(updated 5:33 a.m. Wednesday) Riley County: County Commission District 2 Rodriguez wins over incumbent Boyd. (21 of 21 precincts reporting) Robert Boyd – 758 votes / 42% Marvin Rodriguez – 1,058 votes / 58% Pottawatomie County: Sheriff Incumbent Riat defeats Costlow. (30 of 30 precincts reporting) Greg Riat – 3,439 votes / 78% Daniel Costlow – 946 votes / 22% County Commission District 2 (8 of 8 precincts reporting) Incumbent Weixelman wins over Wethington. Dennis “Pat” Weixelman – 790 votes / 54% Dana Wethington – 680 votes / 46% County Commission District 3 The challenger Altenhofen defeats incumbent Hartwich. (17 of 17 precincts reporting)…
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A former army private who was stationed at Fort Riley pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing his fellow soldiers’ identities. According to a statement from U.S. attorney Tom Beall, 24-year old Todd M. Newbrough will pay $23,400 in restitution. Newbrough pleaded guilty to one county of aggravated identity theft. In his plea, Newbrough admitted he accessed personal information about soldiers in his unit at Fort Riley. The records he accessed included leave and earnings statements and other documents which contain information like social security numbers. Newbrough used this information to obtain credit cards…
A 1st Infantry Division Soldier died July 30 at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina. A news release from Fort Riley Tuesday indicates Pfc. Luis Ortiz, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter repairer with Company D, 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., lost consciousness while running June 27 in Junction City, Kansas, and was subsequently hospitalized. Ortiz joined the Army in June 2015 and arrived at Fort Riley in January. He was 24 years old. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal. He had not deployed.
Updated 7:52 p.m. Tuesday A suspicious package that arrived Tuesday Aug. 2 at Fort Riley’s U.S. Post Office was found to pose no threat and was cleared by explosive ordnance disposal technicians and military police. An all clear was released by Fort Riley officials at about 6:45 p.m. Personnel at the post office, located at 5302 Ashby Ave., and buildings in the area were evacuated as authorities conducted their investigation. The area of Normandy Road between the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Shoppette and fire station on First Division Road was closed as a precaution. All roads have since been reopened. ### (earlier…
Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr meet with KMAN’s Cathy Dawes:
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback urged citizens to practice “civility and respect” Monday night in a statement from his office before Tuesday’s primary. Brownback also expressed his admiration for the parents of a decorated Muslim American soldier who died in Iraq. The parents appeared at the Democratic National Convention last week and questioned Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s character and views of Muslim Americans. Trump later took to Twitter and said he was “viciously attacked.” “Recently, the Gold Star parents of Captain Humayun Khan spoke of the ultimate sacrifice paid by their son on the Iraqi battlefield of the War on Terror,” Brownback…
Stowe’s Painting of Manhattan became the victim of theft between Friday July 29 and Monday August 1 when an unknown subject(s) removed two 2 power-washers with accessories from the 1400 block of Watson Place. The total estimated loss was listed as $1,380 and at the time of this report no arrests had been made or citations issued. If you have information about this crime contact the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. The items taken were not secured and were unattended at the time of this crime. A report for burglary was filed in the 900 block of Garden Way in…
One person was taken to the hospital following a Geary County accident Monday evening. Stephanie Hawkins, 36, of Georgia was taken to Geary Community Hospital after the accident at the junction of old U-S 77 and 77 in Junction City shortly after six p.m. According to the highway patrol, Hawkins was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe west on Old 77 Road and approaching the intersection, with a second vehicle, a ’99 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Caurnest Herbert, 24, of Texas attempting to turn east onto old U-S 77 Northbound. Herbert lost control, slid northeast across the west-bound lanes of old…
Riley County commissioners continued efforts to sell some of its county buildings during a work session on the subject Monday. Commissioners agreed to publish two notices of intent to sell property, including one for the Courthouse Plaza East building — where the commission meets — at 115 N. Fourth St. in Manhattan, and another for a packaged sale of the Emergency Medical Services building, the Pawnee Mental Health building and the Genealogical Society building. Those properties all reside on the 2000 block of Claflin Road in Manhattan. Commissioner Ron Wells was hesitant on efforts to sell the Plaza East building because at the moment, he’s…
ABILENE — Authorities in Kansas’ Dickinson County say an 18-month-old girl died after being found unresponsive in a sweltering car that the sheriff says she climbed into at the family’s rural home. Sheriff Gareth Hoffman tells the Topeka Capital-Journal that Olivia Ann Engstrom died Sunday at the family’s home seven miles northeast of Abilene. Hoffman says the toddler had last been seen a few hours before her body was found, and that the girl had been playing outside with her siblings when she somehow got into a parked car. The sheriff says it’s unclear how she managed to do that. Hoffman says…