66 soldiers returned home to Ft. Riley on Tuesday. Members of the First Sustainment Brigade returned after 9 months in Kuwait. The brigade was tasked with planning, oversight and resources for troops stationed in five countries. 200 brigade soldiers remain in Kuwait, scheduled to return home by the end of March. Video from the ceremony
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Members of The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State, mourn the loss of a faculty member. Professor Tom Gould died on Sunday, Feb. 14th, following a lengthy fight with brain cancer. Gould started his K-State career in 1998, becoming a full professor in 2013. According to a statement made by
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A Silver Lake man has entered a plea of guilty to aggravated battery while DUI in connection with an October 2014 accident in Pottawatomie county that left two men seriously injured. Cameron Renfro entered the plea the end of last week in Pottawatomie County District court and will be sentenced March 17th. He was to have had
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Workforce was a common theme at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan Monday, with presentations by Manhattan Area Technical College and K-State officials. As we heard last month following the leadership retreat involving area officials held in Overland Park, workforce continues to be the number one concern of many in the Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary county
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With spring around the corner, agricultural burning was discussed during Monday morning’s Riley County commission meeting. Pat Collins, the county’s emergency management director, told commissioners the public should expect an abundance of burning from now going into March. Collins said there are no controlled burns allowed in April due to the county’s smoke management plan.
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Down in Arizona, the Kansas City Royals have begun Spring Training as they look to defend their World Series crown. And on a very pleasant spring day in Junction City, Royals fans made their way to see the latest stop on the Royals’ Trophy Tour, and saw the hardware up close. “It’s the peoples’ trophy”,
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Not much more information involving a Riley County Police arrest of a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. A KMAN announced Sunday, Donnie Hill, 43, was taken into custody at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Seth Child and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft
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A Westmoreland man is looking to help Pottawatomie county grow by running for the District 3 seat on the Pottawatomie County Commission. Travis Altenhofen, 26, graduated from K-State Polytechnic in 2013 with degrees in aeronautical technology and finance. Altenhofen, a Republican, currently serves on the Rock Creek school board. He says it isn’t as much
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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. Donnie Hill (43) was picked up in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. Hill was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $5,000
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A Manhattan woman was arrested early Friday evening for drug charges. Julia Anne Kasprick, 28, was arrested in the 1900 block of Hunting Ave. for the sale and distribution of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana. She was released on a $7,000 bond. A Topeka man was arrested by the Riley County Police Department
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