Amanda Massoli, 27, of Manhattan was arrested in the 100 block of S 4th St. in Manhattan on December 8, 2017 at approximately 11:10 PM. Massoli was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine, use or possess with the intent to use drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. Massoli’s total bond was set at $10,000. Michelle Merkle, 37, of Manhattan was arrested in the 100 block of S 4th St. in Manhattan on December 8, 2017 at approximately 11:30 PM. Merkle was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetmine and use or possess with the intent to use drug paraphernalia.…
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Today’s guests on In Focus Clinical Professor/Pet Health Center, Kansas State University Susan C. Nelson, Kansas Farm Bureau Board member Glenn Brunkow from Pottawatomie County and KFB Director of Communications and Marketing Meagan Cramer, and Manhattan Building Official Brad Claussen and Senior Plans Examiner Ryan Courtright.
WICHITA — Three men accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali refugees have asked a federal judge to pull prospective jurors from rural Kansas because they are twice as likely to have voted for President Donald Trump. Investigators said the plotters were part of a group called “the Crusaders” that had militia and so-called sovereign citizen ties. A defense motion filed Friday argues plans to issue summons only to citizens in the more urban counties closest to the federal courthouse is a discriminatory practice that excludes rural and conservative jurors. The trial begins March 19 in Wichita.…
Riley County commissioners gave approval Thursday to proceed with leasing options for the base infrastructure of a new emergency radio system. The other option for the board was to make its financing a bond question for voters, either through a special election or by waiting for the November 2018 election. Thursday’s direction focused on just $5.3 million of the system. The total cost for the system is projected at $11.3 million. Riley County Emergency Management Director and County Fire Chief Pat Collins and Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen, along with other emergency and police personnel, were in the…
The Kansas Court of Appeals has affirmed a Riley County District Court judgment in a nearly six year old murder case. Former Fort Riley soldier Daniel Parker had appealed, claiming his trial attorney’s representation had been deficient because the attorney didn’t fully investigate the victim more and failed to keep Parker adequately informed before trial. Parker was convicted by a Riley County jury of felony murder in the shooting death of a Kansas National Guard member– Frederick Beverly, 21, was shot early the morning of January 1, 2012, in what was called a “drive-by” shooting at a motorcycle club’s clubhouse…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included K-State President Richard Myers, Geary County USD 475 Executive Director of Communications Matthew Droge, and US Senator Pat Roberts. Myers: Droge: Roberts:
WICHITA — A county in south-central Kansas has withdrawn its bit for a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant after weeks of public opposition. The Wichita Eagle reports the Greater Wichita Partnership confirmed on Thursday that Sedgwick County has taken itself out of the running for the project. The business group echoed County Commissioner Richard Ranzau’s Wednesday statement that there isn’t enough support from the commission to offer Tyson financial incentives to build the facility. County officials and opponents of the plant say they believe Tyson wouldn’t come to the county without an offer of tax breaks or other financial subsidies.…
Updated: Thursday, 5:56 p.m. Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells said Thursday morning payments have been set up for city sewer service. “I went and met with the city and offered to pay back to April of last year on my use,” he said during commissioner comments at Thursday’s regularly scheduled commission meeting. Wells added the estate, which is in his mother’s name, will begin payments to the city in 2018. Wells has been the focus of a matter involving family-owned property and sewer services there after a front-page article in Sunday’s Topeka Capital-Journal revealed the property hadn’t been paying…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included NBAF’s Director of Partnership Development Marty Vanier, as well as Governor’s Military Council Executive Director Perry Wiggins. Vanier: Wiggins:
During Wednesday night’s Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education meeting, Student Body President Lily Colburn revealed the results of the student body vote for the new mascot character. The options for the vote were a coyote, wolf, bee, bison, or no character. Colburn said 63% of the vote went to the wolf. The vote began with an online vote to see whether or not the students wanted a physical mascot or not. Colburn said 53% of the students wanted a mascot. The council then asked for suggestions and received over 972. They then narrowed the vote down to the five…