Author: AJ Shaw

There were no injuries following an accident involving a school bus in Riley. The accident occurred Wednesday just before 3:45 p.m. on US-77, about a half mile west of Crooked Creek Road. More on this story can be read at the Mercury.

The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering has received ABET accreditation for three of the college’s undergraduate programs. The programs to receive this accreditation are biomedical engineering, cybersecurity and environmental engineering after they met the requirements necessary for accreditation which include having the inaugural class of graduates finish each program. ABET accreditation assures that programs meet standards to produce graduates ready to enter critical technical fields that are leading the way in innovation and emerging technologies and anticipating the welfare and safety needs of the public. ABET is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that currently accredits over 4500 programs at 895…

A Manhattan woman who had been previously arrested for aggravated arson was arrested on Tuesday night. Mahboooba Babrakzai, 39, was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant just after 9:30 p.m. on failure to appear charges. The original charges stem from an aggravated arson arrest in Jul. 2022. Babrazkai was booked into Riley County Jail on a bond of $100,000. Her status of confinement is unknown at this time.

On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, has KU offense hit rock bottom? The guys discuss the comments of KU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes. Also, has K-State’s Big 12 opponents stock gone up or down? Plus, Jabroni of the Week and Avery with the media.

An Ogden man finds himself in hot water with law enforcement following his arrest Monday for aggravated domestic battery. Timothy Hill, 35, was arrested at 11 p.m. on Monday night in the 100 block of Tenth Street on probable cause charges of aggravated domestic battery, making a criminal threat and criminal restraint. Hill was booked into the Riley County Jail on a bond of $14,000 and was confined at the time of this report.

On this week’s edition of Wildcat Insider, Mitch and Tim discuss K-State’s dominating victory over Arizona on Friday to move to 3-0. Then in Hour 2, “The Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson joins the program.

A Junction City man and former Fort Riley soldier who had been previously arrested and convicted for child sex crimes was arrested over the weekend for violating his probation. 23-year-old Jamichael Strahan was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation stemming from a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Strahan has been registered as a sex offender in the state of Kansas since 2022 for those charges. Strahan was convicted in 2022 for the offenses along with other Fort Riley soldiers after he tried to hook up with…

A man was transported to Via Christi after he was injured in a car v. motorcycle accident on Friday afternoon in Manhattan. The accident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at the interesection of Research Park Court and N. Manhattan Avenue when Barbara Ench, 75, of Manhattan failed to yield the right of way to Thomas Bowring, 20, of Wichita. Ench proceeded to hit Bowring’s 2003 Honda motorcycle, injuring the man. Bowring was transported to EMS to Via Christi for his injuries.

On this week’s edition of Scoreboard Saturday, Wamego wins the Backyard Brawl over Rock Creek. We hear from Weston Moody and Shane Sieban. Also, Manhattan wins a top-5 matchup over Lawrence Free-State as we hear from head coach Joe Schartz.

Every two years, change comes to Fort Riley’s leadership posts during the summer. This year was no different. First, Maj. Gen. Monte Rone took over the commanding general position for the 1st Infantry Division from Maj. Gen. John Meyer. And then, Col. Gerald Nunziato became the post’s garrison commander, replacing Col. Michael Foote. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.