Updated Noon Tuesday: On Sunday November 1, 2015, at 7:25 p.m., an employee with the Manhattan Sewage Treatment plant, located at 1201 Levee Drive, Manhattan, Pottawatomie County, reported that an individual was within the treatment plant, and attempting to remove a John Deere gator. Officers from the Riley County Police Department and Deputies from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area, and located Ian Eastman, 28, from Alma. Ian Eastman was arrested for burglary, theft,criminal damage to property and trespass on a railroad. Eastman is currently being held at the Pottawatomie County Jail on a $5000 bond. The Kansas Highway Patrol Aircraft Unit also assisted…
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department are investigating a reported rape which occurred in the city limits of Manhattan on October 30, 2015 during the evening or night hours. This crime was reported on October 31, 2015 at approximately 2:50 PM and involved a 23-year-old female victim and a 25-year-old male suspect. The suspect is known to the victim. Police filed a report for the offenses of rape, aggravated domestic battery, and criminal restraint after being told of the incident. Officers continue to investigate this matter and at the time of this report no arrests had been made pending…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: What’s New in Military and Veterans’ Affairs with Executive Director of K-State’s Military and Veterans’ Affairs and Retired Lt. Col. Art DeGroat along with Capt. Casey Johnson, Commander of the Commanding General Mounted Color Guard Riley County Health Director Brenda Nickel Mitch Innes and Janie Dunstan on the Randolph park project.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A former Kansas City church now houses at least 30 desktop computers that will be available to the public for free beginning Nov. 9. The Kansas City Star reports the project was created by Connecting for Good, a nonprofit that has worked to bridge the digital divide since 2011. The organization strives to bring email and the Internet to low-income people. The new center was open for preview tours Sunday. The center will allow the public to use computers for free, offer classes for basic and advance computer skills, and sell refurbished desktop and laptop computers…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Next semester the Lawrence Public Schools will introduce a pilot course that relies on free, openly licensed educational resources rather than textbooks. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the district’s plan is part of a new U.S. Department of Education campaign called #GoOpen, which encourages states, school districts and educators to use openly licensed educational materials. Lawrence Public Schools is one of 10 districts nationwide that have taken up the challenge to replace at least one textbook with open resources within the next year. Superintendent Rick Doll says the money saved by using open resources to diversify class content…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two men were arrested early Monday after a seven-minute police chase through East Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that officers received a call to check on a stationary car. Police officials say they were checking on two men passed out in the front seat of the vehicle as the driver took off. Police followed as the car traveled about a mile and a half east on Interstate 70 and exited the highway. When police stopped the chase, both men were booked into the Shawnee County Jail. The driver was booked for multiple traffic offenses, including fleeing and…
Improvise isn’t a word parents want to hear from their kid’s doctor yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig treatments because of a major challenge: Most medical devices are built for adults, not children.
NEW YORK (AP) –Crown `em, Kansas City! One agonizing step from ecstasy last season, this time the Royals reign after their latest incredible comeback and a go-ahead hit from maybe the most unlikely player in uniform. Christian Colon singled home the tiebreaking run in the 12th inning and those bound-and-determined Royals rallied one more time to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings early Monday for their first World Series championship since 1985 and second overall. Down two runs in the ninth, Kansas City fought back in Game 5 against two of the top arms on the pitching-rich…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Texas man whose identity was stolen decades ago by a convicted child sex offender can’t keep a job, pay his bills or support his children. But a case unfolding in Kansas is offering Marcus Calvillo hope of finally clearing his name, after federal prosecutors charged a Kansas inmate with assuming Calvillo’s entire persona. Calvillo had tried for years to reclaim his name when he read an Associated Press story about an ID theft case involving a Houston teacher. He contacted the prosecutor involved, who calls Calvillo’s situation “especially horrible.” The man using Calvillo’s identity had…
A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including dozens of children, crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula shortly after taking off from a resort popular with Russian tourists, the Egyptian government said Saturday. There were no survivors.