K-State Police identified a student found dead on campus Saturday. Police have identified the victim as 25-year-old Jacob Horton, freshman in education. The campus police department was notified of a possible deceased person in a parking lot on the Manhattan campus, Saturday morning. Upon arrival, officers found Horton in a vehicle deceased of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Office of Student Life and Counseling Services are offering counseling and assistance to students and employees affected by the student’s death.
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KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for his part in a drug trafficking organization that is alleged to have distributed large amounts of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Joshua Thomas Alvarez, 26, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. In his plea, he admitted that in July 2012 the FBI identified a major drug trafficking ring operating in Kansas City, Kan. During the investigation, agents made 15 controlled purchases of methamphetamine from members of the organization. Five search warrants were executed…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Developers of a southeast Kansas casino say a Shawnee County judge’s ruling clears the way for construction of the state’s fourth nontribal casino to begin. Judge Larry Hendricks last week rejected arguments made in a challenge to a decision by the state to award the southeast Kansas project to Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports the $70 million proposal in Crawford County was the smallest of three submitted to the state Gaming Facility Review Board. Cherokee County and Castle Rock Casino filed a lawsuit. Its $145 million proposal was the largest submitted, and…
GARDEN PLAIN, Kan. (AP) Shrinking farm incomes are putting pressure on Kansas farm co-ops to merge as a way to help producers cut their costs. The Wichita Eagle reports that Farmers Cooperative Elevator in Garden Plain will vote in about six weeks on whether to merge with co-ops in Anthony and Kiowa. Andale Farmers Co-Op voted in December to merge with Kanza Co-op in the Pratt County town of Iuka. Kansas State University professor Brian Briggeman says the number of co-ops in Kansas has fallen from about 350 in 1950, to about 80 today. Kanza Co-op CEO Bruce Krehbiel says…
FORT RILEY, Kan. – A Soldier assigned to the 1st Infantry Division died in Junction City, Kansas. Sgt. Laird Camron Landis, an infantryman with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., was found dead in his home April 1. Landis deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 and to Kuwait in 2014. His home of record is Redmond, Kansas. He joined the Army in February 2010 and arrived at Fort Riley in 2014. Landis was 29 years old. “Soldiers of the ‘Dreadnaught’ battalion are saddened by the loss of Sgt. Landis,” said Lt. Col. Bryan Harris, commander of…
Manhattan, Kan. – On April 3, 2016 at approximately 3:55PM it was reported to police that Kevin L. Worrell (59) of 4240 Kaw Road Manhattan, KS was manipulating a handgun at his residence when it accidentally discharged. When the handgun discharged the bullet struck his son Travis J. Worrell (33) in the left leg, who was standing in the vicinity of Kevin. Travis was transported to Via Christi Hospital and then later transferred to a medical center in Wichita, KS. Travis’s injuries are considered to be serious, but non life-threatening On April 2, 2016 at approximately 2:31PM Jeremy E.…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes visited with K-State student Erin Poppe, who first shared her rape ordeal through her work as a reporter with the K-State Collegian:
Fatality crashes were reported in two area counties Sunday evening. Michael Folk, 38, of Iola died in a motorcycle accident on U-S 24 just east of Belvue in Pottawatomie County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Folk was westbound on 24 when his 1992 Harley Davidson motorcycle left the roadway to the right and overturned. The accident was reported just before 5:30 p.m. And in Geary county, Caitlyn Head, 22, of Junction City died when her 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix left Clarks Creek Road in Geary County, about two miles south of I-70. KHP indicates Head’s vehicle was northbound when it…
Over 35 Riley County firefighters spent most of the afternoon Saturday saving homes and putting out wildfires. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins says the first fire of the day was called in at 12:52 PM at 6611 Golden Shores, in the Golden shores subdivision South of Randolph. It only burned about two acres in the cedars around some houses. While the University Park and Randolph stations were responding to that wildfire, another 911 call came in from 5351 N 48th Street reporting another house in danger from a wildfire south of Sedalia church on US 24. When the first…
The Kansas City Royals raised their World Series banner Sunday night at Kauffman Stadium and officially began the title defense with a 4-3 win over the New York Mets. Eric Hosmer singled in the first run of the season in the first. Kendrys Morales would help plate the second run of the season with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Alex Gordon and Omar Infante provided RBI singles in the sixth to give the Royals a 4-0 advantage. The Mets wouldn’t go away as they would tag three runs against Joakim Soria in the eighth. Royals closer Wade Davis picked up…