GREAT BEND — Authorities are investigating assault allegations involving members of a Kansas high school swim team. The Saline County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report that a Great Bend High School student was assaulted on a bus as the school’s swim team returned from a recent competition. That incident reportedly occurred three days before another incident under investigation by the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Department that reportedly occurred Feb. 6 as the swim team returned from a Manhattan meet. The incidents have sparked protests at school district offices by family members and students who question the district’s response to the…
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TOPEKA – An indictment unsealed in federal court Wednesday charges one more defendant with the kidnapping and killing of a Junction City woman, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Shantrell D. Woody, 26, of Fort Riley, is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death. Three other defendants charged previously with the same count were 26-year-old Larry L. Anderson, 23-year-old Marryssa M. Middleton and 24-year-old Drexel A. Woody. All three are being held in the Geary County Jail. The body of Amanda Clemons, 24, of Junction City, was found in February 2014 in Geary County. The indictment alleges that on…
Tuesday’s guests were Pottawatomie County Administrator Robert Reece and Public Works Director Peter Clark: Riley County Farm Bureau with Mary Mertz and Melissa Wahl: Make-A-Wish Foundation with Abby Wempe:
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate is debating a conservative Republican’s bill to create a new pilot program to have couples who have stable marriages and don’t use tobacco or alcohol to serve as foster parents. The measure from Republican Sen. Forrest Knox of Altoona being debated Monday night would create a new class of foster homes for abused and neglected children known as CARE families. Couples would have to have been legally married for at least seven years. At least one spouse could not work outside the home. No one in the home could use tobacco, and there could be no alcohol…
Joseph Lemon, 22, of Topeka, Kansas was arrested in Shawnee County, Kansas on February 19, 2016 at approximately 9:00 PM. Lemon was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear with an original offense of driving while suspended or revoked. He was given a bond of $6,000.00 and has since bonded out of jail and is no longer confined on this warrant. Thomas Burdick, 51, of Manhattan was arrested on February 22, 2016 at approximately 4:35 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Burdick was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear and was given “no bond.”…
More than 60 soldiers returned home to Fort Riley on Tuesday. Members of the First Sustainment Brigade returned after nine months in Kuwait. The brigade was tasked with planning, oversight and resources for troops stationed in five countries. At least 200 brigade soldiers remain in Kuwait and are scheduled to return home by the end of March. Video from the ceremony can be found here: ‘Durable’ brigade hosts welcome-home ceremony
Members of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State are mourning the loss of a faculty member. Professor Tom Gould died Feb. 14 following a lengthy fight with brain cancer. Gould started his K-State career in 1998, becoming a full professor in 2013. According to a statement made by the university, a memorial celebration in Gould’s honor is being planned.
A Silver Lake man has entered a plea of guilty to aggravated battery while DUI in connection with an October 2014 accident in Pottawatomie county that left two men seriously injured. Cameron Renfro entered the plea the end of last week in Pottawatomie County District court and will be sentenced March 17th. He was to have had a motion hearing last Friday. As KMAN reported at the time, Renfro and Jeffrey Fisher of Wamego were life-flighted following the accident on Highway 24 east of Wamego. Renfro and Fisher were the drivers in the head-on collision, were trapped, and had to be extracted from the…
The surprise is gone, but the frustration remains. Kansas State found itself on the verge of a big win Monday night, but fell short. Again. This time, No. 25 Texas was the survivor at Bramlage Coliseum, 71-70. “I don’t have much to say,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “We had our chances and our guys battled. I feel for our players.” As has been the case regularly this season, poor shooting from outside was K-State’s biggest weakness, including at the final buzzer. The Wildcats made just seven shots outside the paint for the night, and Dean Wade’s potential game-winner fell…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate has postponed a debate on a measure declaring that state Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to usurp the power of the Legislature or executive branch. On a voice vote Monday, senators removed a list of impeachable offenses from a bill clarifying the Supreme Court’s authority to administer the judicial branch. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King promised that his panel would consider a separate bill on impeachment next month. The Senate gave the narrowed bill first-round approval on a voice vote and plans to take final action Tuesday. The state constitution says…