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.
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ABILENE — A Kansas police chief has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of disseminating or requesting criminal history information without a legitimate need. Bronson Campbell was the Enterprise police chief from May 2013 until May 2014, when his appointment wasn’t renewed. He’s currently the Valley Falls police chief. The complaint alleges that in 2014 Campbell disseminated criminal history information, or requested such information from the central repository of another criminal justice agency, without a legitimate need. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports he pleaded not guilty Thursday to the misdemeanor during a preliminary hearing in Dickinson County. Campbell recently sought the Republican…
Kansas State University has announced it will reduce hours at Hale Library, according to a report posted in “K-State Today.” The reduction of hours is the result of balancing large cost increases in subscriptions and general use budget reductions imposed universitywide. The university imposed one-time callbacks in FY 2016 of $10.7 million and then reduced base budgets totaling $11.6 million in FY 2017. The budget reductions were an outcome of state general fund reductions and a modest student enrollment decline. The impact to K-State Libraries over the past two years is a loss of almost $1 million in general use…
The world’s last known original 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E named “Muriel” will be displayed in Wamego over the weekend on its way to Atchison, according to a press release from the Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation on Friday. The plane will arrive in Wamego Saturday night and will be on display from 11 a.m. till noon Sunday at KanEuip, Inc., on Highway 24. After that, the plane will return to the road and end its journey in Atchison Monday morning with a ceremony at Amelia Earhart Airport at noon. “Muriel” is the only survivor of the 14 L 10Es built and identical to the plane…
WICHITA — Kansas is spending more than $215 million to overhaul a computer system that tracks information about the Medicaid health care program that covers the poor. The Wichita Eagle reports that the spending will be spread over four years and put the system in line with new federal standards. The federal government will pick up most of the tab, with about 21.3 percent coming from the state’s general fund this fiscal year. The system should go live in early 2019. Heading up the project is Hewlett Packard, which announced the contract last week. The state made no announcement. Angela de Rocha…
Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent Greg McClure met with KMAN’s Cathy Dawes: Riley County Senior Service Center–Melissa Colby, Program Coordinator: Bob Stamey with Citizen Corps–long segment: Christina Nolte with Homecare and Hospice:
A police report was filed in the 900 block of Walnut Street in Ogden, Kansas yesterday August 18 at approximately 6:40 PM. This report is regarding an incident of aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and battery for which an arrest was made. Michael Salada, 26, of Dwight, Kansas was arrested on the aforementioned offenses and given a bond of $7,000. At the time of this report he was confined at the Riley County Jail. This arrest stemmed from an incident that involved a 19-year-old female after she was struck by Salada’s vehicle during an argument (there were no injuries…
The Junction City Department has a new permanent chief of police. City Manager Allen Dinkel named Dan Breci as chief of police effective immediately Thursday. Breci had been serving in an interim role since Tim Brown retired form his post in June. According to Human Resources Director Dawn Van Horn, Breci began his professional career as a law enforcement officer with the Mitchell Police Department in South Dakota in 1976. He also served as a sergeant in the United States Army, Military Police Investigations Unit, at Fort Riley. Breci has been with the Junction City Police Department since September 2009…
The Manhattan Junior Crew is holding a two-week fall introduction to rowing for high school aged kids beginning Monday and running through Friday, September 2nd. Practices will run Monday through Friday from 3:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Training includes fundamental rowing training, calisthenics, and a swim test. No previous experience is required.
An early morning crash on Highway 24 claimed the life of four people Thursday, including three kids and one adult. The Kansas Highway Patrol responded to an accident that occurred east of Silver Lake, shortly after 7 a.m. A white, 1999 Subaru Impreza was traveling westbound on Highway 24 between Hodges and Humphrey Roads in Shawnee County when it left the roadway and dropped off the north shoulder. The vehicle over corrected and was hit in the passenger side by a gray, 2007 Pontiac Vibe. The driver of the Impreza, Devin Greeve of Topeka, died in the accident along with his…