KANSAS CITY (AP) — Court records say a Kansas City teen told detectives he killed another man because he believed the victim was responsible for shooting his brother and wanted him to feel the same pain.
Mackey photo Kansas City Police
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Mackey is jailed on $25,000 bond after he was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and three other felonies in the death of Isaac Louis Brown. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.
Court records say Mackey and his younger brother were questioned after surveillance video linked them to last week’s shooting.
The records say Mackey told detectives that he and his brother approached Brown and talked to him before they both pulled out their guns and shot him once. He says he was thinking, “this was his time to ‘Get him.”
There is still time to sign up for a free educational program explaining Medicare basics.
The program is set for from 11:30 a.m. to 12: 20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, with the same information presented from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the basement of the Ellis County Administrative Building, 718 Main.
Whether you are turning 65 in the next year or helping a family navigate through the decisions related to health insurance, the Medicare basics program is designed to answer your questions.
Donna Krug, Cottonwood Extension District Director, is the presenter. She, along with her husband, John, are certified SHICK counselors. Contact Krug at (620)793-1910 or [email protected] to sign up.
TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas man was charged Thursday with bank robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
Freeman photo Shawnee Co.
James E. Freeman, 55, Topeka, is charged with one count of bank robbery. A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Topeka alleges he robbed U.S. Bank at 719 South Kansas Avenue in Topeka. An affidavit alleges Freeman entered the bank at about 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. He began striking the counter with his right hand and screaming, “Just give me money,” and “This is a robbery.” He left the bank with cash.
A Topeka police officer responding to the bank robbery call found Freeman walking on 6th Street about a block from the bank. Freeman was holding cash in his hands when he was arrested.
If convicted, Freeman faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Topeka Police Department and the FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Maag is prosecuting.
SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a robbery and have a suspect in custody.
U.S. Bank in downtown Topeka google image
Just after 2:30p.m. Wednesday, police responded to the US Bank at 719 SW Kansas Avenue in Topeka on a report of a robbery that had just occurred to the business, according to Lt. Andrew Beightel.
Upon arrival Officers learned a subject entered the business demanded money and then fled the area on foot. A description of the subject was broadcast to other officers in the area.
A short time later a subject matching suspect’s description was located near 6th and Harrison Street and was taken into custody without incident, according to Beightel.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation responded and is the lead investigating agency on this robbery. Police have not released the suspect’s name and requested charges in the case.
Edward Cross is president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.
By EDWARD CROSS Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association
Energy matters – a lot. Throughout most of human history, global life expectancy was 30-35 years. In the last 200 years, global life expectancy has doubled. Extreme poverty has dropped from 90% of humanity to 10% and falling. The growth in human liberty and the dramatic increase in available energy are likely the two main catalysts for this tremendous progress.
Few doubt that energy has improved lives and enabled human progress. Yet one of the biggest challenges facing the world is the polarized debate over the future of energy. Facts and economics are too often replaced with assertions and emotions. Discussions about fossil fuels and alternative energy sources often degenerate into a battle to delegitimize the other side. This is a recipe for inaction. And it keeps billions of people trapped in energy poverty.
Energy at scale provides a critical foundation for economic development. A recent report from Wood Mackenzie, a reliable energy research and consultancy group, said fossil fuels will contribute about 85% of the world’s energy supply by 2040 and forecasts about 15% of global energy will come from carbon-free sources by then. In addition, nearly 100% of new energy demand is coming from emerging economies. Emerging economies need reliable affordable power, transportation fuels, and economic building blocks like industrial heat and fertilizers. All require oil and gas.
The oil and gas industry has done such a good job of creating abundant, affordable, always-available energy that the world takes it for granted. Energy is so woven into our daily lives that few question whether it will be there, or where it comes from.
Oil-based products are likely the first thing you touch at the beginning and end of each day, whether it is your alarm clock, television remote, cellphone, or even the toothpaste and toothbrush you use to brush your teeth. Those who wear makeup or synthetic fibers, such as polyester or nylon, are using or touching petroleum nearly 24 hours a day. As a key component in heart valves, seat belts, helmets, life vests, and even Kevlar, petroleum is saving tens of thousands of lives daily. Furthermore, oil and gas are key components in many medicines and antibiotics such as antiseptics, antihistamines, aspirin, and sulfa drugs.
We all expect our heat to run, gas stations to have fuel, and lights to never flicker – all at an affordable price. Around the world, billions of people are expecting a middle-class quality of life and its requisite available, affordable, reliable energy. None of this demand is going away soon. Because energy is so reliable and available, the public believes they no longer require it.
We all encounter this paradox anytime we engage in a conversation about energy and the environment. Some folks assume that we don’t need fossil fuels anymore. A stark example is anyone who wants to end oil and gas production while still benefitting from oil and gas based materials and fuels.
The oil and gas industry and general public have common ground. We both share a common desire to create prosperity globally.
There is a very real opportunity to create a stronger, more effective connection between oil and gas development and the public that allows us to work together on a common goal to create prosperity for people around the world.
Americans deserve the facts. And the fact is, history has disproved the false premise that economic growth and significant increases in energy production must, necessarily, come at the expense of environmental improvement.
While the oil and gas industry continues to address public concerns about important economic and environmental issues with accurate, fact-based, scientific information, we also recognize it is just as important to address big-issue visceral concerns with information that demonstrates how industry and companies care about people’s needs and concerns. Companies in the Kansas oil and gas industry understand responsibility comes through what we do and how we do it. For companies in the Kansas oil and gas industry, responsibility is an integral part of considerations and decisions.
The U.S. has a unique opportunity to show the world how energy abundance can be used as a positive force to lift people up. More than a billion people around the world face challenges for adequate food and education, clean water and protection from heat and cold due to a lack of access to energy. To rise out of poverty and enjoy health and safety, people need more energy, not less. We should all work together to ensure more people have access to safe, affordable, and reliable energy, no matter which state, nation, or continent they reside.
Edward Cross is president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.
Drake Kee, left, and Wyatt Engel present a poster on a chemistry research project.
By DIANE GASPER O’BRIEN FHSU University Relations and Marketing
Two Fort Hays State University students are taking advantage of the philosophy, “To teach is to learn twice.”
Drake Kee and Wyatt Engel began the fall semester at FHSU with a different perspective on learning after mentoring other students assisting with their chemistry research project.
Kee and Engel spent part of their summer working at a camp on campus with visitors from the Daejeon Science High School for the Gifted in Daejeon, South Korea.
The Korean students, led by Kee and Engel, helped with a research project of designing and fabricating new organic materials to harness solar energy.
“The best way to learn is through teaching someone,” said Kee, a junior biology major from Beloit. “I taught the Daejeon students things they didn’t know, and I learned some things from them, too.”
Besides getting exposed to more research opportunities, working with the Daejeon students also served as a cultural education.
One particularly valuable lesson Kee said he learned was how to communicate in ways that the Daejeon students would understand him, taking into account their limited knowledge of the English language.
“This definitely pushed Drake and Wyatt to be better communicators,” said Dr. Arvin Cruz, associate professor of chemistry.
Cruz is in charge of the research project and recruited Kee and Engel to participate. They both were eager for the unique opportunity.
“It’s really hard to get to do this kind of research as an undergrad, so I feel really fortunate to be here at Fort Hays State,” said Engel, a sophomore chemistry major from Victoria.
The duo accompanied Cruz to the American Chemical Society Conference in Orlando, Fla., last spring, and presented Kee’s paper on the project.
Cruz said having undergrad students involved in research projects is not all that uncommon. What makes this situation unique is the supervisory roles Kee and Engel were charged with as well as taking on a level of research that is usually done at much larger research universities.
“This is a high quality research project, on something that’s really in demand. And this is being done by underclassmen who haven’t yet taken advanced courses in chemistry,” Cruz said. “What a great learning opportunity for them.”
MANHATTAN — Six Kansans have been appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam to serve on the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Marketing Advisory Board. Board service will begin on September 12.
The Marketing Advisory Board provides constituent observation and comment for a variety of industry sector strategies supporting agriculture business development, international agricultural development/trade, From the Land of Kansas trademark program, local foods and affiliated programs, agricultural workforce development, and agricultural education.
“Continuing to receive feedback from Kansans engaged in the agriculture sectors is a high priority as we work to remain relevant with today’s market dynamics. We welcome these advisory board members,” said Beam. “They will be great contributors to the agriculture marketing team which is charged with developing and conducting market development activities for Kansas agricultural commodities and food products.”
Newly appointed members include: Kyle Antenen, farmer/rancher, Ness City; Mike Bergmeier, ShieldAg Equipment, Hutchinson; Brice Elnicki, Producer’s Cooperative Association, Girard; Janice Nikkel, Mill Brae Ranch, Maple Hill; Mallory Shinliver, Helena Agri-Enterprises, Nashville; and Brian Zitlow, Great Western Bank, Shawnee.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s purpose is to serve, promote and grow the state’s largest industry. The Division of Agriculture Marketing advocates for and promotes agriculture across the state and works to provide an environment that enhances and encourages economic growth of the agriculture industry and the Kansas economy. For a full list of all advisory board members, go to agriculture.ks.gov/MarketingAdvisoryBoard.
