It was a somber autumn morning at the Riley County Courthouse as a Rossville man was sentenced to jail time after striking and killing a Manhattan bicyclist. On the evening of June 26, 2014, 32-year-old Derik Kesler was driving southbound on K-177 when he struck 49-year-old Mark Jilka from behind. Jilka, an avid bicyclist, was wearing reflective gear while riding on the shoulder of the highway. Reports say Kessler immediately called 911, but Jilka was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Kesler’s witness statement, he was using the GPS service on his phone at the time and did not see…
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A Belvue man who requested a jury trial had a change of heart Monday morning. Christopher Arand, who is accused of murdering his uncle, Larry Arand, last November, entered a plea to premeditated first degree murder. The Pottawatomie County District Court also dismissed a cruelty to animals charge. Sentencing is set for Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. and he remains confined in jail. 70-year-old Larry Arand was found in his Belvue Home last November. An affidavit released at the time indicated Arand hit his uncle in the back of the head several times with brass knuckles before suffocating him with a…
K-State sophomore cornerback Cre Moore was arrested at 3:26 A.M. Sunday morning by Riley County police on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of a depressant. Police responded to a single vehicle collision at Poyntz and Evergreen Ave. in Manhattan at 2:55 A.M. Moore’s 2014 Ford F150 had hit a light pole and a privately owned stone stairwell. The front driver’s side sustained major damage, including the front driver’s side wheel becoming detached. Moore didn’t have any injuries. He was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after an investigation into the accident. During the…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department responded to a single vehicle collision near the intersection of Engineer Road and Harris Road on Oct. 2, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Police found a 2003 Ford Focus driven by a 16-year-old female (with an 18-year-old and 16-year-old passenger) that was involved in a collision when it lost control on gravel. The vehicle left the roadway and overturned landing on its roof leaving the driver to complain of back pain. The passengers were uninjured, however, all three occupants were transported to Via Christi Hospital by Riley County EMS. The driver was issued a…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)– Last year, the Kansas City Royals were the October darlings, winning their first eight postseason games to reach the World Series for the first time since before many of their players were born. They won’t be able to surprise anybody this year. They’ll be the favorites to repeat as American League champions. Salvador Perez added to his career-high home run total, Johnny Cueto pitched five solid innings and the Royals secured home-field advantage throughout the postseason by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Sunday. The Royals (95-67) posted their best record since the 1980 team went 97-65, besting…
CINCINNATI (AP)– Andy Dalton completes his first 10 passes and makes another big play. The defense allows nothing other than field goals. Through four games, the Bengals are still perfect. And awfully impressive, too. Dalton threw a 55-yard touchdown pass on the run — the type of throw he’s rarely made in the past — and Cincinnati remained unbeaten with a 36-21 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. The Bengals (4-0) matched the third-best start in franchise history, two wins shy of the club record. They’ve got the look of a team finally capable of not only reaching…
After historic rainfall drenched parts of South Carolina, flash flooding stranded hundreds, forcing several rescue attempts.
Israeli soldiers patrolled the West Bank, searching for suspected Palestinian gunmen who killed an Israeli couple. In the Jenin refugee camp, officials say several Palestinians were wounded in clashes when a suspect’s house was surrounded.
A 94-page petition has been filed by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office with the U-S Supreme Court in the Luis Aguirre murder case, involving the 2009 murders of Tanya and Juan Maldonado. The Petition for Writ of Certiorari asks two main questions–Whether a request to temporarily cease questioning is a clear and unequivocal assertion of the right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment? And whether the use of the equivocal phrase “I guess” along with an explicitly expressed desire to continue talking to police is a clear and unequivocal assertion of the right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment? The petition goes on to…
TOPEKA — A major financial rating agency describes Kansas’ new school funding law as “negative” for local districts’ credit and creating financial stress for some of them. Moody’s Investors Service issued a report Friday citing a new annual budget for the state’s largest school district in Wichita that calls for higher local taxes and spending cuts. The new law enacted in April replaced the state’s former per-student aid formula with grants based on districts’ previous funding. It was designed to provide stable funding. But Moody’s said the new law “disadvantages” growing districts by not automatically increasing their aid. Gov. Sam…