After a gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another US military site in Chattanooga, killing at least four Marines, US Attorney Bill Killian says the situation is being treated as an act of terrorism.
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A former convict beat a man and stole guns and a pickup truck before shooting five people, two of them fatally, during a rampage across several northern Maine towns, state police said Friday.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with: Riley Co. Extension Director Jennifer Wilson on the Riley Co. Fair, Susan Peterson, Assistant Director at the Riley Co. Senior Center, Carla Martinez-Machain, Assistant Professor of Political Science at K-State on the shooting of Marines in Chatanooga, Tennessee. In Focus listeners sharing their opinions via the KMAN hotline.
The Manhattan metro area, which includes Pottawatomie and Riley counties, showed a slight increase in unemployment, with 4.1 percent in June compared to 3.7 percent in May, although that number is lower than the 4.2 percent in June of last year. The numbers including Manhattan and Junction City showed a 4.6 percent number. The city of Manhattan/ Riley County part is 3.7 percent, also higher than May’s 3.3 percent. Area county numbers include Riley at four percent, Pottawatomie at 4.2, Geary at 6.8, and Clay at five percent. The Manhattan metro area still has the lowest rate in the state…
Police in Riley County arrested a Manhattan man on rape related charges Thursday. Eric Santiago, 21, was taken into custody at approximately 10:20 AM while at the Riley County Police Department. Santiago was arrested for the offenses of two counts of rape for an incident that occurred in March. He was given a bond of $30,000. ### A 32-year-old Manhattan man was served an arrest warrant for failure to appear with the original offense of possession of opiates, opium, or narcotics drugs. Andre Quinton Jr., was arrested on the warrant Thursday at approximately 5:40 PM while at the Riley County Police…
Manhattan Area Chamber Commerce President Lyle Butler:
Pottowatomie County is one of the faster growing areas in a region already full of fast growth. During Thursday afternoon’s joint City/County/County meeting comprised of leaders from the City of Manhattan and both the Riley County and Pottowatomie Board of County Commissioners, Manhattan’s northeast neighbor was asked to further its involvement in the region. First, it was discussed that Pott County appoint a representative to the Manhattan Bicycle Advisory Committee, then it was asked to appoint another representative to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board, which Riley County is already a part of. Jared Tremblay, who is the staff liaison…
A woman sought by Junction City Police for more than two months has been located. On May 7th, the Junction City Police Department in cooperation with the US Marshal’s Service put out a news release to local media outlets requesting assistance from the public in locating Federal Fugitive Heidi Lynn Webster. The JCPD was notified by the US Marshals Service Thursday that Webster was arrested in Urbana, Illinois by members of the Marshal’s Service. No Further Information has been released. A reminder that Webster was one of two former officials of a San Antonio military medical center who pleaded guilty in January of…
A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Tennessee, killing at least four Marines and wounding a soldier and a police officer, officials said. The suspect also was killed. (