Pottawatomie County commissioners heard 2016 budgets from county administrators at their meeting Monday. Commission Chair Pat Weixelman says the works budget presented by Leu Lowrey was the largest one presented, with an increase of approximately $200,000 dollars proposed, a majority of it for wages. Treasurer Lisa Wright and Register of Deeds Betty Abitz also asked for wage increases comparable to those in Riley County. Commissioners also heard from the county’s Zoning Administrator , Gregg Webster. Some concerns were voiced by 1st District Commissioner Dee Mckee on the safety of the roads concerning the Marlatt/Junietta extension phase. Other presentations were made by Fire Supervisor Jared…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police say a 5-year-old girl was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being wounded in a drive-by shooting. Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding the suspect vehicle, which is described only as a silver or white with four doors. The girl was shot around 11:30 p.m. Monday in Topeka. No other details were immediately available Tuesday morning.
A fatal shooting has raised questions about San Francisco’s sanctuary policy. The city does not fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. It has been criticized after a man in the US illegally allegedly killed a woman.
Longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub of ‘Karate Kid,’ and ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ fame dies at 77.
Garmin International Inc., U.S. Engineering, and Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center will be lead tenants in the first building in the new K-State Office Park. This innovative four-phase project will help lead the development of Kansas State University’s north campus corridor and fuel economic growth and development of Manhattan and the region. The Kansas State University Foundation is developing the K-State Office Park, a 14-acre tract of land at the corner of Kimball and Denison avenues, which is adjacent to the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility site and the Grain Science and Industry Complex. The first building, which will be…
Manhattan Fire Department water rescue team deploying to the Kansas river with Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism and Fort Riley Fire Department for a boater in distress Monday afternoon. Three adults and three children were safely rescued by firefighters after their canoe became tangled in nearby trees. Also Monday, K-18 between Manhattan and K-99 junction (Mile Markers 197-198 in Riley County) was REDUCED TO ONE OPEN LANE for both directions due to high flood waters over part of the roadway, with KDOT maintenance crews flagging traffic through the area beginning about six p.m. The highway was re-opened at about 10:30…
The South Carolina Senate voted 37-3 Monday to remove the Confederate flag from a pole on Statehouse grounds. The bill now goes to the House, where it must pass a two-thirds vote, likely to be held Tuesday.
In a release from U.S. attorney Barry Grissom: A former Ft. Riley soldier was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. James Duke, 52, who is in federal custody, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse. In his plea, he admitted he began sexually assaulting a female child starting when she was four or five years old. Most of the assaults occurred while he was stationed at Ft. Riley and living in military housing. He was stationed there from October 1996 to October 2001. …