To end this week’s schedule of In Focus, Cathy had a variety of guests join her on the program including: Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent Gregg Eyestone and Master Gardener Penny Sturr on “Back to Gardening.” Riley County Senior Service Center Director Jami Ramsey Noel Schulz, associate dean for research and graduate programs in KSU’s College of Engineering. Mary Jo Montague with Mosaic
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A St. George man has been sentenced to three and a half years on burglary and theft related convictions. Jerry Daniels, 55, was sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County District Court to 24 months for residential burglary, 12 months on non-residential burglary, and six months on felony theft to run consecutively. Daniels is also to spend 60 days in the county jail, but allowed work release Monday through Friday… and was ordered to pay costs and restitution with a minimum of 200 dollars a month towards restitution. Daniels was arrested in February following a search warrant by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s…
The Manhattan metro area including Riley and Pottawatomie Counties continues to have the lowest unemployment rate when compared to other metro areas in the state, with 4.4 percent reported in July. That compares to 4.1 in June but is the same as July of last year. The City of Manhattan with just Riley County has a four percent unemployment rate in July of this year. Nearby Junction City had a 7.6 percent unemployment rate which was the same as last year but up significantly from June’s 6.7 percent figure. Area county rates include Riley with 4.3, Pottawatomie with 4.6, Geary with…
Macedonian special police forces fired stun grenades Friday to disperse thousands of migrants stuck on a no-man’s land with Greece, a day after declaring a state of emergency on its border to deal with a massive influx of migrants.
Divers off Florida’s east coast have struck gold, literally, for the second time in two months.
More than $80,000 in damage has been reported from a garage fire late Thursday night on Fairchild Avenue. Manhattan Firefighters were dispatched at 11:00 p.m. to 1831 Fairchild Avenue for the report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a one-story detached garage with heavy smoke and fire showing from the front of the structure. The fire reached a second alarm before it was contained within 40 minutes. A total of 18 firefighters responded on 6 fire apparatus. Estimated loss is $30,000 to the structure and $10,000 to contents. There were four other reported exposures that received an estimated loss of…
BOSTON (AP)– Ryan Hanigan drove in two runs and scored another on Jackie Bradley Jr.’s triple to help the Boston Red Sox beat Kansas City 4-1 Thursday night, ending the Royals’ five-game winning streak. Wade Miley (10-9) left in the eighth inning, allowing just one run. The Red Sox are 5-2 under bench coach Torey Lovullo, who took over last week when manager John Farrell announced that is being treated for cancer. Mookie Betts, Travis Shaw and Xander Bogaerts had two hits apiece for Boston. Miley allowed one run on six hits while striking out six in 7 1/3 innings.…
For years the topic of mental health has been on the agenda in joint City/County/County meetings between representatives of the City of Manhattan, Riley County Board of Commissioners and Pottawatomie County Board of Commissioners. Thursday afternoon, mental health and facilities for it were again discussed and Manhattan City Commissioner Mike Dodson said it’s time to take steps forward. “The Mayor just mentioned that the common problem we have is continuing to discuss the issue,” he said. “Somebody has got to put something on the table that we can all look at. Who is that person.” That person was Pawnee Mental Health…
There’s been no shortage of attention shown to the list of delinquent tax payers recently published in the Manhattan Mercury newspaper with many voices in the region pointing to that list as an example of lost funds that could be helping city and county governments pay for services. Those lost funds, if recouped, could maybe even help reduce mill levies and now both the city and county are being asked by citizens to go after those delinquent tax payers. While local government officials have said they’d like to that, Riley County Counselor Clancy Holeman informed county commissioners Thursday morning that’s…
By Tom Gilbert, K-State Athletics Communications Kansas State will open the Big 12 Conference portion of its men’s basketball schedule at home against West Virginia on Saturday, January 2. The Wildcats, who own the second-most Big 12 wins (52) in the last five seasons, will play 14 league games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including seven in Bramlage Coliseum. In addition, five of the nine home league contests will also fall on a Saturday, including matchups with NCAA Tournament participants Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, West Virginia as well as the annual Sunflower Showdown…