Officers in Riley County filed a report for rape involving a teenage minor and two suspects of similar age. These suspects are known to the victim and are reported to have committed this crime approximately one year ago. Due to the nature of this investigation no further information has been released. ### An inmate in the Riley County Jail granted the privilege of work release by the court system has failed to return to jail and police have filed a report for escape from custody. This subject was confined on a warrant for probation violation. No further information has been…
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The Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to Throckmorton Hall at Kansas State University at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a lab on the third floor of the building that had a small fire in it. The fire was contained within the lab and was extinguished by fire department personnel. Eight fire apparatus and seventeen firefighters responded with the last units clearing at around 6:41 p.m. Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, on Kansas State University, houses several academic departments including agronomy and plant pathology, and is the largest building on campus. Loss…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Lorenzo Cain singled home pinch-runner Paulo Orlando in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied past the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Wednesday night to close in on their first division title in 30 years. The victory reduced the Royals’ magic number to two for clinching the AL Central crown. They can lock it up Thursday night with another victory over Seattle and a Minnesota loss to Cleveland. The defending AL champions have not won a division since taking the AL West in 1985 and going on to win the World Series. Alex Gordon snapped an…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications LAWRENCE, Kan. – K-State held No. 15 KU’s offense to its second-lowest hitting percentage of the season, but the Wildcats were unable to build upon a second-set win and lost, 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-21), on Wednesday in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. The Wildcats (8-5, 0-1 Big 12) dropped their fourth straight match, and fourth consecutive Big 12 opener, despite holding the Jayhawks (13-0, 1-0 Big 12), who entered the match hitting a conference-best .331, to their lowest hitting efficiency over the last five contests. The Wildcats also out-blocked the Jayhawks, 9.0-7.0, but…
Some 25,000 worshipers joined Pope Francis as he celebrated the first Holy Mass of Canonization on U.S. soil outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Speaking at an event in South Carolina, Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump criticized an agreement between Chinese companies and Boeing to buy 300 jets and build an aircraft assembly plant in China.
BEL AIRE, Kan. (AP) Three high school students in Bel Aire have been arrested after a threat was posted on social media. According to Bel Aire police, one 16-year-old student and two 15-year-old students who attend Northeast Magnet High School were arrested Tuesday morning. Bel Aire Police Chief Darrell Atteberry said a threat was posted Monday night, and additional security was sent to the school the next morning. Atteberry said students were checked with magnetic wands before being allowed into the building. Authorities have not released details about what was posted, but Atteberry said “it was a credible threat.”
ELLINWOOD, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a central Kansas man has been arrested after stealing a large piece of farm equipment and hitting power poles and law enforcement vehicles as he fled. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir says the pursuit started Tuesday night after dispatch received reports that someone was driving a combine recklessly. KWCH-TV reports that the combine damaged power poles along a highway and in a neighborhood in the town of Ellinwood. The combine also struck a pickup truck. Ellinwood police say that when they arrived, the driver put the machine in reverse, ramming into a police cruiser before…
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) Police say a bicyclist has been injured in a hit-and-run crash in the Kansas City suburb of Shawnee. The Kansas City Star reports that the crash happened Wednesday morning. Police are looking for a white truck that has possible front-end damage. Both the truck and the bicyclist were headed west at the time of the crash. The driver didn’t stop and continued west. An ambulance took the bike rider to a hospital. The extent of the bicyclist’s injuries weren’t immediately known.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton and Riley County USD 378 Supt. Nancy Meyer Peace Memorial Auditorium’s 60th Birthday Party information with Randi Dale, Jim Sharp, Dave Fiser