A former Manhattan City Attorney was granted a motion to continue in a case involving charges of distributing child pornography. Bill Raymond had been set for a status conference Wednesday in U-S District Court in Wichita, with a jury trial December 15th. But that was continued Wednesday, with the jury trial now set for January […]
Forty distinguished professors from Kansas State University have came together to send a message to Topeka that they have serious concerns about a 2012 state law that removed Kansas colleges’ exemption from law that permits the carrying of firearms in all public places. Professors contend that the law, which was scheduled to affect universities on July, […]
FORT RILEY, Kan. – A 1st Infantry Division Soldier was found dead in his Junction City residence Nov. 30. First Sgt. Patrick E. Centamore, 46, was assigned as the senior noncommissioned officer of Company G, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div. His military occupational specialty was 91Z, a […]
MANHATTAN — Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Joshua Foster, 22, of Manhattan while at the Riley County Police Department on December 1, 2015 at approximately 9:30 PM. Foster was arrested on a warrant for probation violation (original offense listed as distribution of marijuana, unlawful possession of methamphetamine, and violation of a protective order) […]
The Wamego Chamber of Commerce updated the City Commission on recent events at Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page talked about the partnership formed with the Chamber of Commerce and the Convention and Visitors Bureau earlier this year. With this partnership, a regular update was part of the agreement. Chamber Executive Director, Megan Umscheid (um […]
A Manhattan man has waived a preliminary hearing in an aggravated battery case in Pottawatomie County. Russell Mayes had been set for the hearing Tuesday. He’s now set for a January 22nd arraignment. Mayse was arrested in August following an early Sunday morning incident at State Lake Two in rural Manhattan. A female victim was […]
A Riley man facing a second-degree murder charge for the death of his 6-year-old daughter was scheduled for status and preliminary hearings Tuesday afternoon in the Riley County District Courthouse. Joshua Michael Mall, 39, was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.13 when he collided with another vehicle and then struck a tree […]
Riley County Commissioners are rethinking the McDowell Creek Road project. Leon Hobson, the county’s public works director, told commissioners Monday morning that the project’s bids all exceed the engineer’s estimate by more than 110 percent, and can’t accept any of them based on state statute. “When this project was first put on the sales tax […]
(Photo courtesy National Weather Service, Topeka) Freezing rain will move northeast along and west of a Sabetha, to Manhattan, to Council Grove through tonight. 0.25 inches of ice may accumulate on elevated objects, power lines and tree limbs. The additional ice accumulations through Monday morning may cause tree branches and power lines to snap. Roads […]
(Photo Courtesy National Weather Service, Topeka) Periods of freezing rain and rain will continue across the area into Sunday. In areas at or below freezing (approximately left of the yellow dashed line on the map), this will add to an already bad situation as ice over the past several days in addition to the new […]
