Riley County commissioners approved budget revisions for community corrections Monday morning. The FY2016 revisions dealt with behavioral health and adult services and the budget revisions amounted to $107,313 and $438,341, respectively. It should be noted, however, that those are monies appropriated by the state, but must be approved by the Riley County Board of Commissioners before it is dispersed. Riley County did have to chip in to the community corrections budget earlier this summer, though. Community Corrections Director Shelly Williams said cuts from the state didn’t allow her to work in merit increases and commissioners approved $15,306 earlier this summer…
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Conner Goss-Griffin, 24, of Topeka, was arrested on Friday July 24th, at approximately 2:30 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Goss-Griffin was arrested on a warrant for burglary (X2) and aggravated burglary which occurred in June of this year. He was issued a bond of $20,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. ### Police arrested Darryl Bond, 51, of Manhattan for the offenses of criminal threat and aggravated assault after a domestic related incident caused a police response. This incident involved a knife which was brandished, however, no injuries were…
In today’s edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes sits down with Commander of Westmoreland American Legion, Richard Herman and Everybody Counts Committee Chair Debbie Nuss, along with one of the organizations original founders, Patrick McLaughlin.
A driver received medical attention after a two vehicle accident in Riley County on Sunday night. Twenty-nine-year-old Silvana Okanoviv of St. Louis, Missouri made a hard left turn through the median into on-coming traffic, resulting in her 2014 Volvo striking the second vehicle head on. 44-year-old Patrick Drewes of Lawrence was identified as the driver of the second vehicle, along with a seven-month-old passenger, Tegan Drewes of Wamego. The Drewes’ received possible injuries, but were not taken to a medical facility. Okanoviv was taken to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. All three of those involved in the accident were wearing…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– This was one nice day for Kansas City’s rotation. The Royals traded for Johnny Cueto, and then used Yordano Ventura’s seven sharp innings to beat Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros 5-1 on Sunday. “I wanted to see the old Ventura out there and we saw it,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “That’s good for us and bad for everybody else.” Ventura (5-7) allowed one run and six hits in just his second win in his last seven starts. The right-hander, who won 14 games last year, was demoted to Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday and then…
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP)– The Kansas City Royals acquired Johnny Cueto in a trade with Cincinnati on Sunday, sending three prospects to the Reds for a legitimate ace for the front of their beleaguered rotation. Kansas City has the best record in the American League after it lost to San Francisco in Game 7 of the World Series last October. But Yordano Ventura has underperformed this year and Jason Vargas will miss the rest of the season after he injured his elbow last week — increasing the need for pitching help. The Royals last won the title in 1985, and the…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke in Ames, Iowa on Sunday criticizing Congressional Republicans who are trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. She also spoke about her plans to counter climate change.
Paris police were searching for a car that struck a taxi and crashed through barricades set up near the Tour de France finish line drawing police fire hours before the arrival of the cyclists.
COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) A judge has ruled that Galena’s mayor and six other city officials accused of misusing public funds will be tried together. Mayor Dale Oglesby, five city council members and a former council member were indicted in June by a grand jury after the council authorized paying $100,000 in city money to settle a private lawsuit against Oglesby’s business partner. District Court Judge A.J. Wachter ruled Friday the officials will not receive separate trials to avoid inconsistent verdicts. The trial was scheduled for Jan. 11. The Joplin Globe reports that Galena City Attorney Kevin Cure says he expects…
Manhattan Residents on the Customers in the north east side of town are experiencing a power outage. According to Westar Energy, the outage was reported shortly after five p.m. and just over 1000 customers are affected. A majority of the outage affects residents along Kimball Avenue between College and and Denison. Power is expected to be returned by 9 p.m. Visit Westar’s outage map for more information.