FORT RILEY — The Army loves tradition, and Fort Riley ushered in the direction of new commanding general Mag. Gen. Joseph M. Martin in expected fashion Tuesday morning. Of course, an assumption of command ceremony on Cavalry Parade Field wasn’t at all expected less than 30 days ago, before former commanding general Wayne Grigsby was abruptly suspended by the Army on Sept. 23 and then fired three days later. The Army has yet to specify a cause for firing Grigsby. Its only explanation has been that Grigsby was relieved of command of the 1st Infantry Division due to “loss of confidence…
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A Topeka man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring with another man who devised a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at Fort Riley military base, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall announced Tuesday. Alexander E. Blair, 29, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. During a plea hearing, Blair admitted he conspired with co-defendant John T. Booker, Jr., 22, Topeka. Asked after he was arrested about the fact Booker’s plan called for America service members to die in the bombing, Blair said: “That’s what they signed (up) for.” In March 2014,…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi, and assistant city manager Kiel Mangus.
Officers with RCPD arrested David Maldonado, 41, of Manhattan on October 17, 2016, at approximately 1:35 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Maldonado was arrested on a warrant from Pottawatomie County, Kansas for the offense of failure to appear. He was given “no bond” and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Police filed a report for the offense of aggravated robbery and aggravated battery in the 1100 block of Garden Way in Manhattan on October 17, 2016, at approximately 11:30 PM. Officers listed the victim as a 24-year-old male and 1…
Today’s episode of In Focus was another edition of Open Phones.
An early-morning fire in Ogden kept area fire crews busy on Tuesday morning. Police reported a fire at a three-story apartment building in the 600 block of Walnut street which appears to have been started after a vehicle became engulfed in flames. “We had about $80,000 worth of damage to the side of the building,” said Pat Collins, Riley County Emergency Management Director. Collins notes most of the damage is external, while two apartments did suffer some fire and smoke damage. Fifteen residents were taken to the Ogden Community Center where the American Red Cross had set up accommodations. Fire…
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) The Big 12 Conference has decided against expansion from its current 10 members. The announcement came after a six-hour meeting Monday with the conference’s university presidents and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. The Big 12 has been analyzing expansion options for the last three months, but it never made a commitment to expand. Conference officials held interviews in September with Air Force and Colorado State from the Mountain West; Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, South Florida, SMU and Tulane from the American Athletic Conference; and BYU, which is a football independent with its other sports in the West Coast…
John Kurtz and the Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson break down the Wildcats’ loss to Oklahoma. Plus, we talk to Jordan Willis and Joe Hubener, look at K-State soccer, basketball, and volleyball, and bring you the latest in Big 12 expansion talks. Also, we talk about K-State’s upcoming matchup against Texas.
UPDATED Tuesday 4:04 p.m.: Fire investigators say the improper disposal of smoking materials were to blame for Monday’s apartment fire at Founders Hill in Manhattan. Officials with the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Manhattan Fire Department, Fort Riley Department and the Junction City Fire Department concluded the investigation Tuesday afternoon. Investigators determined that the fire started on the second floor balcony in the southwest corner of building “G” of the complex near the intersection of College Avenue and Claflin Road. The fire quickly spread up the building, pushed by strong southerly winds, by means of the balconies above and had reached the…
Terrorism came a little too close to home, with a Manhattan resident making a connection with the Garden City arrests this past week. K-MAN earlier Monday identified Gavin Wayne Wright as a former Manhattan man charged with the alleged Garden City bomb plot and Manhattan resident Bud Valerius confirmed at Monday’s later Riley County Law Board meeting that Gavin Wright was an ex-employee electrician of his which concerned him. Law Board member Karen McCulloh noted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh lived in the area also and it’s important to educate people about what’s going on. She also noted many Somalis, who…