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Riley County commissioners have a better idea on how much a new radio system will cost for police and emergency officials. Thursday morning Pat Collins, the county’s emergency management director and fire chief, told the board a new system will have a total price tag of nearly $12 million. The infrastructure costs alone are projected to be $5.8 million. A 15-year maintenance plan could cost $3.8 million. Collins told the commission some of the costs may already be taken care of, though. “We can pay for some of the consoles out of the 911 fund,” Collins said. “I think we…
Updated Thursday afternoon: An autopsy on a Fort Riley soldier found in a vehicle on I-70 earlier this week has determined his death was from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. As reported by KMAN Monday afternoon, Alejandro Jonathan Franquiz, 30, of Fort Riley was found deceased inside a vehicle parked on Interstate 70 at the Mile Marker 311 East Bound off-ramp, located at Moritz Road. A news release from Captain Brian Hornaday with the sheriff’s office indicates a deputy located the vehicle at 12:14 a.m. Monday, with Franquiz’s body inside. Franquiz was a section chief with Company B, 601st Aviation Support…
By K-State Sports and Information MANHATTAN, Kan. – Thanks to the backing of 18 returning starters, Kansas State was ranked 19th in the nation in the Preseason Amway Coaches Poll released on Thursday. It was the first time the Wildcats were ranked in the preseason coaches’ poll since checking in at No. 21 in 2014. K-State also ranked 21st in the 2012 preseason survey, while this year’s ranking is the highest since the Wildcats were 12th in 2004. Other Big 12 programs joining the Wildcats in the 2017 Preseason Amway Coaches Poll were Oklahoma (8th), Oklahoma State (11th), West Virginia…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Director of Partnerships with NBAF Marty Vanier and Governor’s Military Council Executive Director Perry Wiggins.
Officers filed a report for cruelty to animals in the 6400 block of Walnut Creek Rd., in Riley, Kansas, on Aug. 2, 2017 at approximately 9:40 AM. Officers listed Brenda Jordan, 48, of Riley, as the victim when she reported one of her cows was shot and killed and one goat was shot and injured. The total loss associated with this case is $3,500. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Officers filed a report for theft (domestic related) in Ogden, Kansas, on August 3, 2017. Officers listed a 28 year old…
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board will hold a public hearing on August 16th to consider an overall mill levy of 56.270 which would amount to an increase of .898 from last year. The hearing will also be used to answer questions regarding the proposed 2017-2018 budget. The motion for the hearing passed 5-2. Reasons for the push back were heard from multiple board members, more specifically from David Colburn and Leah Fliter in regards to extra money in the budget from property tax relief. Colburn was leery of a tax increase without some more thought and information. Fliter supported extending to…
WICHITA — Police say two people were arrested and 284 illegal gambling machines were seized during raids in the Wichita area. Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said Tuesday that law enforcement served more than a dozen search warrants at various businesses in Wichita on Thursday. Ramsay said the raids were a joint operation with police, Sedgwick County officials and the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission. He says more than 500 machines have been seized in the city during the last year. The chief says crime generally goes up around businesses that offer the machines. And District Attorney Marc Bennett said…
WICHITA — A federal appeals court ruling will force Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to answer questions under oath about plans to change U.S. election law. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied the Kansas Republican’s request made Monday for an emergency stay of his deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union. Kobach’s office declined to comment on the decision. Judges in Kansas found Kobach misled the court about the contents of a document he took into a November meeting with then-President-elect Donald Trump and a separate draft amendment to the National Voter Registration Act. The lower…
TOPEKA — Kansas’ prisons chief says a staffing shortage constitutes an emergency at a maximum-security lockup that has seen several recent inmate disturbances, requiring mandatory overtime and shifts as long as 16 hours. The Wichita Eagle reports that Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood made that pronouncement in a Tuesday letter to an employee union in rejecting a grievance over long hours at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. Mandatory overtime and extended hours are allowed in emergencies under the department’s agreement with the Kansas Organization of State Employees, the union representing prison workers. The prison moved to 12-hour shifts in June and…