The Manhattan Housing Authority brought a request to the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday night: to obtain a million dollar loan from the city to fund the completion of the High Rise Apartment Towers property on Leavenworth Street between 5th and 4th Streets -a low income housing building built in 1974 that holds 88 apartments for those who qualify. The apartment tower has been vacant since February of 2016 for asbestos and mold removal and renovations. According to Manhattan Housing Authority’s executive director, JoAnn Sutton, the building needs all new windows and sewer lines, as this was the original cause of the…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a suburban Kansas City couple after a SWAT-style raid of their home in an unsuccessful search for marijuana. Robert and Adlynn Harte sued the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office after the 2012 raid at their Leawood home. Authorities targeted the Hartes, both former CIA employees, after seeing Robert Harte leaving a store that sold hydroponic gardening equipment. Officers armed with assault rifles raided the couple’s home while their young children were present. A 2.5-hour search found only tomato plants the family was growing with the hydroponic equipment.…
LAWRENCE — The owner of a closed Lawrence nightclub pleaded guilty to operating a sex trafficking operation in several states. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Monday in a news release that 43-year-old Frank Boswell, of Topeka, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. He is the former owner of the defunct Club Magic in Lawrence. Prosecutors say Boswell’s organization recruited mostly homeless or drug-addicted women to work in the prostitution ring. The plea agreement calls for a sentence between four to five years. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 23. Prosecutors say up to 20 prostitutes worked in…
A Junction City man has died from a structure fire late Monday morning. The Junction City Fire Department announced Tuesday Derrick Williams, 37, died in the blaze at an apartment complex at 1431 North Calhoun Street. Junction City Fire and Police departments responded to the fire just before noon Monday, with fire in a ground floor apartment. A JCFD news release indicates during fire suppression operations, Williams was located within the apartment or origin. Medical care was provided and the victim was transported to Geary Community Hospital, but did not survive his injuries. Williams’ cause of death is pending an autopsy…
TOPEKA — A woman accidentally has set her apartment on fire in an attempt to kill a bug by burning it with a small, flip-style lighter. Monique Quarles tells The Topeka Capital-Journal that sparks shot out of the lighter and caused a mattress to catch fire in the Fairlawn Green Apartments complex in Topeka. After she was unable to put out the fire, Quarles left the unit with two others and began alerting residents of the fire. Fire officials say 13 adults and six children have been displaced. Topeka Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Herrera says one person was taken…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Pottawatomie County Commissioner Travis Altenhofen and Public works Director Peter Clark; Brenda Area and Garrett Wilson on Kaw Valley Rodeo; and Charlene Brownson and Barry Michie with the Riley County Genealogical Society.
Officers responded to a report of an injury accident at the intersection of Kimball Ave. and Plymouth Rd. on July 24, 2017 at approximately 7:50 AM. When officers arrived on scene, they found that a maroon 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser, driven by Merrilee Omeilia, 40, of Manhattan, had been struck by a bicycle, ridden by Ryan Swanson, 44, of Manhattan. Swanson was transported by EMS to Via Christi for treatment of his injuries. Omeilia was issued a citation for failure to yield at an intersection. Officers filed a report for rape, kidnapping, and aggravated assault in the city of Manhattan…
The Kansas City Royals are playing with confidence right now in the late innings. Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas hit consecutive homers in the 12th, and the Royals won their sixth straight game, 5-3 over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Six of Kansas City’s last eight victories have come in the team’s final at-bat, and on this night, the bullpen held off Detroit long enough for the Royals to break through. Hours after the Royals helped their pitching staff by acquiring Trevor Cahill and two relievers in a trade with San Diego, Kansas City outlasted the Tigers to stay…
The 42nd installment of the Kaw Valley Rodeo, which kicks off Thursday night and will run into the weekend inside Wells Arena at Manhattan’s CiCo Park, will have a different feel this year. “We’re really excited about a new rodeo announcer this year,” rodeo spokesman Josh Kinder told Riley County commissioners Monday morning. “Dr. Lynn Phillips has done a great job for our rodeo for a long, long time. But we went a different direction this year with Scott Grover.” Grover — a Morrowville, Kan. native — graduated from K-State in 2001 and worked the K-State Rodeo numerous times before…
Kansas State University and the city of Manhattan were well-represented at a recent international conference–known as the International Town and Gown Association. Student body President Jack Ayres talked to Manhattan area Intergovernmental leaders Monday, highlighting part of the conference’s purpose, which was an opportunity to hear from different cities and universities about what has been done to bolster responses and efforts to prevent sexual assault and to increase responsible use of alcohol. Ayres mentioned three initiatives–including date rape drug testing. Other ideas included the possibility of selling alcohol in the stadium, so the university could more carefully monitor use of alcohol–and to…