An investigation into the summer death of a Fort Riley soldier has been concluded, with the manner of death listed as suicide. Specialist Oscar Delgado, 26, who served as a fire control repairer, was found dead on post July first, after being reported missing by his unit on June 26th. According to Chris Grey, the Chief of Public Affairs with the Criminal Investigation Command at Quantico, Virginia, the Army CID investigation into Delgado’s death was finalized last month. Grey adds the CID investigation came to the same conclusion as the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s autopsy, which also ruled the death a…
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A Junction City woman was taken to a Topeka hospital following a one vehicle accident on I-70 in Wabaunsee County Monday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Sharon Dorminey, 72, was driving a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound close to two miles west of the Maple Hill exit when the vehicle left the roadway and Dorminey over corrected. The Grand Cherokee then crossed the center median and rolled, coming to rest in the eastbound lanes. The accident was reported shortly after 9:30 Monday morning. Dorminey was wearing a seat belt.
Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting was quite eventful. Speeches were made, cookies were eaten, and coffee was sipped as fellow commissioners, family, and friends said goodbye to outgoing commissioner Stan Hartwich and hello to incoming commissioner, Travis Altenhofen. After winning the vote of Pottawatomie County residents and attending two commission meeting’s prior, Altenhofen was able to take his seat Monday as the county’s youngest commissioner at 28. For his first order of business, Altenhofen asked commissioners to approve the purchase of a new laptop for himself to do commissioner work with. For the fifth time, Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat was sworn into…
Riley County swore in its newest commissioner Monday morning. Marvin Rodriguez officially became the new District 2 representative on the Riley County Board of County Commissioners. Rodriguez defeated former commissioner Robert Boyd in the August Republican primary by 300 votes. Commissioner Ron Wells, who won his re-election bid against first-time Democratic challenger Levi Smith in November, was also sworn in and made chairman. Rodriguez was named vice-chair. “Well, I’m excited,” Rodriguez told KMAN after the meeting. “This will be a new thing for me, but I’m excited about serving the public and seeing if we can make some goals I had…
TOPEKA — The latest on the opening day of the Kansas Legislature’s annual session (all times local): 4:50 p.m. A Kansas House committee is drafting a bill to repeal an income tax cut for farmers and business owners championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The Taxation Committee voted Monday to sponsor the measure. It acted less than three hours after the GOP-controlled Legislature convened its annual session. Some committee members also said they want lawmakers to pass the bill this month so that the changes could be applied retroactively to Jan. 1. Doing so would allow the state to raise…
TOPEKA — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top Kansas lawmakers are not on the same page about ending an income tax break for farmers and business owners. The GOP-controlled Legislature opens its annual session Monday and must close projected budget shortfalls totaling $1.1 billion through June 2019. Legislative leaders said this week that they see bipartisan support for repealing the tax break, which was enacted in 2012 and benefits more than 330,000 farmers and business owners. Senate Majority Leader and Overland Park Republican Jim Denning predicted that even though Brownback championed the tax break, he’d allow a bill to repeal it…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Dan Thomson, Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology at Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine K-State Institute for Commercialization President Kent Glasscock Former Kansas Governor John Carlin
Kenneth Miller, 33, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 6, 2017 at approximately 12:50 PM. Miller was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Miller’s bond was set at $10,000.00. Miller was not confined at the time of this report. Wendy Montgomery, 46, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 2100 block of Fort Riley Blvd. at approximately 4:15 PM. Montgomery was arrested for forgery, identity theft, and theft by deception. Montgomery’s total bond was set at $13,000.00, causing her to remain confined at the time of this…
A group from Manhattan High School received some special recognition last week at a state convention. The MHS Thespians won the Gold Honor Troupe Award at the 2017 State Thespian Festival in Wichita Jan. 5 – 7.
An incident in the 600 block of Highland Ridge had Riley County Police on alert Sunday. A suspicious device led to a bomb team response. According to the RCPD Facebook page, there ended up being no threat to the public. RCPD received a fire alarm call from the apartment complex and as the Manhattan Fire Department was responding, dispatch received a call from a citizen stating they heard a gunshot. Officers were dispatched as well and Once on scene, they cleared the apartment where the alarm originated from. As they did so, officers located a suspicious device and called in The RCPD Bomb Team.…