Stanley Hoerman of Manhattan has officially joined the race for the 66th district of the State House of Representatives in Topeka. Hoerman grew up in south-central Manhattan with eight brothers and sisters. “I was well trained by my parents and they were very good people and they taught us right and wrong.” Hoerman said he
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Riley County Police raided a drug operation Tuesday and made arrests; but as a result, police warn that three individuals are on the run. They are considered dangerous and potentially desperate. Acting on a tip from a neighboring law enforcement agency, members of RCPD’s Special Investigation Unit located over 1,000 pills of ecstasy and approximately
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BOSTON (AP) An 80-year-old man who admitted running a sprawling multistate marijuana-dealing operation faces sentencing this week. Marshall Dion pleaded guilty to several charges under a plea agreement with prosecutors. A federal judge postponed Dion’s sentencing scheduled for last month. She asked prosecutors and Dion’s lawyers to submit written arguments on why the proposed sentence
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Once again, Kansas State University’s Black Student Union, or BSU, is the best in the Big 12 Conference. For the eighth time in 11 years, the university’s Black Student Union was awarded the Clarence Wine Award for Outstanding Big 12 Council of the Year at the 39th annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government,
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ALBQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A Wamego couple who recently lost a son to a California hiking accident says their son’s ashes were stolen from a New Mexico motel parking lot. Steven and Kathy Hunt reported the theft on Monday. Authorities say 32-year-old Kyle Hunt was killed in a hiking accident two weeks ago. The couple says
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The Riley County Police Department filed a report for vehicle burglary in the 500 block of Moro Street in Manhattan on March 1, 2016 at approximately 6:35 AM for an incident that likely occurred the night prior. Police listed Shaneen Silk-Valentino, 23, of Manhattan as the victim when her unsecured Jeep Liberty was entered by
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Kansas State University will likely be impacted by Tuesday’s announcement that Gov. Sam Brownback has issued a 3 percent callback in state general funds for all state universities totaling $17 million because of shortfalls in February state revenues. The Kansas Board of Regents will have the opportunity to decide how to allocate the allotment among the state universities. If
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Kansas State University will likely be impacted by Tuesday’s announcement that Gov. Sam Brownback has issued a 3 percent callback in state general funds for all state universities totaling $17 million because of shortfalls in February state revenues. The Kansas Board of Regents will have the opportunity to decide how to allocate the allotment among the state universities. If
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TOPEKA — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has cut higher education spending by $17 million in response to a shortfall in tax collections for February. Brownback announced Tuesday that he ordered a 3 percent cut in the higher education system’s allocation of state tax dollars under this fiscal year’s budget. The Board of Regents and state universities will
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A group that publishes the Emporia newspaper once edited by late journalism icon William Allen White has bought two family-owned newspapers and a weekly in Kansas. John Montgomery says he plans to retire and has sold the Junction City Daily Union, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle and the weekly Wamego Smoke Signal to Chris
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