A Lansing man was arrested by Riley County Police Thursday in a warrant for failure to appear. Robert Servantez, 27, was taken into custody on the warrant, with the original offense listed as battery to a law enforcement officer. Servantez was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department Thursday at approximately 7:05 PM. There was no bond attached to this warrant.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Delta Airlines flight traveling from Minnesota to Texas has been diverted to Wichita after being struck by lightning. According to Wichita Airport Authority spokeswoman Valerie Wise, the aircraft operated by ExpressJet, a Delta regional connection carrier, was struck by lightning on its left wing Thursday evening after encountering storms near Manhattan. The flight had left Minneapolis and was headed toward San Antonio. Wise said passengers reported smelling smoke in the cabin before the flight safely landed at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita just before 7:30 p.m. None of the 65 people onboard were…
Four people were taken to the hospital following a three vehicle accident on I-70 in Geary County Thursday evening. The accident occurred in front of Marshall Airfield at Fort Riley at 6:19 p.m., when a westbound 2011 Freightliner Diesel drove on the north shoulder, striking a 2011 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan which was parked on the shoulder. The Freightliner then traveled across the median into the eastbound lanes, striking a 2015 Jeep. Those injured were in the Chrysler, including the driver Jennifer Anderson, 39, of Manhattan, and passengers Braydon Anderson,11. Ashton Dyer, 9, d Kennedy Dyer, 7. all of…
At 11:47 p.m. Thursday the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 949 Village Drive for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a one-story residential structure with light smoke coming from a door on the side of the structure. The fire reached a second alarm before it was contained within 40 minutes. A total of 18 firefighters responded on 6 fire apparatus. The residence was occupied at the time of the fire. The occupants were alerted when a smoke alarm sounded and were able to exit the structure without injury prior to the fire departments arrival. …
Donald Trump was hit by a wave of criticism Thursday after insulting the physical appearance of GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina. Meanwhile, new troubles for Hillary Clinton, as Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders gains ground in the polls.
The White House says President Barack Obama has told advisers he wants to let 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. in the coming budget year. The U.S. has accepted only about 1,500 Syrians since civil war broke out more than four years ago.
A new contract from the Kansas Department of Revenue has Riley County Treasurer Shilo Heger hesitant to sign. Heger told county commissioners Thursday morning that the contract — a first issued to her office in this form – is too vague and undefined in its terms. The contract is more or less a set of rules and guidelines to which motor vehicle registrations are supposed to be conducted, but Heger said she sides with the Kansas County Treasurer’s Association, which wants the state to propose a contract with more specific language when it pertains to conduct. “It was very one sided,”…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A woman has been arrested in connection to the death of a Hutchinson woman whose body was found in a creek bed in Reno County. According to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, a 27-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say the body of 38-year-old Mary Ann Arnett was found June 22 in a shallow creek south of Nickerson. The suspect faces charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. She is being held in the Reno County Correctional Facility on a bond of $500,000.
Updated 2p.m. -Courtesy of KAIR Radio, Atchison (Former KMAN Reporter Joel Hardy is News Director): The suspect accused of pulling the trigger that left an Atchison man dead is now in custody. That word from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, who tells MSC News 19-year-old Terell Dixon was arrested in Henry County, Missouri mid-day Thursday. He remains jailed in that jurisdiction, held on an Atchison County District Court Warrant charging him with 2nd degree murder. Police allege Dixon was the gunman who shot to death 24-year-old Winston Downing around 6:00 Wednesday evening outside the King Super Store at 912 Division…
AP-KS–Wichita-Marijuana WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas’s highest court is considering the legality of Wichita’s marijuana ordinance next week. Oral arguments are set for Sept. 17 in Topeka in the legal challenge brought by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. At issue is the state’s effort to invalidate a voter-approved ordinance in Wichita lessening criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Among the issues the Kansas Supreme Court will consider is whether the ordinance conflicts with state law. Also at issue is whether the ordinance was filed properly. The ordinance imposes no more than a $50 fine for first-time possession of a…