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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 2001
Page
9
Thunderstorms forming ahead of a cold front swept across the south central United States producing golf ball sized hail and wind gusts up to 62 mph at Mira Louisiana at 8:21 p.m. and continuing through the night with a dry forecast for the following morning.
Roy L. Skinner 43 of rural Alden was bound over on first degree murder and manufacturing meth charges plus three related meth counts after a two day Rice County hearing. The Aug 28 death of Patrick Donley near Turon involved a clandestine lab found in a camper shed on Skinner’s property. Witnesses testified Skinner claimed Donley had exploded in the lab and described retrieving the body from the sand hills.
Park City officers halted a Wichita street DUI suspect Friday night and backed up by more units. The homeowner, Aman, threw crack cocaine from a window as officers spoke with the driver, drawing attention and leading to a search that yielded a pound of marijuana, scales, two handguns, and $800. A 22-year-old was jailed on multiple felony charges. In a separate incident, 20 month old Cornelius Fehr died after being run over by his father's pickup near Satanta, Kansas, prompting a Highway Patrol investigation.
Gary W. Sheen, 31, pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the death of Kurt Boldridge at his rural Atchison home last year. Rex Lane said new evidence emerged over the weekend from a witness who rode a Corrections Department bus with Skeen. The victim’s former wife Lisa Boldridge, 40, was convicted in January of premeditated first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Two other men were charged in the killing.
Senate President Dave Kerr said the education industry should recognize lawmakers were generous in a tight budget year after a $67 million increase for elementary and secondary schools for 2002. The bill, approved 70-51 by the House and 30-9 by the Senate, raises base aid per pupil to 3870 and funds special education at 85.3 percent of excess costs, while expanding a program for at risk four-year-olds.
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