A new candidate announced her campaign for Pottawatomie County Commissioner Friday. Dana Wethington says it’s in her best interest, if elected, to pinpoint what voters want out of the government rather than run on her own ideals. “I will be that clear strong voice for them on the Pottawatomie County Commission,” Wethington said. Wethington is a long-time Kansas resident who grew up on a farm, has run the area’s Red Cross and has had years of reporting experience, which she says contributes to her broad understanding of government.
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A Manhattan man was arrested Friday afternoon on S. Seth Child Road. Shawdow Ray Hosier (27) was arrested on two different probation violation offenses. His bond is set at $7,500 and at the time of this report is still confined in the Riley County Jail.
The Manhattan High basketball teams had no problem on Friday night on the road at Topeka West picking up a sweep. The MHS girls led from start to finish in a 62-37 win over the Lady Chargers. The Lady Indians had three in double figures with Madison Mittie leading the way with 22 points. Gigi McAtee and Garrin Williams had 13 and 12 respectively. The MHS defense forced 34 turnovers and held Topeka West to just 25 total shot attempts in the game. The MHS girls are now 10-4 overall, 5-2 in Centennial League play. They are a game back…
To be at the Beach Museum of Art or not to be at the Beach Museum of Art, that is the question. Yes, a Shakespeare book from 1623 that introduced the world to such famous language that would still be a part of the fabric of western culture centuries later is available for viewing at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art on the campus of K-State for the entire month of February. But don’t think you can check it out William Shakespeare’s “First Folio” for the weekend. The original book of Shakespeare’s plays is behind thick glass with its own…
One person died and two others were seriously injured when a crane collapsed in Lower Manhattan, smashing the roofs of parked cars as it crashed onto the street, authorities said.
Fans from Denver, Charlotte and around the world have landed in San Francisco with dreams of victory for their favorite teams in Super Bowl 50
Friday’s guests on In Focus were: State Representative Susie Swanson, Clay Center Riley County Extension 4H Agent John Jobe and intern Sidney Winston Wallace Jeffery, Battle of the Bulge Veteran; Greg Penfield, President of the Kansas Chapter of VBOB, and Jim Sharp, 1st Infantry Division Combat Infantryman in the Battle of the Bulge speaking on behalf of the upcoming Battle of the Bulge reunion.
Police arrested 28-year old Lucas Brown, of Larned, while at the Riley County Police Department Thursday at approximately 3:45 p.m. Brown was arrested on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear with the original offense listed as a motion to revoke parole for the offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol. Bond was set at $5,000. A southwestern Missouri man was arrested in Aggieville early Friday morning. James Levi Cromer, 36, of Springfield, Missouri, was taken into custody around 1:30 a.m. for driving under the influence at the felony level, refusal of a chemical test, and…
Rare things happened inside the Riley County Commission Chambers Thursday morning in Manhattan. First off, commissioners took money from larger than projected sales tax revenue and distributed some of it among five local agencies — the Riley County Council on Aging, Pawnee Mental Health Services, Big Lakes Development Center, Riley County Extension and the Riley County Emergency Shelter — that had seen cuts in their 2016 county appropriation funds last summer. Altogether, the commission approved $73,000 in additional funds to the agencies, with the Council on Aging and Pawnee Mental Health receiving $22,000 more to their budgets. Riley County Extension…
A Fort Riley soldier has been sentenced to 10 life sentences with lifetime post release supervision and electronic monitoring for sex-related crimes in Geary County. James Henning was sentenced Thursday on the 10 convictions, which included two counts of aggravated indecent liberties, three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, four counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of rape. According to Assistant Geary County Attorney Michelle Brown, two of the 10 sentences were ordered to run consecutively so Henning won’t be eligible for parole for 50 years. Henning requested a departure to 155 months from the presumptive sentence…