Starting Monday, the westbound outer lane of Kimball Avenue near the K-113 (Seth Child) interchange has been closed for improvements in the area. Wildcat Construction of Topeka will begin work to make signal, ramp and safety improvements at the interchange. Lane reductions will continue throughout the project until May. Traffic will be reduced to one lane at times, and delays should be expected. This is in addition to lane closures near the Seaton Avenue intersection, where stormwater improvements will keep access to Seaton Avenue closed until early April. A detour is in place.
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Riley County Police are investigating an incident reportedly involving robbery, battery, and intimidation of a witness. The case was reported Sunday at approximately 1:45 AM near the intersection of 17th Street and Anderson Avenue. Police were made aware of this incident which involved a male and female (known to each other) who had begun to argue inside a vehicle. This argument became physical when the male struck the female in the face. After pulling over and exiting the vehicle the male reportedly broke the female’s phone as she attempted to contact police. She then reportedly asked bystanders for a phone…
Updated 6 a.m. More details have been released regarding an early Sunday morning accident in Riley County, previously reported as having occurred Saturday morning. Shane Hancock, 23, of Manhattan was westbound in the 700 block of Allison Road at about one a.m. Sunday, when the 2005 Honda he was driving failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway, and came to rest in a ravine on its top. The Kansas Highway Patrol lists Hancock as having a possible injury. Two occupants were listed as injured, including Joshua White, 33, of Salina and Shanel Garnett, 24, of Manhattan. White was reportedly…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) As KMAN announced earlier this weekend, authorities say a staffer for Congressman Tim Huelskamp with Manhattan connections has been arrested and charged with 17 counts of sexual exploitation of a child.A Ford County jail official told The Associated Press on Saturday that Matthew P. Pennell is being held on $75,000 bond. The jail officials said he couldn’t release the name of Pennell’s attorney or make Pennell available for an interview. No information is available in online court records. Pennell is a Manhattan High School alum and ran for the USD 378 school board in 2011. He also claims…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Behind four hits apiece from Shane Conlon and Tyler Moore, the K-State offense bested its season-high in hits set on Saturday by tallying 15 on Sunday to help lead the Wildcats to a 10-3 win in the series finale of a three-game sweep of Santa Clara at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State (7-7) continued its hot-hitting carried over from the previous day by posting double-digit runs and hits for the second straight game. The Wildcats’ sweep of the Broncos (7-8), its first three-game sweep since March 14-15, 2014 vs. Northern Colorado, saw them outscore, 31-9,…
The Sunday arrest report from the Riley County Police Department indicates 28 arrests, but only three with bonds of $5,000 or more on the day after Fake Patty’s Day. Curtis Cline, 19, of Manhattan faces a drug-related possession charge, purchase or consumption of alcohol as a minor, and resisting arrest. Cline was taken into custody at about 3:40 p.m. Saturday at Thurston and Ninth Streets. His bond was set at $7,000. Daniel Danahy, 24, of Pretty Prairie was taken into custody on drug-related distribution and obstruction of the legal process charges. Danahy was arrested in the 1000 Block of…
Five suspects in the killing of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov appear in a Moscow courthouse.
Former President Bill Clinton defended his foundation’s acceptance of donations from foreign governments on Saturday, pointing to the track record of his global philanthropy as Hillary Rodham Clinton nears an announcement on 2016 campaign.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)– Jon Holmes has endured a rough stretch for the past month. The Texas forward missed two games after suffering a concussion on Feb. 4 against Oklahoma State, went through a six-game shooting slump after returning, and had has to worry that the Longhorns will miss the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons. But Holmes emerged on Saturday. Playing in his final home game, the senior scored 10 points and blocked four shots, helping Texas defeat Kansas State 62-49 in the final regular season game for both teams. The 6-foot-8 forward made a pair of…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Paced by a career-high five RBIs from Tyler Moore and season-highs in runs and hits by the entire Wildcat offense, the K-State baseball team beat Santa Clara, 17-5, on Saturday in game two of the three-game series at Tointon Family Stadium. Moore was one of nine different Wildcats (6-7) with an RBI in the offensive onslaught, giving K-State its most runs in a game since also scoring 17 against Air Force on March 18, 2014. In addition to Moore, three other Wildcats tallied multiple RBIs, with Ethan Klosterboer, Danny Krause and Dominic Thornton registering…