Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Gina Jones, 22, of Manhattan while in the 2400 block of Buttonwood Street on August 22, 2016 at approximately 9:00 PM. Jones was arrested on the offense of probation violation which was listed on a warrant with a bond of $10,000.00. The original offense on this warrant was listed as possession of methamphetamine. At the time of this report Jones was confined at the Riley County Jail. The Seth Child/Fort Riley Boulevard overpass was closed at approximately 4 a.m. Monday, with some traffic detours following an incident involving a 23-year old woman…
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Updated 5:07 p.m.: Tuesday’s early morning blaze that called firefighters to the Dairy Queen on 3116 Anderson in Manhattan caused $400,000 in damages. A news release from the Manhattan Fire Department said the Dairy Queen suffered $200,000 in structure damage and another $200,000 in equipment and food losses. Updated 11 a.m.: News release provided by Manhattan Fire Department–At 7:25 a.m. Tuesday, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to the Dairy Queen located at 3116 Anderson for a report of smoke in the building. Upon arrival, crews found a one-story restaurant building with moderate smoke and a fire located in…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The trial is getting underway for a Hutchinson teenager charged as an adult with setting a fire that killed his mother and sister. The Hutchinson News reports that attorneys will begin picking the jurors Monday who will hear the case against 17-year-old Samuel Vonachen. He was 14 in September 2013 when he is accused of using gasoline to ignite his family’s Hutchinson home, killing 11-year-old sister Audrey Vonachen and their mother, 47-year-old Karla Jo Vonachen. His father escaped. Filings in the case show that his defense will be that he suffers from a “mental disease or defect”…
ROSE HILL, Kan. (AP) A Kansas mother who was caught in flash flooding says she is “blessed” after she and her 3-year-old son were rescued from a tree limb. The Wichita Eagle reports that 32-year-old Cassandra Phillips of Burlington pulled her toddler, Ethan, from his car seat Friday night after floodwaters rose in a rural area south of Rose Hill. She spent the next hour clinging to the tree limb with one leg while holding her son in the crook of an arm and talking to emergency dispatchers on her cellphone. The National Guard soldier and mother of three says…
A Junction City woman went missing over the weekend. The Junction City Police Department is asking the public in finding Kathy Marie Jackson (59) who disappeared on Friday on her return home. According to JCPD, Jackson is disabled and family members are concerned about her well being. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Kathy Jackson, contact the Junction City Police Department at 785-762- 5912 or call the Junction City / Geary County Crime Stopper TIP line at 785-762- TIPS (8477).
There’s been a lot of talk about planned improvements at Denison and Marlatt–and Brad Waller with Alfred Benesch and Company updated intergovernmental leaders Monday on how that planning is progressing. Waller was pleased with the response he got, saying everyone seems to be very positive and sees the project as a needed improvement. Waller adds there will be a public meeting in less than a month on the subject–September 14th to be exact, at the Fire Station Headquarters at Denison and Kimball. The Alfred Benesh office manager adds creating a more safe and efficient corridor with curb and gutter that…
Officers filed a report for and are now investigating an aggravated robbery and sexual battery which occurred this past Saturday at approximately 3:05 AM in the 500 block of Osage Street in Manhattan. Police were told that the 24-year-old male victim was approached by an unknown suspect who was approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighed approximately 220 pounds. The suspect in this case is a black male with black hair and brown eyes and his age is unknown. This suspect upon his approach inappropriately touched the victim in the groin which initiated a physical struggle. Police were told…
Muriel was here! Muriel, the last known survivor of the 14L-10E’s built and identical to the Amelia Earhart’s plane, made a short overnight stop in Wamego, and was on public display for a couple hours on Sunday. Muriel will end her journey in Atchison Sunday night. Muriel, the name given by the owner and aviatrix, Grace McGuire, in honor of Earhart’s sister Muriel, was transported by truck from El Cajon, Cali., and stopped overnight in Wamego. Muriel was transported by Wichita based trucking company, Landstar, Inc. According to the driver, Abel Meares, people along the route reacted positively to seeing…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas police chief has been sentenced to probation for his role in a scheme to buy discounted firearms. The office of the U.S. Attorney for Kansas said in a release that former Bel Aire Chief John Daily was sentenced Friday to six months’ probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of theft of public funds. Daily also has to pay a $1,000 fine. The prosecutor’s office says Daily admitted that he filed paperwork that falsely represented that certain firearms were bought only for the police department. As a result, no sales tax was collected…
A Junction City man was arrested Saturday evening for a financial crime. Riley County Police charged Tristen Garner (20) with use of a financial card without consent. He was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $13,000 bond.