Updated 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Next week’s hearing in the John Booker case has been pushed back by about a month, to September 21. A judge granted the delay sought by attorneys for the Topeka man who is accused of plotting a bomb attack on Fort Riley in April. ### TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 21-year-old man charged with plotting to plant a bomb at Fort Riley allegedly to help the Islamic State group is asking a federal judge to delay his next court hearing. An attorney for John T. Booker Jr. of Topeka filed the request Tuesday. Booker was…
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Two inmates with Geary County convictions face public comment sessions and subsequent parole hearings the next few months. Alex Mackey, 56, is serving time on convictions including drug possession, theft, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery in four different counties from 1983 to 2002. The Geary County conviction is for theft and was Mackey’s first reported conviction in 1983. His earliest possible release date is October first. Mackey is being held in Hutchinson. Public comment sessions for Mackey and several other inmates will be August 19th at the Derby Police and Courts building, August 21st at the Topeka Municipal Court House,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lorenzo Cain went 4 for 4 with a home run and Yordano Ventura pitched six scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 Tuesday night. Cain, who raised his average to .316, led off the sixth with his 12th homer, a mammoth shot to left field. Mike Moustakas snapped an 0-for-18 drought with a homer to right with Kendrys Morales aboard in the same inning. Ventura (7-7), who is 3-1 since the All-Star break, limited the Tigers to two hits but walked a career-high six. He struck out eight, matching his season…
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it “pains me to no end” to see the 3 million gallons of mine waste that has turned a southwest Colorado river into an orange-colored pollution stream.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson.
A 21-year-old Junction City man was arrested close to noon on Tuesday for an aggravated criminal threat after reporting there was a bomb at Florence Manufacturing in the 5900 block of Corporate Drive. Jarrid Jones’ bond was set at $20,000 and he is still confined. KMAN News Director Cathy Dawes spoke with Riley County Police Public Information Officer Matthew Droge just before noon Tuesday:
Early Tuesday morning, officers with the Riley County Police Department responded to a single vehicle collision in the 1900 block of Pillsbury Dr. 34-year-old Nicolas Cuevas-Castanan of Council Grove, was driving a 2005 Hyundai Sonada northbound on Pillsbury Dr. with passenger Jose Vazquez, 20, when it left the roadway and rolled multiple times before coming to rest. Cuevas-Castanan was momentarily entrapped in the vehicle while Vazquez was able to find help. Cuevas-Castanan suffered significant injuries and was transported to Via Christi Hospital and then life-flighted to a medical care facility outside of Riley County. Vazquez also sustained injuries and was…
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education got an overview of how children are moved throughout the district. during a Monday meeting, Director of Operations Larry Hannan gave the new board members an overview of transporting students. He said the number of registered riders is on the increase, and he feels the numbers will continue to grow. He went over how the bus route is put together and how drivers are trained. In addition to the permanent drivers, he oversees a number of subs, which he uses on a daily basis. With school starting soon, Hannan wants to get the word…
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education discussed allowing home-schooled students to participate in elective activities. At a Monday meeting, Superintendent Denise O’Dea said she’d been contacted by parents with a request to allow their home-schooled students to participate in sporting activities and band. She said the District has allowed this in the past due to a reimbursement rate, but due to Block Grant funding, there is no longer any reimbursement. She suggested the board treat elective participation by home-schooled students the same as out-of-district students adhering to the district’s recent policy change. The policy grandfather’s existing participants, their siblings and…