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Friday’s guests on In Focus were: State Representative Susie Swanson, Clay Center Riley County Extension 4H Agent John Jobe and intern Sidney Winston Wallace Jeffery, Battle of the Bulge Veteran; Greg Penfield, President of the Kansas Chapter of VBOB, and Jim Sharp, 1st Infantry Division Combat Infantryman in the Battle of the Bulge speaking on behalf of the upcoming Battle of the Bulge reunion.
Police arrested 28-year old Lucas Brown, of Larned, while at the Riley County Police Department Thursday at approximately 3:45 p.m. Brown was arrested on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear with the original offense listed as a motion to revoke parole for the offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol. Bond was set at $5,000. A southwestern Missouri man was arrested in Aggieville early Friday morning. James Levi Cromer, 36, of Springfield, Missouri, was taken into custody around 1:30 a.m. for driving under the influence at the felony level, refusal of a chemical test, and…
Rare things happened inside the Riley County Commission Chambers Thursday morning in Manhattan. First off, commissioners took money from larger than projected sales tax revenue and distributed some of it among five local agencies — the Riley County Council on Aging, Pawnee Mental Health Services, Big Lakes Development Center, Riley County Extension and the Riley County Emergency Shelter — that had seen cuts in their 2016 county appropriation funds last summer. Altogether, the commission approved $73,000 in additional funds to the agencies, with the Council on Aging and Pawnee Mental Health receiving $22,000 more to their budgets. Riley County Extension…
A Fort Riley soldier has been sentenced to 10 life sentences with lifetime post release supervision and electronic monitoring for sex-related crimes in Geary County. James Henning was sentenced Thursday on the 10 convictions, which included two counts of aggravated indecent liberties, three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, four counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of rape. According to Assistant Geary County Attorney Michelle Brown, two of the 10 sentences were ordered to run consecutively so Henning won’t be eligible for parole for 50 years. Henning requested a departure to 155 months from the presumptive sentence…
Updated 2:15 p.m. Thursday: The jury in the trial of a man at the center of a shooting in Aggieville, has come back with a verdict. Jurors in the trial of Mark Self Jr. found the 31-year-old Manhattan man guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter and aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon. Sentencing is set for March seventh. The jury trial began Monday and went into deliberations at about 10:30 Thursday morning–coming back with a verdict two and a half hours later. Self had faced a charge of attempted murder in the first degree, after he shot a man in…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes chats with Governor’s Military Council Ex. Dir., John Armbrust of Manhattan; K-State Police Asst. Dir. for Support Services and Public Information Officer, Major Don Stubbings and new officer Randy Myles; and Beach museum marketing manager, Abby Howard.
After more than a decade of serving as Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council, John Armbrust of Manhattan is resigning–although he’ll serve in the position through April. Armbrust announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Thursday morning that he turned in his resignation Wednesday. He says he has no health issues he’s aware of, but he just felt it was time. Armbrust adds he’s 69 years old and the Executive Director role is a high energy job. Armbrust admits it’s a job that takes a lot of time and effort, and while he doesn’t want to stop, he doesn’t feel he has the…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Edward Houston Jr., 49, of Junction City, Kansas on February 3, 2016 at approximately 11:50 AM while at the Riley County Police Department. Houston was arrested on a warrant from Geary County, Kansas for the offense of violation of a bond condition. He was given a total bond of $10,000.00 and at the time of this report was no longer confined at the Riley County Jail. Police filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Town Center Mall on February 3, 2016 at approximately 8:35 PM after they were…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Perry Ellis scored 19 points, Svi Mykhailiuk and Devonte Graham added 10 points apiece and No. 7 Kansas pulled away from turnover-prone Kansas State, 77-59 on Wednesday night. Dominated on the glass all night, the Jayhawks (18-4, 6-3 Big 12) were able to overcome their poor rebounding and some streaky shooting in part by forcing the Wildcats (13-9, 2-7) into 23 turnovers. Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr., who had a career-best 33 points in last Saturday’s overtime victory against Kentucky, was shut out in the first half before finishing with seven points. Fellow guard Frank Mason…