Supreme Court upholds Kesserling life term for fatal Miller slaying
Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld Douglas County jurists verdicts against Michael W. Kesserling of Topeka for the 2000 2001 case involving Dale Miller. The court rejected all appeals in a unanimous decision. Miller vanished after suspicions of drug thefts. witnesses tied Kesserling to the crime with two co defendants. He was convicted of first degree murder aggravated kidnapping and conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping. Prosecutors seek 120 hours of community service or 50 hour speaking stint on alcohol for John Randle plus 48 hour jail terms for two batteries. Randle faces sentencing July 21.
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Kansas Supreme Court
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Michael W. Kesserling
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Douglas County District Court
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Civics Girls State to Visit KU This Weekend
More than 400 incoming high school seniors arrive in Lawrence for the 63rd American Legion Auxiliary Kansas Sunflower Girls State. The program opens Sunday at the university and runs through Friday with sessions on Kansas government led by officials such as Sandy Praeger and Ron Thornburgh. An inauguration is planned for June 9 at the Lied Center. In a separate police report, a 42 year old Lawrence man is under investigation for alleged sexual assault and sodomy of a 21 year old Overland Park woman. the March 26 incident occurred at the suspect’s residence and the victim reported it two months later. The suspect has not been arrested.
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Lawrence
American Legion Auxiliary
Kansas Sunflower
Kansas University
Kansas
Sandy Praeger
Ron Thornburgh
Lynn Jenkins
Barbara Ballard
G. Joseph Pierran
Kansas Court of Appeals
Lied Center
Overland Park
KU Dole Institute roof leaks after rain at new campus building
Construction at Kansas University's Dole Institute of Politics and the Student Recreation Fitness Center shows leaks from experimental copper tile seams. Facilities director Lawrence Bush said the Dole roof leaks mainly on the copper tiling while Mary Chappell noted ongoing tile and ceiling issues at the fitness center. Buckets mop pads and trash cans were used to collect water in both buildings, each under two years old, with no impact on archives or exhibits reported.
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Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
Kansas
Lawrence Bush
Institute
Bush
Mary Chappell
Dole Institute
Fitness Center
Chappell
Kui
Video game addiction sparks debate at home and play stores
The piece examines gaming as hobby and potential addiction through Roy Lopez's drive to buy Nintendo Revolution and PlayStation 3 next year, while experts like Maressa Orzack and Nick Yee discuss social acceptance and varied gamer personalities amid online and console play.
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Roy Lopez
Maressa Hecht Orzack
Computer Addiction Studies Center
McLean Hospital
Belmont
Mass
Brian Harris
Game Guy
E. 7Th St
Harris
Nick Yee
Stanford University
Yee
Evidence at issue as murder trial wears on
In Lawrence, Martin K. Miller faces a June 13 trial for allegedly suffocating his wife Mary at their 2105 Carolina St home, with prosecutors seeking medical examiner photos and other images from his computer. The judge heard debates over which photographs to admit or exclude as irrelevant or inflammatory.
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Lawrence
Martin K. Miller
Christian School
Mary
Carolina St
Mary Miller
Martin Miller
Paula Martin
Miller
Rotary Arboretum opens to aid amateur landscapers in city
A $50,000 gift from Lawrence area Rotary Clubs funds the Lawrence Area Rotary Arboretum in West Lawrence near 27th Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway. The 30 acre site features about 100 tree varieties with labeled species for learning, plus ponds and a waterfall. City officials plan future plantings as the site matures, serving as an educational civic project for years.
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Lawrence Parks and Recreation
Lawrence Area
Rotary Arboretum
West Lawrence
Fred DeVictor
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
USI
Clinton Lake
27Th Street
South Lawrence
Rotary International
George Woodyard
Lawrence Rotary Club
Jayhawk Rotary Club
Central Rotary Club
Woodyard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
DeVictor
Richard Gwin
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