UPDATE, 9:42 a.m.: A 6-year-old girl is dead after injuries suffered in an accident on Tuttle Creek Boulevard Monday night. Officers with the Riley County Police Department as well as area emergency responders were called to a serious and fatal vehicle collision in the 2400 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. Monday night at approximately 7:20 p.m. This collision occurred north of the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Northfield Road in Manhattan and involved a 2001 Ford Ranger containing two occupants. Officers arriving on scene were able to determine that the Ford Ranger had lost control and collided with a…
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After a week of steady rain, the showers tapered off Monday and an inundated South Carolina turned to surveying a road system shredded by historic flooding.
An Amtrak train headed from Vermont to Washington, D.C., derailed in central Vermont on Monday after apparently striking rocks that were on the tracks. No life-threatening injuries were reported.
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A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 20 years for supplying crack cocaine to a drug trafficking operation in Junction City and Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Johnny Lee Ivory, III, 29, Topeka, Kan., was convicted after a jury trial in June on one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction. During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that in late 2012 and early 2013 agents of Kansas Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office has posted a reward for a stolen New Holland skid steer that has been missing since the Sept. 15 The skid steer — a 2007 New Holland L190 that is yellow with black trim — was reported stolen from the area of Wilson Creek Road and Bigelow Road. It is missing the front door and rear radiator cover and was last seen Sept. 1. The skid steer is valued at approximately $15,000. A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for this theft. Any information regarding…
A growing trend of gun thefts have the Riley County Police Department concerned. RCPD Capt. Josh Kyle told Riley County commissioners Monday morning that a recent string of vehicle thefts have found guns left inside are being targeted. “We’re seeing a persistent crime trend and it’s bothersome,” Kyle said. “And that is the issue of guns in cars. “We are seeing more and more guns being taken from vehicles. It’s a pattern that we’ve seen for the last eight to nine months, and it does not appear to be reducing or abating in anyway.” Commissioner Robert Boyd asked Kyle what…
HAYS, Kan. (AP) A legal fight is brewing over the $20.6 million estate of a western Kansas man whose will was changed shortly before his January 2013 death. At issue is a letter typed on 98-year-old Earl O. Field’s stationary that said he had decided to strip the Fort Hays State University Foundation as the primary beneficiary and instead give the largest portion of his estate to his part-time bookkeeper and caretaker. It described her as “like my daughter.” The Hutchinson News reports that the foundation considers it fake. Field owned farmland and mineral rights, as well as a business.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas won’t give out employee raises while there’s still a chance for last-minute state budget cuts. Provost Jeff Vitter says the university budgeted midyear, merit-based salary increases for select employees that would comprise about 1 percent of the university’s salary budget. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Vitter wrote in a recent memo to university faculty and staff that extending the raises will depend on a few things, including avoiding any possible state budget cuts. He says the decision will be made later this semester. Vitter says many employees had asked about the raises. There’s…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Lobbyists have spent more than $500,000 entertaining Kansas lawmakers so far this year. Kansas law prohibits lobbyists from making campaign donations during the session and limits their spending to $100 on lawmaker gifts. But Kansas doesn’t limit the amount of food and drink a lobbyist can buy lawmakers. The Wichita Eagle reports lobbyists have spent more than $500,000 since January treating Kansas lawmakers to dinner, drinks and other entertainment. The Kansas Bankers Association spent the most on food and entertainment for lawmakers, at $26,135. The Kansas Chamber of Commerce was second with $20,139. Advocates for transparency say…