Friday’s guests were: State Rep. Susie Swanson of Clay Center Riley County Extension 4-H Agent John Job and intern Sydney Winston Manhattan Long Range Planner Ben Chmiel, Senor Planner Lance Ebans, Steering Committee member Kathy Hasler
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MEDICINE LODGE — Crews continue extinguishing hot spots from a wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles since starting last week in Oklahoma and spreading into rural Kansas. The heaviest damage is in Kansas’ Barber County, where the fire remained 89 percent contained Thursday night when the most recent update was provided. Officials overseeing the firefight in the county said in a news release that there were at least seven calls for service Thursday and that 10 new acres burned. Efforts are underway to calculate the damage. An estimated 600 cattle died in Oklahoma; Kansas officials are working to calculate how…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department took Sidney Brown Jr., 15, of Manhattan into custody for the offense of aggravated robbery on March 31, 2016 at approximately 1:00 PM while in the 400 block of Laramie Street. This arrest stems from an incident that RCPD first alerted to the community to on March 28, 2016. Brown was given no bond. This arrest is in addition to an arrest made on a 17-year-old male the day prior for the same incident. Eladio Alvarez, 37, of Manhattan was arrested on April 1, 2016 at approximately 12:50 AM while in the 800…
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, visited the new Irwin Army Community Hospital on Fort Riley Friday to learn about the continued progress made toward the hospital’s opening to serve the Fort Riley community. “The new Irwin hospital will serve thousands of men, women and children who call the Big Red One home, and they deserve the best care possible as soon as possible,” Sen. Moran said. “I was assured during my visit today that in the next two weeks the Army will announce an official opening date. It was good to see the…
A Topeka man faces sentencing April 11 for sex trafficking in a case involving Junction City and Manhattan. Reginald Newman, 29, pleaded guilty in early February. His wife Tiara Jade Newman, 22, also of Topeka, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to committing sex trafficking. In her plea, she admitted that on March 21, 2015, she and her husband took a 17-year-old girl from Topeka to Junction City for the purpose of prostitution. The Newmans rented two rooms at a Value Place motel in Junction City. The rooms — one room for performing commercial sex acts and the other…
Following a national search, Kansas State University has named Peter K. Dorhout as vice president for research. Dorhout has served as the interim vice president for research since January. He will continue to lead the university’s research, scholarship, creative activities and discovery programs as they align with the goals of K-State 2025 strategic plan. “Peter Dorhout has been an effective leader and collaborator at Kansas State University,” said President Kirk Schulz. “His comprehensive understanding of the challenges researchers encounter along with his strategic vision of increasing research at a land-grant university will continue to move Kansas State University forward to…
WICHITA — A government report shows Kansas farmers are planning to plant a whole lot more corn this year. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that Kansas growers intend to plant 4.8 million acres of corn. That is a 16 percent jump from a year ago. Its prospective plantings report shows farmers are seeding fewer acres of the state’s other major crops. The 8.5 million acres of winter wheat planted last fall for harvest later this year are down 8 percent from the previous season. Soybean planted acres are down just 1 percent to 3.85 million acres compared to a year…
OTTAWA — Jurors have recommended the death penalty for an eastern Kansas man convicted of killing four people, including a toddler. The Franklin County jury recommended the sentence Thursday for 30-year-old Kyle Flack, who was convicted last week of capital murder in the deaths of 21-year-old Kaylie Bailey and her 18-month-old daughter, Lana. He also was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder for killing 31-year-old Steven White and second-degree murder for killing 30-year-old Andrew Stout. They were killed on separate days in the spring of 2013 near a rural farmhouse where Flack sometimes stayed in Ottawa, about 50 miles southwest of Kansas City.…
Thursday’s guest were: Michelle Haub and Anne Harts of Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan on Parkinson’s month Phil Anderson regarding the finished Manhattan bridge pier welcome sign project
A teen suspect in an attempted murder case in Pottawatomie County entered pleas of no contest Thursday to attempted second degree murder, discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Dakota Fair’s charges involve the shooting of Tyrel Britton, 23, in late December on Mt. Zion Road in rural St. George. Fair’s sentencing is set for May 19th. Britton was flown to Topeka for medical treatment following the shooting but survived his injuries. Law enforcement officials at the time indicated Fair was believed to have fired a gun from the…