The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 29

JO Wednesday June 181997 The Kansas City Star (ef Sheriff charged vows to keep job KANSAS ferred questions to Tyrrell who said Tuesday that he did not wane to comment on the case not going to get into an exchange with Tyrtell said "This here is political" said Mitchell who refused to discuss specifics of many of the charges The state attorney office assisted the investigation Scott Holste an office spokesman re Motorcyclist killed: A rural Ottawa man ho had be motorcycle path of a sh i was killed when he stepped into the path of a sheriff cruiser the Kansas UgMathm planned: A lawmaker active in economic development wsue said she planned to sponsor a measure to prevent the state from invest iog more money in risky high technology compa- Republican Sen Pat Kanson of Wichita said that she would introduce a bill next year to prevent the state from getting more deeply involved in venture capital Ranson the vice chairwoman of the Senate Commerce Committee is to be vice chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Economic Development this summer and faU when it reviews venture capital activities looked at the results I think time to say we didn't get the results we had hoped for Ranson said Kanson said her legislation would not affect current investments Medical center The Kansas failure this vear to relax its grip on the University of Kansas Medical Center was a tactical blunder that could hinder high-quality medical education said Donald Hagen executive vice chancellor of the medical center horribly hobbled by the state Hagen said in a speech Monday to Lawrence Ro-tarians be the same as before and survive" Hagen chief of KIJ Medical Center since September 1995 has urged the state to transfer management control of the teaching hospital to a newly created public authority The hospital would continue to receive state aid under the authority concept but it would be free to craft a NEW 10AM TODAY mi I III! 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Kins HI Al 1 11 12 CLOSED TUESDAY TO RESTOCK ONN 10AM OTP (SUN 1PM) Wright County official says he leave even If convicted Ths Amocmm Prsss HARTVILLE Mo Despite six misdemeanor charges against him including accusations of hindering prosecution and witness tampering- Wright County Sheriff OL Mitchell says nothing will keep him from the county's top law enforcement job the sheriff on duty and remain Mitchell said "Even if it did happen and I was convicted of all counts still be sheriff" Mitchell 52 was released on his own recognizance Monday after being arrested and charged with two counts of hindering prosecution of a case three counts of failing to certify law enforcement officers and one count of witness tampering Mitchell was taken to a back room at the Wright County Courthouse on Monday afternoon and read the charges lie later signed a $10000 bond and was released lie was not handcuffed and did not spend any time behind bars He is to be arraigned June 25 A two-page complaint accuses Mitchell of hindering the prosecution of a man charged last November with driving while intoxicata! The complaint says Mitchell threatened to revoke the county commission of a Mansfield police officer if he void the ticket Broadcast reports identifial the man who was ticketed as a friend of Mitchell's Mitchell also is accused of failing to certify three deputies within a year of their hir ing according to the complaint Mitchell said one of the deputies remained uncertified with the knowledge of Wright County Prosecutor Larry Tyrrell He said accusations involving the other two deputies were Highway natrol said Tuesday Kevin Wayne Jackson Jr 27 was heading south on 59 about 1 1:30 pm Monday when ne lost control of his motorcycle about three miles north of Ottawa Franklin County Deputy Steve Lunger said he drove over the crest of the hill and saw the motorcycle but sec anyone around it As he approached Jackson dressed in black stepped into the path and was killed The accident occurred at the edge of residential property owned by father "It looks like he (Jackson) slowed down to turn into a said sheriff's Capt Brad Gilges Lunger 31 was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital for facial cuts and glass in his eyes The chase began about 1 1 pm when Lunger tried to stop a Jackson for speeding Gilges said Lunger's radar recorded an initial speed of 93 mph Man dllfVMJ: Kxnopolis man was charged Tuesday in the shooting death of a Salina man Tony Hunt 21 was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the death of Lamar Williams 27 Saline County District Judge Dan Hebert set bond for Hunt at $1 million and scheduled a preliminary hearing for July 1 1 said McGrath of the Saline County office Williams was shot in the head when he opened the door to his house early Friday Hunt was arrested later Friday at a hotel in Minneapolis Kan Authorities have riot revealed a motive for the attack Williams was a prosecution witness in the 1993 murder trial of Andrew Juan Anthony Artis Swafford and Joel Butler who were convicted of killing a night clerk at Mid-America Inn in Salina estate of Morris Kessler who died last year Both men had pleaded guilty to criminal charges of gouging the Second Injury und the state-financed compensation program that pays medical costs and living benefits to people whose job injuries are aggravated by previous medical problems Fire In park Lightning caused a fire that destroyed the restaurant in Roaring River State Park early Tuesday according to the park superintendent The restaurant was to be demolished at the end of the year upon completion of a new lodge being built at the park seven miles south of Cassville in southwest Missouri Superintendent Peter Land-stad said "It lust got demolished a little ahead of he said The building was a total loss he said though he had no dollar figure No one was injured Dawayne Lassiter of the state lire office determined that lightning causal the blaze which broke out around I a Landstad said The fire was discovered by a guest in the hotel at 1:33 a business structure 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