SALINA, Kan. (AP) A 51-year-old woman was found guilty in the operation of an unlicensed animal boarding facility in Salina. The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/1VTMBng ) reports that Stephanie Pankratz was convicted Monday on 80 counts in connection with the facility, including 22 counts of failure to register, 19 counts of not meeting animal care requirements and three counts of owning prohibited wild, exotic, poisonous or vicious animals. Authorities say Salina Animal Shelter workers confiscated 51 animals from Pankratz’s boarding facility called Playful Pets on Oct. 23, 2014. According to the shelter’s animal services supervisor, Vanessa Cowie, workers found excessive feces,…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas may have to pay $42 million to a former Pizza Hut franchise operation owner over his challenge of a tax bill. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1jCRCnO ) Gene Bicknell has battled the state since Kansas said he owed $42 million based on his 2006 sale of NPC International, which has hundreds of Pizza Hut franchises. The Kansas Court of Tax Appeals determined Bicknell was a Kansas resident and owed the money. Bicknell says he was living in Florida, but paid the $42 million and appealed. The Kansas Court of Appeals said recently the tax appeals court…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes speaks with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler: Lyle Butler and KSU President Kirk Schulz:
A Junction City teenager was injured in a Wabaunsee county accident on I-70 Wednesday evening. Justice Rexrode, 19, was westbound in a 2011 Chevy Tahoe a little more than a half mile west of K-99 when the vehicle went off the roadway to the right, Rexrode overcorrected, and the vehicle went across the highway to the left, overturning in the median. Rexrode was taken to Geary Community Hospital. He was wearing a seatbelt. The accident was reported at 5:10 p.m.
The Junction City/Geary County Drug Operations Group received a tip Tuesday about a methamphetamine lab located on a vacant property located in the 22,000 block of Humboldt Creek Road in rural southeastern Geary County. A search warrant was obtained for the property and an abandoned clandestine methamphetamine lab was located inside a barn. The Riley County Police Department’s Hazardous Materials Response Team responded and assisted with evidence collection and the cleanup of the lab. Materials used in the making of methamphetamine were collected and disposed of. The clandestine lab appeared to be abandoned during the middle of the cooking process.…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Johnny Cueto knew the Kansas City Royals had wagered much of their future on him, trading away a bevy of prospects in late July so that he could pitch in moments like this. The decisive game of a playoff series, their season on the line. He responded with a masterpiece on his biggest stage yet, eight dominant innings Wednesday night that allowed the resilient Royals to rally once more for a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros that sent them back to the American League Championship Series. “I woke up today on the right foot,” Cueto…
Volkswagen has disclosed to U.S. regulators that there is additional suspect software in its 2016 diesel models that would potentially help their exhaust systems run cleaner during government tests.
As he continues to ponder his own White House bid, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he thinks all the candidates in Tuesday night’s democratic presidential debate ‘did well.’
By Ryan Lackey, K-State Athletics Communications Kansas State will open the 2016 football season with a marquee nationally-televised matchup against Stanford the evening of Friday, September 2 in Palo Alto, Athletics Director John Currie has announced. The home-and-home agreement with the Pac -12 power finalizes the non-conference portion of K-State’s 2016 schedule. Following the opener at Stanford, the Wildcats will host Florida Atlantic on September 17 and Missouri State on September 24 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium to close out the non-conference slate. Stanford will make a return trip to Manhattan on September 4, 2021. Time and television network designation…
The below story and video is courtesy of Ft. Riley Staff Sgt., Noel Gerig [iframe id=”https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/428176/?sub_id=0&utm_campaign=subscriptions&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=0&utm_content=asset_link” align=”center” mode=”lazyload”] More than a dozen Bradley Fighting Vehicle crews from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conducted Gunnery Table IV at Fort Riley on October 5th. Crews participated in Table IV to ensure their weapon systems and communications equipment functioned properly and to ensure crew proficiency.