Over the weekend, a 62-year-old Manhattan man was arrested for failure to appear in court earlier this month. In December, Richard Smith was arrested after shooting and killing 21-year-old Tyler Nelson, who had mistakenly entered his home. However, the incident fell within the Kansas self-defense law and Smith was arrested for being a convicted felon with a firearm and drug possession. His bond is set at 15,000.
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ABILENE — The only professional theater between Kansas City and Denver is ready for a summer season in its new home. The Great Plains Theatre in Abilene has put on shows at various sites since a fire destroyed its building in July 2014. The Salina Journal reports the theater is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association, as are most of the actors, who are paid to perform. The new theater is in the former headquarters of ALCO Stores. It seats 150 and provides much more space for the former theater. Besides finding a new home, Great Plains Theatre’s finances also are…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Late-inning rallies are becoming the trademark for the Kansas City Royals. Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer after Lorenzo Cain drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning and the Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Monday night. The Royals have won four straight, matching their season best streak, and have scored 19 runs after the sixth innings in those victories. “Good teams at the end of the game find ways to do it,” Hosmer said. “We’ve been really doing it a lot of different ways, finding a way each and…
Riley County Police arrested a Junction City man early Sunday morning for a litany of drug-related violations. Matthew Schoettle (26) was picked up in the 2200 Seth Child Road shortly after midnight and charged with distribution of a controlled substance and possession of opiates among others. Schoettle was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $30,000 bond. ———————————————————————- A Manhattan woman was arrested Saturday for failure to appear. Lisa Hoofard (38) was picked-up Saturday evening in the 400 block of Stone Grove and confined at the Riley county Jail on a $12,000 bond ———————————————————————- Riley County Police also arrested…
The candidate filing deadline for the 2016 Primary Election in Riley County is Wednesday. The primary is on Aug. 2. The last day for those looking to register to vote for the primary is July 12. Voter registration closes 21 days prior to each election. The last day to register to vote for the general election on Nov. 8 is Oct. 18. More information about voting and all the forms and documents required in Riley County can be found on their website. Election and voting information for Pottawatomie County can also be found on their website.
The Kansas Supreme Court says that if its most recent education funding ruling results in public schools closing, it will be because legislators did not comply with an earlier order. The high court Friday rejected some education funding changes enacted by the Republican-dominated Legislature. The justices said in an unsigned order that lawmakers did not fully comply with an order in February to improve funding for poor schools. The court refused to separate the changes it endorsed from ones it accepted, saying they were all part of a single system. The justices said that unless the problems are fixed, the…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected some education funding changes enacted by the Legislature earlier this year and threatened to order the state’s public schools closed if lawmakers don’t act by June 30. The court ruled on a new school finance law that revised parts of the state’s funding formula but resulted in no change in total funds for most of the state’s 286 school districts. It was the third school finance law approved in as many years as Republican lawmakers hoped to keep the court from following through on the threat it made in a February…
A Junction City man waived his preliminary hearing this past week in Geary County Court in a child pornography case. Dale Holvorson is now set for arraignment before Judge Steven Hornbaker but is expected to enter into a plea agreement June 17th. Holvorson was arrested in March of this year on 14 counts of distribution of child pornography and 20 counts of possession of child porn. The Junction City Police Department was assisted by the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Wichita Police Department, with a search warrant served in the 14-hundred block of West 11th Street…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Riley County Police Captain Josh Kyle St. Rep. Tim Huelskamp
Police responded to a report of a theft at 101 East Bluemont Street, in Manhattan on May 26th, 2016 at approximately 7:21 PM. Wal-Mart was listed as the victim after miscellaneous clothing items were taken from the business. Jeremy Harper, 37, of Manhattan was arrested in conjunction with this incident. Harper remained confined at the time of this report with no bond. Police and emergency crews responded to a vehicle versus bicycle collision in the 300 block of South 4th Street on May 26th, 2016 at approximately 1:01 PM. This response came after a 2007 Honda Odyssey, driven by Jermaine…