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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TOPEKA — A proposal to build a new veterinary laboratory at Kansas State University is one step closer to reality. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the university’s proposal for a Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, with an estimated cost of $43.2 million. The project still must be approved the Kansas Legislature. The
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Topeka: On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Sydney Carlin (D-Manhattan) successfully offered an amendment to a bill on the House floor outlawing revenge porn. Revenge porn is the posting of nude or sexually explicit photos or videos of an ex-spouse or significant other online without their consent. “Within hours of a vengeful ex-partner uploading images of a
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More than 200 Soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade are set to return soon from a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. While deployed, the brigade’s Soldiers were responsible for planning, oversight and resources for troops in five countries and 13 locations. The brigade supported Operation Inherent Resolve and provided sustainment support to U.S. Central
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Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 school board members heard several new and continuing reports throughout their meeting Wednesday evening. Dr. Mike Ribble, the district’s Director of Technology, presented an annual technology plan to board members. Dr. Lucas Shivers, Director of Elementary Education, also brought elementary-level educators into the meeting to relay results of work by the Alliance
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TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the public water supply in the City of Emmett located in Pottawatomie County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a water main break that may put the system at risk for bacterial contamination. The advisory took effect
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The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a fire weather watch in the Flint Hills region till Saturday. Riley, Pottawatomie, Geary, Clay and Wabaunsee Counties are listed in the watch. The alert says warmer temperatures and gusty winds beginning Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon — along with low relative humidity values — increase the
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A Manhattan woman was seriously injured in a three-vehicle accident Saturday morning on Tuttle Creek Boulevard. According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jenna Michelle Lindsten, 30, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Captiva Sport at 11 a.m. eastbound on Marlatt Avenue as she approached the Tuttle Creek Boulevard intersection. As she entered the intersection,
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A Manhattan man was arrested just after midnight Sunday morning in the 500 block of Colorado St for drug charges. Leon Friedrich Houk, 31, was arrested for unlawful possession of illegal drugs and driving with a suspended liciense. At the time of this report Houk is confined in the Riley County Jail with a $6,000
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The City of Manhattan has promoted Susan Adams to the position of director at the Flint Hills Discovery Center (FHDC) beginning Feb. 29. Adams currently serves as a Recreation Supervisor in the Parks and Recreation Department. “We are extremely excited about Susan leading the Discovery Center into the future,” Eddie Eastes, Parks and Recreation Director,
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