WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Unusually warm and dry weather in February is stoking fears of another drought. The Wichita Eagle reports the average temperature this month in Wichita has been more than 8 degrees above normal, with more upper 60s and low 70s expected this week. The forecast calls for a good chance of rain Sunday night and early Monday. Forecasters say Sunday’s rain figures to be the most since mid-January. Moderate to severe drought currently grips most of the western third of the state. Abnormally dry conditions are reported in Sumner and Butler counties. National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Darmofal…
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AUSTIN, Texas — D.J. Johnson tipped in a miss by Kamau Stokes with 1.6 seconds left, then made a free throw to send Kansas State to a 64-61 win over Texas on Saturday that snapped the Wildcats’ three-game losing streak. Johnson’s tip came after Kansas State had called a timeout with 8 seconds left to set up a final play. Stokes, who had 14 points, drove to about 12 feet for the shot and Johnson got up over two defenders to get his hand on the ball for the winning basket. Wesley Iwundu scored 16 points and Barry Brown scored…
The 2017 Lud Fiser Citizen of the Year for Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is Representative Tom Phillips. The award was announced during the Manhattan Chamber’s Annual Meeting on Friday, Feb. 17, at Manhattan Conference Center. Phillips is a proven leader in the Manhattan community who was first elected to public office in 2005 as a Manhattan City Commissioner. He proceeded to become Manhattan’s mayor in 2007. Phillips was appointed to fill a Kansas House vacancy in 2012, and was re-elected to serve as representative in the 67th district of the Kansas House of Representatives. This year, Phillips was elected…
The 2017 C. Clyde Jones Volunteer of the Year for Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is Dixie Roberts. The award was announced during the Manhattan Chamber’s Annual Meeting on Friday, Feb. 17, at Manhattan Conference Center. Roberts has volunteered abundantly in the community, which includes serving on the board of directors for Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and as regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Polly Ogden Chapter. More volunteer efforts include Lions Club member and with First United Methodist Church, where she organized and sustained the Manhattan Dance Club for 30 years. Roberts has spent the…
A former staffer for U.S. representative Todd Tiarht was convicted of sodomy earlier this week. A bench trial was held for Jase Stanton on Wednesday. Stanton was convicted of one count of criminal sodomy. Sentencing is set for February 27, 2017, in Div. II court at the Riley County Courthouse. Stanton, who has been registered as a sex offender since 2009, was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting two men in June of 2015 in Manhattan. The State was represented by Bethany Fields, Deputy Riley County Attorney, and Barry Disney, Senior Deputy Riley County Attorney. The Defendant was represented by John Thurston and…
Beginning Monday February 20th through March 5th the Riley County Police Department will join other Law Enforcement agencies in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma participating in the annual “High Visibility Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign” around area high schools. This initiative is coupled with the Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) program in Kansas high schools. SAFE is a locally sustained program, administered by the students of the high school they attend, and focuses on reducing deaths and injuries on Kansas roadways. In 2015, according to Kansas Department of Transportation statistics, Kansas lost 13 high school teens in motor vehicle crashes. Of those,…
Today’s guests on In Focus included State Representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent Gregg Eyestone, Riley County Senior Service Center Director Jami Ramsey, and Equifest Manager Ann White of Pottawatomie County. Carlin: Eyestone: Ramsey: White:
The Junction City Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at 115 West Spruce St. in Junction City on Thursday. Crews found a fire in the attic of the nine-unit apartment building. They pulled the ceiling down, and used roughly one-thousand gallons of water to extinguish the fire. According to a press release from JCFD, extensive damage occurred in three of the units, while all nine had substantial smoke damage. One occupant was transported to Geary Community Hospital for difficulty breathing two hours after the fire was reported. A JCFD firefighter was treated and released for health issues encountered while…
WASHINGTON – A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today in the case of a Chinese scientist, who was charged with conspiring to steal samples of a variety of rice seeds from a Kansas biopharmaceutical research facility. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary B. McCord of the Justice Department’s National Security Division and U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of the District of Kansas made the announcement. Weiqiang Zhang, 50, a Chinese national residing in Manhattan, was convicted on one count of conspiracy to steal trade secrets, one count of…
The Board of Directors of the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program are pleased to announce the twenty-four-member class for the 2016-17 program year graduated on February 10th, according to Jack Lindquist, Executive Director of the organization. The non-profit educational program trains and more-fully engages leaders in the region that includes Fort Riley, Geary, Riley and Pottawatomie counties. Class members completing the seven-session course over the last six months included: Susan Adams, Director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center, from Westmoreland; Ellen Becker, Labor & Employee Relations Specialist with the Fort Riley Civilian Personnel Advisory Center, from Milford; Kathy Bellinder, EEO…