Officers filed a report for aggravated battery in the 1000 block of N 11th St. in Manhattan on December 3, 2018 at approximately 2:50 PM. Officers listed Jason Wagoner, 24, of Manhattan as the victim when it was reported a known male suspect intentionally collided with the victim’s vehicle.
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The Riley County Police Department updated Riley County Commissioners on the activity for the month of November during Monday’s meeting. Sgt Daryl Ascher informed the commission what they have been doing to help stop package thieves during the holiday season. Ascher also says during this time of year they see a different trend in police activity with the K-State semester ending. As for last week’s blizzard, Ascher says 40 calls were taken related to weather, 30 of which were for motorist assist, nine for malfunctioning traffic devices in Manhattan and five for disabled vehicles and two calls for traffic hazards. Ascher…
WICHITA — A new sentencing date has been set for next month in the case of the three Kansas militia members convicted of plotting to bomb a mosque and an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants. A court filing Monday shows the hearing for Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen will be Jan. 25 before U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita. A federal jury in April convicted the three men of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy against civil rights. Wright was also found guilty of lying to the FBI. The attack in the meatpacking…
LAWRENCE — A 26-year-old Missouri woman accused of driving her car into the Kansas River has pleaded not guilty in her daughter’s drowning. Scharron Dingledine, of Columbia, Missouri, pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Dingledine is accused of driving into the river near downtown Lawrence on Aug. 3 in an effort to kill her children and herself. Rescuers pulled Dingledine and her 1-year-old son, Elijah Lake, from the water soon but were not able to save her 5-year-old daughter, Amiyah Bradley. The child’s body was recovered from the river the next…
WICHITA — The last weekly government report for the 2018 growing season shows fall harvest for the major farm crops in Kansas is nearly finished. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that the corn harvest is 96 percent in, while soybean harvest stands at 95 percent complete. About 89 percent of both sorghum and sunflower crops are cut. Winter wheat condition is rated as 16 percent poor to very poor. About 39 percent is listed as fair while 45 percent is in good to excellent condition. About 89 percent of the 2019 winter wheat crop has emerged.
KANSAS CITY — A Minnesota man was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for driving a load of 471 pounds of marijuana to Kansas. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said 40-year-old Mark Anthony Berg, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, was sentenced Monday for one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. He will serve three years of probation after serving his sentence. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper stopped Berg’s van in December 2017 on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth, Kansas. Berg told the trooper he had been in Las Vegas and drove through Denver on his way back to Minnesota. After…
TOPEKA — Kansas will swear in its first two openly LGBT state lawmakers next month and its new Democratic governor has expressed strong support for LGBT-rights measures. In addition to these breakthroughs, LGBT-rights activists want to expand the state’s anti-discrimination law covering landlords and private employers. But Republicans still will have large majorities in the Legislature, and it will be a little more conservative after this year’s elections. Kelly’s election may prevent new laws that LGBT-rights advocates oppose, but they are likely to struggle to undo policies enacted in recent years when Republicans held the governor’s office.
Tax collections in Kansas continue to improve over last year. Governor Jeff Colyer’s office released the latest tax revenue numbers for the state on Tuesday. Fiscal year 2019 tax collections total $2.7 billion so far, exceeding fiscal year 2018 numbers by more than $221.20 million. Revenue also exceeded expected collections by $2.74 million. Breaking it down, state tax collections this November were $38.60 million more than collections in November of 2017. That’s an increase of 8.41 percent. Individual income tax collections in November totaled $235.02 million, $27.40 million more than what was collected the previous November. The only downside was…
Kansas State Police Department officers are once again collecting toys for children in need this holiday season. K-State PD has teamed up with the US Marine Corps and Texas Roadhouse for its second Toys for Tots drive. New and unwrapped toys can be brought to the west lobby of Edwards Hall on the KSU campus from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. as well as near the hostess stand in the Texas Roadhouse at Manhattan Town Center during business hours. Donations will be accepted through Friday, December 14th.
If you’re looking to warm up on the K-State campus today, the Psi Chi fraternity is selling hot chocolate Monday, Dec. 3, and Tuesday, Dec. 4. The sale is a fundraiser benefiting the national CASA for Children organization, which supports abused and neglected children going through the court system. Cups of cocoa will be available for 2 dollars, cash or venmo payments will be accepeted. They’ll also be accepting donations as well. They’ll be set up in front of Bluemont Hall and will be selling drinks from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.