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Share this article Photo credit: Dreamstime After several years of poaching deer on federal property, three men have pleaded guilty to trespassing and illegally hunting whitetail deer on a section of the Fort Riley Army base in Kansas. Gregory J. Frikken, James C. Nunley and Michael J. Smith killed eight whitetail deer – three that are considered trophy class – after entering the property under cover of night multiple times, according to a Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Kansas press release. All three are charged with violating the Lacey Act and were ordere...

Hunters who trespassed on Fort Riley forced to pay thousands in restitution Three men charged with violating federal hunting laws pleaded guilty recently to illegally hunting whitetail deer on Fort Riley where explosives are discharged during training exercises. U.S. Attorney for Kansas Stephen McAllister says Gregory Frikken, James Nunley and Michael J. Smith each admitted to trespassing on federal property and illegally harvesting trophy whitetail deer in violation of the Lacey Act. McAllister says the three men knowingly entered a prohibited part of the Army base for unlawful and sel...

By TIM HRENCHIR | The Topeka Capital-Journal | Published: February 10, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — Three men were recently sentenced to each serve three years of unsupervised probation and pay fines and restitution after they illegally harvested eight whitetail deer, three of them trophy class, on the grounds of Fort Riley. U.S. Attorney for Kansas Stephen McAllister said in a news release Tuesday that Gregory J. Frikken, James C. Nunley and Michael J. Smith were sentenced after pleading guilty to federal charges of illegally hunting whitetail deer on a part of Fort Riley where explosiv...

It's one of the things most of us remember where we were when we heard the news. I was at work in the studio and I saw something that looked wrong on the 13 inch TV beside me. I could not take my eyes off the screen.

Thursday marks a solemn anniversary for the space community. On Jan. 28, 1986, seven astronauts were killed when the Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after launch. The crew of the Challenger in a 1986 photo. Front L-R: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ronald E. McNair. Rear: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik. NASA/AP Photo Among those on board was New Hampshire high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who had been chosen by NASA to be the first teacher in space. She was going to work on the crew as a payload specialist. The other six crew members were...