child abuse conviction.
The other suspect is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail on probation violations and municipal court cases.
Baba, a Saudi undergraduate student majoring in electrical engineering at Wichita State, was found with gunshot wounds Aug. 9.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Justin Verlander threw his fifth consecutive quality start, and Ian Kinsler homered and drove in three runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 Tuesday night.
The Tigers, who had lost nine of 10 to drop into last place in the AL Central, snapped a four-game losing streak.
Verlander (3-6) limited the Royals to seven hits and four runs, two unearned, over 6 2-3 innings. He has a 0.76 ERA in his past five starts and the Tigers’ lone two victories since Aug. 19, including a one-hit shutout of the Angels in his previous outing.
Johnny Cueto (2-4), who the Royals acquired in a July 26 trade with Cincinnati, allowed four runs on nine hits over six innings. Cueto has given up 38 hits in his past four starts, the most hits he has allowed in his career over a four-start span.
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Construction has ceased on the state-owned casino project in southeast Kansas.
Representatives for Kansas Crossing told The Pittsburg Morning Sun construction on the Kansas Crossing casino outside Pittsburg was stopped after the Kansas Lottery Commission issued the company a 90-day extension of the “commencement date.”
Kansas Crossing requested the extension because of lawsuits filed against the project.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners and Castle Rock, one of the competitors for the state project, have sued, accusing the state of Kansas of failing to follow the law in awarding the bid to Kansas Crossing to build the final state-owned casino authorized by the legislature.
The Kansas Lottery told Kansas Crossing’s lawyer the company could request another extension if litigation is still pending at the end of the 90-day period.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The family of a 23-year-old Wichita man who was fatally shot by police is demanding $10 million in damages.
Supporters are also demanding the Justice Department investigate the killing of John Paul Quintero. Sunflower Community Action says in a news release that supporters plan to deliver on Wednesday a petition with nearly 90,000 signatures to the local FBI office.
Police contend the two officers were responding to a report that a drunken man armed with a knife was attempting to get inside the home when they found Quintero and his father inside a vehicle parked outside, and ordered them to step out.
Police say during an exchange, one officer used a stun gun. Another officer shot him as Quintero allegedly reached toward his waistband.
No charges have been filed.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kickapoo Tribe has expanded a legal complaint against its former chairman to include a former treasurer.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the northeast Kansas tribe announced last week that Bobbi Darnell was added to the lawsuit in tribal court. Darnell was the tribal treasurer from October 2011 through October 2014.
The tribe is accusing its former chairman, Steve Cadue, of falsifying meeting minutes to fraudulently pass an unbalanced budget. The lawsuit now includes Darnell.
Cadue said earlier that the lawsuit is without merit and should have been handled through the tribal council, not in a courtroom.
There was no published phone number for Darnell in Horton.
Take todays weather and multiply by 5 days. Sounds like a broken record.
Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 99. South wind 8 to 18 mph.
Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 22 mph.
ThursdayMostly sunny, with a high near 96. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 20 mph.
Thursday NightA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 21 mph.
FridayMostly sunny, with a high near 96. Breezy.
Friday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 71. Breezy.
SaturdayMostly sunny, with a high near 95. Breezy.
Saturday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 72.
SundayA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96.
The Hays High boys soccer team fell behind 2-0 at the half and lost 6-1 to No. 6 Garden City in their opener Tuesday the the Bickle-Schmidt sports complex.
The Indians are back in action at McPherson Thursday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Tight end Travis Kelce will miss the Chiefs’ preseason finale Thursday night against St. Louis after spraining his ankle in practice earlier this week.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Tuesday it was a slight sprain and Kelce would have been able to play had it been the regular season. But with most of the starters getting the night off – if not all of them – it only made sense to keep Kelce out of the game.
Reid also said tight end Demetrius Harris could see time against the Rams. He returned to practice this week after a pair of surgeries to repair a fractured foot.
Harris’s return was complicated by a staph infection that developed during his recovery.
The Associated Press
University of Michigan researchers say more U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana.
A study released Tuesday found that pot supplanted cigarettes last year as the smoke-able substance of choice among full-time undergraduates who light up regularly.
Just under 6 percent of full-time students surveyed for the annual “Monitoring the Future” study reported using marijuana at least 20 times in the previous 30 days, a frequency the researchers said made them daily or near-daily users.
By contrast, 5 percent of respondents indicated they smoked cigarettes that often.
Lead investigator Lloyd Johnston says 2014 marked the first time the study found that pot was consumed more routinely than cigarettes in the three-and-a-half decades that the university’s Institute for Social Research has surveyed a nationally representative sample of college students.
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A new government report suggests that for most Americans, your heart is older than the rest of you.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report takes a new approach to try to spur more Americans to take steps to prevent cardiovascular disease.
CDC scientists estimated the average “heart age” of men and women in every state, based on risk factors like blood pressure, weight, and whether they smoke or have diabetes. Then it compared the numbers to average actual ages.
According to CDC calculations, nearly three out of four U.S. adults have a heart that’s older than their actual age.
CDC officials released the report Tuesday.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An August survey suggests there will be little or no economic growth over the next three months in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains.
A report issued Tuesday says the overall Mid-American Business Conditions Index dropped to 49.6, compared with 50.6 in July.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota companies reported growth last month, but businesses in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Oklahoma reported less economic activity,
The survey results from supply managers are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth. A score below that suggests decline.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas priest has been charged with alleging stealing nearly $151,000 from his two parishes and the Catholic Diocese to fund his extensive gambling.
A criminal information filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas charges Father Thomas H. Leland with bank fraud. The court issued a summons for a Sept. 23 initial appearance.
Leland was assigned in 2010 as the sole priest at St. Francis Parish in St. Paul and St. Ambrose Parish in Erie, both located in southeast Kansas.
Court records do not show a defense attorney, and church officials had no contact information for him.
Prosecutors allege that between 2012 and April 2014, Leland embezzled funds by taking overpayments of his salary and of stipends for conducting Mass. He also alleged took unauthorized reimbursements for personal expenses.
