A 63-year-old man is the victim of an apparent drowning in a backyard pool on the north side of Hutchinson.
The victim’s wife came home around 6:15 PM in the 3000 block of Garden Grove, according to Dustin Hendrickson, one of the manager’s of a nearby Pizza Hut. He says the man’s wife found him face down in the pool. She was on the phone with 911 dispatch as she yelled for help.
Hendrickson says he went inside and grabbed as many of his co-workers as possible. They went behind the home and pulled the man out of the water and began CPR. An off duty paramedic also stopped and took over. They continued CPR until city fire and Reno County EMS arrived, but the man was pronounced dead.
According to Police Sgt. Josh Radloff, the body may be taken to the Sedgwick County Forensic Science Center for a possible autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
Another publicity-shy Kansas resident has won a big prize in a multistate lottery game.
The Kansas Lottery says a Topeka resident has claimed a $1 million “Match 5″ prize in the April 4 Powerball drawing. The lottery said Tuesday the person declined to be publicly identified in claiming the prize Monday.
Powerball players win the “Match 5″ prize by correctly guessing the five white-ball numbers in a drawing. The prize used to be $200,000; it rose to $1 million under changes that took effect in January.
Kansas allows lottery winners to remain anonymous. A Kansas resident chose to do just that earlier this month after winning one-third of a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot. That individual took a 1-time cash payment of nearly $158 million, worth $110.5 million after taxes.
Update 10:55am Wednesday: Salina Police have released a little more information on the death of 65-year-old female inmate in the Saline County Jail Tuesday afternoon.
Lt. Scott Siemsen says Myrna Eisele was found dead in her cell about noon by a corrections officer. Eisele was in the cell by herself.
Siemsen says an autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday, but it appears Eisele died of natural causes.
The case is being investigated by the Salina Police Department at the request of the Saline County Sheriffs Office.
ORIGINAL: A female inmate has died at the Saline County Jail.
According to the Salina Police Department, 65-year-old Myrna Jean Eisele was found dead early this afternoon. Officials have said that at this time the death appears natural, however an investigation is ongoing. More details may be available tomorrow.
The Police Department is investigating on the request of the Saline County Sheriff’s office.
Update 10:55am Wednesday: Salina Police have released a little more information on the death of 65-year-old female inmate in the Saline County Jail Tuesday afternoon.
Lt. Scott Siemsen says Myrna Eisele was found dead in her cell about noon by a corrections officer. Eisele was in the cell by herself.
Siemsen says an autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday, but it appears Eisele died of natural causes.
The case is being investigated by the Salina Police Department at the request of the Saline County Sheriffs Office.
ORIGINAL: A female inmate has died at the Saline County Jail.
According to the Salina Police Department, 65-year-old Myrna Jean Eisele was found dead early this afternoon. Officials have said that at this time the death appears natural, however an investigation is ongoing. More details may be available tomorrow.
The Police Department is investigating on the request of the Saline County Sheriff’s office.
The Missouri Conservation Department Confirmed Tuesday a mountain lion sighting in Northwest Missouri.
A mountain lion was caught on a trail camera April 2nd in Grundy County.
It was confirmed to be a mountain lion earlier this week. A Wisconsin man who leases hunting right on a property in Southwestern Grundy County reported the picture. It’s the 29thconfirmed sighting since 1994 and the third sighting so far this year.
Mountain lions were once native to the state. Evidence indicates that sightings in recent decades are due to young male mountain lions dispersing from western states and wandering into Missouri, said Rex Martensen, an MDC wildlife damage biologist and a member of the Response Team. MDC has confirmed no evidence of a breeding population in Missouri.
Confirmation of a mountain lion sighting is made when there is verifiable physical evidence such as hair, scat, tracks, photos, video, a dead cougar or remains from a mountain lion feeding on prey.
Mountain lions are naturally shy of humans and generally pose little danger to people, Martensen said, even in states with thriving breeding populations. Although mountain lions are protected by law, Missouri’s Wildlife Code does allow people to protect themselves and their property if they feel threatened.
Police say two female students have reported being attacked on the University of Kansas campus in the last week.
One student said a man threw her to the ground last week as she walked outside Strong Hall. She was able to kick the man and get away.
She described her attacker as a black man between 40 to 50 years old, average height and weight, black hair with graying tips and wearing a brown jacket.
Early Saturday, another female student said she was briefly molested by a white man as she was walking outside Haworth Hall. She described the suspect as college-aged, between 6-foot and 6-foot-3, thin build, dark eyes and dark brown hair. He was wearing a green Ralph Lauren polo shirt and cargo shorts.
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss is postponing two of the remaining four days of court employee furloughs based on assurances from lawmakers that they will approve a funding request.
The furloughs were scheduled for alternate Fridays. The first one occurred April 13 and closed courts throughout Kansas.
Nuss said Monday he’ll postpone the furloughs scheduled for April 27 and May 11, based on discussions last week by the House Appropriations Committee. Those planned for May 25 and June 8 remained unchanged.
Nuss ordered the furloughs after legislators failed to approve $1.4 million in supplemental funding to keep the courts operating through June 30.
He says if the funding doesn’t come through, he’ll reschedule the postponed furloughs for later dates.
A man reported missing in Missouri several months ago has been found dead inside a refrigerator in northeastern Kansas.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department says the refrigerator was abandoned in a field near the town of De Soto.
Authorities announced Monday the body inside was that of 33-year-old Gregory Price, whose disappearance was reported early last year to police in Independence, Mo. The sheriff’s department says Price’s last known whereabouts were in the De Soto area.
A tip led deputies to the field where they found the refrigerator and the body late last week. The cause of death has not been determined.
The suspect in the death of an 18-month-old girl in early April, turned himself in Monday morning to the Salina Police Department.
Troy Love the second walked into the Salina Police Department with family members about 8AM.
The Saline County Attorneys office had issued warrants for Love on charges of first-degree murder and child abuse. 18-month-old Bre’Elle Jefferson was taken to the hospital on the afternoon of April 9th when she had been found not breathing.
She died the evening of April 10th at a Wichita hospital of injuries that officials say was consistent with child abuse.
The warrants for Love’s arrest were issued on April 19th.
A child was injured in a two vehicle accident on I-135, 3 miles northwest of Salina around 6:30 Sunday evening.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, two vehicles were traveling south on I-135. A Honda turned left from the right lane, attempting to cut across the median. The Honda was struck by a Chrysler that was in the left lane.
The driver of the Honda, 43-year-old Marycris Nouanlasy of Salina, was not injured.
The driver of the Chrysler was not injured but a passenger, 2-year-old Camdyn Fullingim of Salina, was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with injuries.
The Kansas Department of Commerce says about 70 companies — and possibly more — are planning to take part in the agency’s fourth annual statewide job fair.
The event takes place Tuesday from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at United Wireless Arena in Dodge City. The first hour is reserved for members of the military and their families.
The Commerce Department chose Dodge City to make sure that residents in the southwestern part of the state have a chance at a job fair. The previous events were held at Fort Riley and in Salina and Overland Park.
Commerce Department officials say at least 50 people were hired at last year’s fair.
The agency advises job-seekers to bring a resume and dress for potential interviews.
Legislative staffers say an early retirement program launched last year by Gov. Sam Brownback has resulted in major staffing problems at state hospitals.
Legislative staffers told the Kansas House Appropriations Committee Friday that staffing is so tight at Larned State Hospital that the hospital could lose its federal accreditation. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the loss could cost the state $14.5 million in federal funds.
The governor says more than 1,000 employees took advantage of the retirement program, which offered health insurance and 1-time payment incentives to state workers. It is expected to save the state $34.5 million over two years.
The report says low pay and long hours are making it hard to recruit and retain workers at the hospitals.
Six people were injured in a single vehicle accident in Russell County on I-70, about a half-mile east of the Bunker Hill exit, Saturday.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 30-year-old Amanda Hulett of Russell was driving a GMC Envoy east on I-70, when she looked away from the road and the vehicle drifted onto the shoulder.
Hulett over corrected, causing the vehicle to cross both eastbound lanes on the interstate, and rolled once in the median. Hulett, along with passengers 25-year-old Wayne Brock, 13-month-old Aerief Brock, 6-year-old Adin Hulett, 4-year-old Asher Hernandez, and 8-year-old Alex Hernandez were all transported to Russell Regional Hospital with injuries.
A top Kansas lawmaker says funding for a federal bioterrorism lab in Manhattan, Kan., could be in trouble if the city is moved to a different congressional district.
Kansas Senate President Steve Morris says a split between conservative Congressman Tim Huelskamp and Speaker of the House John Boehner could have an impact on that funding.
Huelskamp represents the 1st Congressional District, and one proposal for redrawn districts would move Manhattan from the 2nd District into the 1st.
The Wichita Eagle reports Morris told members of the Wichita Pachyderm Club on Friday that Boehner might not support funding the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility if it’s in Huelskamp’s district.
Huelskamp’s spokeswoman says he has met with Boehner and does think a change of district would hurt the NBAF’s funding prospects.
A 63-year-old man is the victim of an apparent drowning in a backyard pool on the north side of Hutchinson.
