DALLAS — The latest news and updates on the Thursday night shootings of police officers in Dallas: 2:35 p.m. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of five police officers in Dallas, saying through a spokesman that “there is no justification for such violence.” U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Friday that “those responsible compounded the suffering that many in the United States feel following the killing of two African-American men over two days.” Haq says it’s very hard and demanding work to be a police officer anywhere in the world and the secretary-general extends condolences to the…
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A joint investigation by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Wamego Police Department and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks resulted in the arrest of two men this past week. According to a Thursday evening news release from Sheriff Greg Riat, the two males who were driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado Pickup were stopped near Horseshoe Road on Military Trail Rd in rural Wamego around 3:40 p.m last Friday (July 1). A search of the vehicle was conducted and a quantity of Marijuana was seized as well as two firearms, with one being loaded. The driver, identified as Tyler Newman,…
Riley County commissioners agreed Thursday morning to keep their salaries flat for 2017 in an effort to keep costs down as they continue to craft next year’s budget. Commissioner Robert Boyd made the motion to eliminate cost of living adjustment increases and step increases for the commission for next year. The commission was expected to see a step increase of 3.07 percent or a half percent COLA increase. All three commissioners combined amounted to $185,522 of the commission’s “personal services” in 2016 according to the county’s 2017 Budget Development Worksheet. “This year is going to be tough, tight,” Commissioner Ron…
A missing soldier was found dead July 1 on Fort Riley, according to press release sent to KMAN Thursday. Spc. Oscar Delgado, a fire control repairer, arrived at Fort Riley in October 2014. His home of record is San Francisco. He was 26 years old. He was assigned to Company B, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division. “Our thoughts are with the family of Spc. Delgado,” said Lt. Col. Michael Post, commander of the 101st Brigade Support Battalion. “We will continue to provide support to Oscar’s family as we grieve the loss of one of our own and…
Almost 200 law enforcement officers and victim service providers from across Kansas will be in Manhattan Tuesday and Wednesday to team up in the fight against human trafficking, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Thursday. “Human trafficking is the modern form of slavery,” Beall said. “It’s here now. It’s happening in communities across Kansas. It’s everybody’s problem.” Beall is joining with Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to sponsor the conference, which will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12, and 8 a.m. to noon…
WICHITA — A state senator from southern Kansas says school district superintendents are working to defeat incumbent Republican conservative lawmakers in this year’s elections. Sen. Forrest Knox, a Republican from Altoona, made that allegation in an email to supporters last week and in an interview with The Wichita Eagle. Knox says he sees signs for his opponents at the homes across the state belonging to people connected to the state’s schools. He suggested some superintendents are intimidating teachers into supporting his opponents. Cory Gibson, president of the Kansas School Superintendents Association, says the organization doesn’t ever make endorsements in legislative…
WICHITA — The man convicted of killing abortion provider George Tiller is expected to return to a Kansas courtroom. Scott Roeder’s life sentence with no chance of parole for 50 years was among many vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that juries, not judges, must decide whether aggravating circumstances existed to warrant increasing the punishment above mandatory minimum sentences. Thursday’s status hearing may set a date for his resentencing as attorneys handle any lingering legal issues. Roeder was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Tiller, who was shot in a church on May 31, 2009. He testified…
The St. Marys Police Department has released new information regarding a stolen vehicle in their jurisdiction that was later involved in an injury accident just north of Rossville. Police Chief J. Winkleman indicates in an Thursday afternoon news release, a report was first taken Monday by the department related to a vehicle theft in town. Winkleman adds the vehicle was left at a business in St. Marys on July first, but was reported stolen between the evening hours that Friday and Monday the fourth. The 2010 Dodge Caravan belonged to another local business. During the investigation, it was learned the…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes visits with Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Golden Maunganidze and Stu Wambulawae:
Fort Riley will bid farewell to current garrison commander Col. Andrew Cole Jr. and welcome incoming commander Col. John Lawrence at a change of command ceremony at Ware Parade Field at 9 a.m. July 13. Lawrence is taking command following an assignment as the garrison commander at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Cole became the commander July 2013 and will be leaving Fort Riley to become the chief of staff of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia.