WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The National Weather Service says 2016 was one of the wettest and warmest in Wichita’s history. The Wichita Eagle reports Wichita got 50.6 inches of rain last year, the second-most precipitation in the city since records began in 1888. The highest amount was in 2008, when 53.82 inches of rain fell. The only other year on record that Wichita received at least 50 inches was 1951, when it had 50.48 inches of rain. The city’s average temperature last year was 60.6 degrees, also the second-highest average yearly temp on record. The highest average temp was 61.4 in…
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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan woman over the weekend for assault. Jennifer Hollingsworth, 34, was picked up in the 2400 block of Greenbriar Drive shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday. She was charged with aggravated battery and assault with a deadly weapon. She was given a $10,000 bond, but is no longer confined in the Riley County Jail.
From the first day Dean Wade stepped on Kansas State’s campus, Bruce Weber insisted that Wade was one of the Big 12’s best players “when he wants to be good.” In Friday night’s conference opener against Texas, Wade wanted to be good. The sophomore forward scored 18 points, helping K-State to a 65-62 victory over the Longhorns. “He’s not going to be perfect, but tonight he was pretty good,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “We need him. When he’s open, we want him to shoot it. He’s done a lot of the little things for us over the last seven…
The Kansas State University Police Department filed an investigation for sexual assault Thursday, according to a press release sent to KMAN from the department. Little information is available on the details of the investigation and officials declined to comment further as of Friday. The report says the incident occurred on Nov.12 and gives no information on the location of the incident. Department officials say the investigation is ongoing.
GREENSBURG — A Kansas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing another patient at a mental health facility three days after he was discharged from a state psychiatric hospital. The Hutchinson News reports that 31-year-old Brandon Brown, of Haviland, was sentenced Wednesday in Kiowa County District Court for second-degree murder. He pleaded no contest in October in a case that prompted a state inquiry. Prosecutors say Brown beat Jerry Martinez so severely in May 2015 at a residential care facility that the 61-year-old died the next month. Brown had spent a week at the state-run psychiatric hospital…
Local schools stacked up well in the latest rankings by website Niche.com for 2017. The website, which analyzes school districts and colleges across the country, listed Manhattan-Ogden as the 4th-best school district in the state. Rock Creek school district was picked 7th-best and Wamego came in at No. 27 of the 272 districts ranked. Randolph-Blue Valley was 12th. Manhattan-Ogden was also ranked 4th-best in last year’s rankings, while Rock Creek moved up three spots. Wamego dropped from last year’s rankings where it was picked 15th-best. Riley County USD 378 — the smallest of the bunch with just two schools — ranked 75th. The…
WICHITA — Two of the Kansas Department of Revenue’s top officials have stepped down shortly after Gov. Sam Brownback appointed a new revenue secretary, who is expected to make changes to the department. The Wichita Eagle reports Brownback announced in the first week of December that former lawmaker Nick Jordan would step down as revenue secretary and Wichita businessman Sam Williams would replace him. Jim Conant, the agency’s director of resource management, left Dec. 9. Steve Stotts, the state’s director of taxation, retired last week. Williams says Conant left before Williams became secretary, and that Stotts’ departure was not Williams’ decision.…
LAWRENCE — Regents universities in Kansas are reviewing earthquake insurance policies after several quakes were reported in the state this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports chief financial officers decided to review the policies out of “due diligence.” University of Kansas CFO Leisa Julian says the regents system has $1 billion in property insurance, at a cost of more than $2 million a year. The coverage includes $100 million in earthquake protection. Adding another $100 million would increase the annual premiums by $44,000. The CFOs have taken the matter under advisement for now. Wichita State University President John Bardo strongly supported increasing…
A drug-related arrest leaves a Manhattan man in jail on a high dollar bond. Randall Simonds, 33, was taken into custody in the 2500 block of Bellerive Dr. Wednesday at approximately 4:00 PM. Simonds was arrested on a Pottawatomie County District Court warrant for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and use of a communication facility for drug transactions. Simonds’ bond was set at $50,000. ### Several campers and RV’s were damaged in the Sunflower North storage unit facility in the 2600 of Tuttle Creek Boulevard earlier this week. Riley County Police Officers filed a report for burglary, criminal damage to property,…
They don’t give out a trophy for beating all five of Texas’ major college football programs. A Texas Bowl Champions trophy will be sufficient, however. Led by game MVP Jesse Ertz, Kansas State knocked off Texas A&M, 33-28, in Wednesday night’s Advocare V100 Texas Bowl to finish its season 9-4. “This team epitomized what this program is about — daily improvement,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said. In contrast to most of the Wildcats’ recent bowl game appearances, this contest was closely contested throughout. K-State fell behind 7-0 on the Aggies’ opening possession before rallying to take the lead in the…