SALINA, Kan. (AP) The number of juveniles in detention in Saline County is down significantly since a judge took over the juvenile docket. The Salina Journal reports that Judge Mary Thrower says that rather than detain juvenile offenders for an extended period, she seeks out the best option for each one. She took over the juvenile docket in the county in July.
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KMAN is still currently awaiting additional details regarding the fire investigation in the 2200 block of Anderson Avenue Friday evening. A portion of the roadway was closed down around 9 p.m, but was reopened around 9:30.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to President of Riley County Fraternal Order of Police, Brian Johnson; Asst. Director of Support Services with Kansas State University Police, Don Stubbings; and U.S. Congressman, Tim Huelskamp. Brian Johnson-segment 1 Brian Johnson-segment 2 Don Stubbings-segment 1 Tim Huelskamp-segment 1
By Kenny Lannou, K-State Athletics Communications Mike Dibbini, a former standout player and highly-successful coach at Kansas Wesleyan who has most recently rebuilt Cal Poly Pomona into an NCAA Division II championship contender, has been named Kansas State’s first intercollegiate women’s soccer coach, Athletics Director John Currie announced today. At each of his coaching stints at the NAIA and Division II levels, Dibbini has built winning programs and successful student-athletes. He is a 12-time conference coach of the year who led Kansas Wesleyan and Cal Poly Pomona to 13 postseason tournament appearances and an overall career winning percentage of .750…
Friends and relatives of a policeman gunned down along with his partner have been joined by hundreds of uniformed officers at his wake on Friday.
People are seen through a hole in the wall of a damaged building, as they visit a giant steel barge that housed a diesel power generator swept ashore by the Indian Ocean tsunami ten years ago, in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. The devastating Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean rim, killing 230,000 people, most of them in Aceh. The power plant is now a major tourist attraction in the provincial capital.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary and theft that occurred last weekend on Saturday December 20th at Dick Edwards Ford, located at 7920 E Highway 24. The suspect in this matter reportedly gained entry into a building on the property and removed items to include a Dell laptop computer, a DeWalt AM/FM radio, a Cannon camera and other miscellaneous items. The suspect is also believed to have then taken a red Ford 2015 F-350 pickup and driving it less than 1/4 mile from where it was stolen, leaving it at another business. Sheriff Greg Riat indicatestThis crime occurred on…
A Sears Home Store is opening on East Highway 24. The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce confirmed the new store Friday morning, which will be located in the 8000 block of East Highway 24, across the highway from Manhattan’s Dick Edwards Auto Plaza. The store will offer appliances, seasonal lawn and garden items, and Craftsmen tools. The new store is set to open January 27th. The large Sears store at Manhattan Town Center closed just last month.
Updated at 12:40 p.m. Friday: The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department has issued a news release regarding the Staples incident, indicating on December 26th, at about 6:55 a.m. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Deputies responded to a call of smoke coming from the Staples business at 632 Tuttle Creek Blvd Manhattan, Pottawatomie County. A responding Deputy while checking the building located a hole in the North side of the structure that was occupied by Short Go at 634 Tuttle Creek Blvd. Deputies discovered a vehicle had driven through the exterior wall of the structure leading into the back of the Short Go business, through…
American and NATO troops serving as the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan celebrate what for many will be the final Christmas in Afghanistan.