A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday afternoon for a Manhattan man facing several felony level drug charges. Joshua Cross was arrested back in October of last year for over a dozen drug charges after the Riley County Police Department conducted an investigation in the 1400 block of Legore Lane. Cross’s attorney, Britian Stites, informed Judge William Malcolm that a plea agreement had been reached, outlining just the felony level drug counts. Cross chose to waive his preliminary hearing for the eight felony level charges. His arraignment was set for March 2nd at 2:30 p.m. in Judge Meryl Wilson’s courtroom.
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The Manhattan man who pleaded guilty recently to an aggravated assault charge, involving a June incident, appeared in Riley County District Court Tuesday morning. Kevin Flynn, who is a medic in the Army, appeared in Judge David Stutzman’s courtroom wearing his dress blues, alongside his attorney-Barry Clark. Prosecuting State Attorney, Bethany Fields requested Flynn be sentenced to 11 months with the department of corrections, probation after, and paying $220 in costs and restitution. Clark pointed out this is Flynn’s first issue with law enforcement, and stated he was “quite intoxicated” when the offense occurred. Judge Stutzman allowed Flynn to share a final statement. Flynn…
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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man on a warrant for motion to revoke probation. Benito Hernandez III, 22, was taken into custody on the warrant, with the original offense of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Hernandez was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department Monday afternoon. His bond was set at $5,000. ### A Manhattan man has been arrested on a no bond warrant, involving a probation violation on an original charge of methamphetamine possession. David Huffman, 33, was taken into custody while at his home in the 100 block of Messenger Road. This arrest took place…
The central Egyptian village of el-Aour near Menya, home to 13 of the 21 Christians kidnapped in Libya and now feared dead, saw an outpouring of grief and anger on Monday.
As a major winter storm system also threatened to spew ice, sleet and freezing rain across several Southern states, New England remained bitterly cold after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month.
Emergency crews and environmental officials are responding to a train derailment in West Virginia that sent at least one tanker containing crude oil into a river and also caused a nearby house to catch fire.
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt takes part in a vigil near the cultural club in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The slain gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen was released from jail just two weeks ago and might have become radicalized there last summer, a source close to the Danish terror investigation told The Associated Press on Monday.
Representatives for K-State are speaking out following the controversy that arose from a highly-redacted open records response regarding e-mails discussing the state budget. Vice President for Communications and Marketing at K-State Jeff Morris said the messages, which were sent between Governor Sam Brownback and KSU Institute for Commercialization President Kent Glasscock, are not subject to the open records act per state statute. “In this case, the discussions were comments that people made during the generation of the Governor’s budget proposal,” said Morris. “The budget proposal is done and then submitted in a public document vetted by everybody.” Due to the fact that…
Kansas State University’s first Landon Lecture of 2015 will be given by Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media. A news release from Kansas State University early Monday morning indicates Forbes will present his lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, March 9, in McCain Auditorium. “We’re pleased to bring Steve Forbes to Kansas State University and the Landon Lecture Series,” said Jackie Hartman, the university’s chief of staff and director of community relations. “His career spans many interests and fields. As a successful businessman, he leads a company that offers a variety of well-known publications and businesses both…