Today’s guests on In Focus were Supt. Denise O’Dea and Special Education Director Sean Cochran from USD 320 Wamego, along with Manhattan Building Official Brad Claussen and Angie Sutton, Community Relations Director for Manhattan Parks and Rec.
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Updated 8:20 a.m. Thursday Riley County Police have altered a listing of charges in connection with a sex crime arrest reported Wednesday. The charges against Gregory E. Hoyt, 27, of Manhattan are now listed as two counts of rape and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Originally charges were listed as aggravated indecent liberties instead of aggravated sodomy. As previously announced, The Riley County Police Department took the 27-year-old Hoyt into custody after receiving reports of inappropriate behavior between he and a child he knew. Hoyt’s bond was set at $200,000. The arrest took place Tuesday afternoon in the…
St. Louis County police released video of an individual they identify as Tyrone Harris, with a gun in on Sunday night. Harris was wounded after allegedly firing at police in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests were smaller on Tuesday night.
Donald Trump held his first campaign appearance since last week’s GOP presidential debate, speaking in Michigan on Tuesday.
Updated 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Next week’s hearing in the John Booker case has been pushed back by about a month, to September 21. A judge granted the delay sought by attorneys for the Topeka man who is accused of plotting a bomb attack on Fort Riley in April. ### TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 21-year-old man charged with plotting to plant a bomb at Fort Riley allegedly to help the Islamic State group is asking a federal judge to delay his next court hearing. An attorney for John T. Booker Jr. of Topeka filed the request Tuesday. Booker was…
Two inmates with Geary County convictions face public comment sessions and subsequent parole hearings the next few months. Alex Mackey, 56, is serving time on convictions including drug possession, theft, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery in four different counties from 1983 to 2002. The Geary County conviction is for theft and was Mackey’s first reported conviction in 1983. His earliest possible release date is October first. Mackey is being held in Hutchinson. Public comment sessions for Mackey and several other inmates will be August 19th at the Derby Police and Courts building, August 21st at the Topeka Municipal Court House,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lorenzo Cain went 4 for 4 with a home run and Yordano Ventura pitched six scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 Tuesday night. Cain, who raised his average to .316, led off the sixth with his 12th homer, a mammoth shot to left field. Mike Moustakas snapped an 0-for-18 drought with a homer to right with Kendrys Morales aboard in the same inning. Ventura (7-7), who is 3-1 since the All-Star break, limited the Tigers to two hits but walked a career-high six. He struck out eight, matching his season…
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it “pains me to no end” to see the 3 million gallons of mine waste that has turned a southwest Colorado river into an orange-colored pollution stream.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson.