ARKANSAS CITY — Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at a group home for the developmentally disabled adults that left one person dead. The fire broke out Thursday afternoon at an Easterseals Capper home in Arkansas City. Fire Chief Bobby Wolfe says rescuers were able to pull one person out of the home but that person later died. Wolfe says investigators will use an arson dog but there are no early indications that the fire was set intentionally. One firefighter was treated and released at a hospital for injuries from the fire. State fire officials are…
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WICHITA — Wichita police have arrested a father and son who allegedly rammed a pickup truck into a Wichita bingo hall and stole an ATM. Officer Charley Davidson said two of three suspects were arrested Wednesday. Officers responding to the Bingo Casino in south Wichita early Monday found the front door shattereds and the ATM gone. Surveillance video showed three people arriving at the business in a white truck. Two of the suspects broke the front windows and then put a tow cable around an ATM. The truck backed into the business and pulled the ATM through the doors. The…
Country Stampede is set to start Thursday, June 21, and Tuttle Creek Lake officials are offering tips to help event attendees find their way. There are multiple construction projects obstructing popular routes to the state park. Through traffic to the event grounds from the west entrance off of Highway 24 is blocked by work on the stilling basin. Access to Dyer Road is also cut off from eastbound Highway 13 traffic crossing the dam due to bridge construction at the spillway. “So far we’re working through those and the general public is starting to adapt to that fairly well,” Tuttle…
Friday’s guests were Riley County Health Educator Julie Hettinger and Family and Consumer Science Agent Megan Dougherty from the Riley County Extension, Riley County Seniors Center Communication/Project Coordinator Deb Nuss, as well as Tuttle Creek State Park Manager Todd Lovin and Tuttle Creek Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty.
Anthony Dawdy, 35, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on June 14, 2018 at approximately 11:25 PM. Dawdy was arrested on an offense of violate offender registration. Dawdy was issued a total bond of $7,500.00. Dawdy was not confined at the time of this report.
WICHITA — A Wichita man who prosecutors say tried to buy two tiger pelts is facing federal charges. U.S. Attorney Steve McAllister said Thursday that 38-year-old Ret Thach is charged with violating the federal Lacey Act, which prohibits interstate selling or buying of animals protected by the Endangered Species Act. Thach allegedly agreed to pay $8,000 to a seller in Wisconsin and fund traveling expenses to get the pelts delivered to Wichita. The seller was an undercover agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Prosecutors say the agent warned Thach that selling the pelts across state lines was illegal…
Wamego residents were out in force to honor veterans and remember those who died in the line of duty at the opening ceremony of “The Wall That Heals” that took place in Wamego City Park on Thursday morning. The Wall That Heals is a travelling three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam War memorial in Washington D.C. and bears the names of all 58 thousand U.S. servicemen who lost their lives during the war. Wamego is the only stop the wall will be making in Kansas this year. The Wamego Chamber of Commerce and the local branch of Caterpillar Work Tools teamed…
Thursday’s guests were Sarah Mueller and Judy Gardner of Fort Riley Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation. Cathy Dawes, Ken Scroggs and Kassidy Scroggs from Hope Ranch were also in-studio. The final guests were Center Director Johnny Taylor, Outreach and Admissions Director Lisa Hamilton and Programs Director Sina Shope from the Flint Hills Job Corps.
SALINA — Pope Francis has announced that Monsignor Gerald Vincke is the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salina. The Salina Journal reports that the pope made the announcement Wednesday. Vincke will become the 12th bishop of the Salina Diocese, replacing Bishop Edward Weisenburger who left in September to take over as bishop of the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona. Vincke joins Salina after time as a pastor in Michigan, where he was ordained to priesthood in 1999. The Salina Diocese spreads across more than 26,000 square miles (67,340 square kilometers), while the Lansing, Michigan, Diocese covers just more than…
LAWRENCE — Kansas consumer advocates are recommending state utility regulators reject Westar Energy’s request for a $17.2 million rate increase and instead order the company to cut rates. The Lawrence Journal-World reports employees of the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board recommended this week that the commission cut Westar rates for customers by at least $69 million. The board, or CURB, is a state agency representing consumers in utility rate cases. Westar provides service to about 700,000 customers in Kansas. The company has filed a rate request that translates to an increase of $2.80 a month for…