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Man arrested in Manhattan for wife's death will face charges in Texas
A 39-year-old Texas man arrested early Tuesday in Manhattan in connection with the shooting death of his wife has waived extradition and will be sent back to Texas to face charges. Donald Gower made a court appearance Wenesday morning in Riley County District Court. As KMAN has been reporting since early Tuesday, Gower was taken into custody by Riley County police at a motel in Manhattan. He was here to attend the funeral of his wife, 31-year-old Hidi Easton-Gower, a former Manhattan resident. Texas investigators say Gower had been planning to hire someone to kill his wife so he could collect on an insurance policy. Lampasas County authorities say four other arrest warrants have been issued in the July fourth slaying.
Manhattan selected as finalist for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
Congressman Jerry Moran, representative from the first district in the United States House of Representatives released a statement Wednesday morning regarding the Department of Homeland Security's announcement of site finalists for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). In the release, Moran says Manhattan has been selected as a finalist for the site. Moran also says, "Today, we are one step closer to bringing this tremendous opportunity to Kansas. The selection of Manhattan as a finalist for NBAF is evident of Kansas' leadership in agriculture and bioscience research." NBAF will be home for scientists from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services to research biological and agricultural threats to humans and animals. A final site announcement is expected in 2008.
Hearing in Riley County murder case
The state and defense continue to discuss motions in the first degree murder case of 19-year-old Kevin Hernandez, with a hearing in Riley County Magistrate Court late Tuesday morning. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson indicated the two sides agreed to have motions not contested by the state to be prepared by the end of Friday. The defense has expressed an interest in viewing rough notes made at the crime scene, 9-1-1 information, and phone calls in connection with the case. Wilkerson also announced the two sides are attempting to agree on certain aspects of the crime scene. Any issues that are not resolved by the end of this coming Friday will be presented during a hearing next Tuesday at eight a.m. A preliminary hearing was set a few weeks ago for July 26th. In addition to first degree murder, Hernandez is charged with aggravated robbery and burglary. He is charged in connection with the death of 23 year old Adam Hooks of Manhattan, whose body was found concealed in a vehicle parked at his residence at 325 Sherry Place.
State Headlines
Gas prices at all time high due to flooding
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Consumers are beginning to pay more at the gas pump because of flooding at a southeast Kansas refinery. The flooding in Coffeyville reduced fuel supplies and sent wholesale prices soaring. Prices spiked ten cents a gallon overnight at some stations. And by the end of the week, prices could reach from $3.25 to $3.50 a gallon in the Midwest and Great Lakes. That's according to Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. He says the prices the next ten days could be the highest of the year. Before last week's flooding, the Coffeyville Resources refinery produced 108,000 barrels a day of gasoline, diesel and other fuel oils. That's about one-seventh of the refining capacity for the Great Plains.
Fatal work inccident leaves two dead
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Two workers are dead after falling between 500 and 800 feet from a broadcast tower in rural Douglas County. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says the two men fell yesterday while installing equipment on the tower two miles east of Lawrence. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Sheriff's Lieutenant Kari Wempe says the office isn't releasing the men's names pending notification of next of kin. She says investigators from the Sheriff's Office and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are looking into what caused an equipment malfunction that allowed the workers to fall.
Kelsey Smith's accused killer eligible for death penalty
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) The man accused of abducting and killing Overland Park teenager Kelsey Smith is now charged with rape and aggravated sodomy, making him eligible for the death penalty. But Johnson County prosecutor Phill Kline says he hasn't yet decided whether to seek the death penalty for 26-year-old Edwin Hall of Olathe. Citing a gag order, Kline says he can't talk about why it took more than a month to file the new charges. Hall already had been charged with kidnapping and murdering the 18-year-old, but the rape and sodomy charges make the slaying a capital crime under Kansas law. Smith was kidnapped June Second from the parking lot of an Overland Park Target store. Her body was found four days later in a Missouri park, 20 miles east of the abduction site
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