In the last 24 hours, the Junction City Police Department has received information that two local businesses have been contacted by unknown persons, who advised they represented the City of Junction City and that the business had an outstanding balance on their water account. The unknown caller then attempted to get the victim businesses to […]
A Wamego optometrist has died in a one vehicle roll-over crash in Cayman Brac. Dr. Mark Bettencourt, 54, had been visiting since Friday but was not found right away. His body was later found underneath the vehicle. The crash also killed Topeka construction company owner Douglas Carney, 50 and critically injured longtime Cayman Brac resident […]
When Riley County commissioners approved the budget in August, they knew it would leave plenty of people frustrated. One of the more frustrated voices came from the Riley County Council on Aging. Mary Jo Harbour, the chairwoman for the council, told commissioners their funding is $5,000 what it was in 2011 and that it’s been […]
When Riley County commissioners approved the budget in August, they knew it would leave plenty of people frustrated. One of the more frustrated voices came from the Riley County Council on Aging. Mary Jo Harbour, the chairwoman for the council, told commissioners their funding is $5,000 what it was in 2011 and that it’s been […]
Terrorism fears are heightened around the world–and now Riley County Police apparently will have a voice on an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force out of Kansas City, with the five members of the County’s Law Enforcement Agency Law Board giving their consensus to proceeding with adding a member to the group. The position is actually […]
Terrorism fears are heightened around the world–and now Riley County Police apparently will have a voice on an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force out of Kansas City, with the five members of the County’s Law Enforcement Agency Law Board giving their consensus to proceeding with adding a member to the group. The position is actually […]
Terrorism fears are heightened around the world–and now Riley County Police apparently will have a voice on an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force out of Kansas City, with the five members of the County’s Law Enforcement Agency Law Board giving their consensus to proceeding with adding a member to the group. The position is actually […]
A man facing child abuse charges in Geary County has entered a not guilty plea and trial has been set for May. Cyjay Echon, who was a Fort Riley soldier, was taken into custody in Kansas City, Missouri this past May after Junction City Police were contacted by Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City in reference […]
A jury trial for a Manhattan man resulted in guilty verdicts on six of the seven theft and drug-related counts against him. Jeremy Spaur’s jury trial got started Thursday. The not guilty verdict involved burglary of a motor vehicle. Spaur was arrested in March after a search warrant was executed at his home in the […]
The Kansas Court of Appeals issued opinions Friday on three area cases, affirming two and reversing one. A Riley County case involving Travis Day pertained to a battery on a law enforcement case from last year and was affirmed by the higher court. In appealing, Day contended there was insufficient evidence to support the crime. But the […]
