Thousands of Greeks filled Syntagma Square on Tuesday to show their support for staying in the eurozone. Greece missed a deadline late Tuesday to pay its debts to the IMF bringing the country to the brink of financial default.
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1st Infantry Division Public Affairs: After nine months in Iraq, the 1st Infantry Division has returned to the Flint Hills. Led by Maj. Gen. Paul E. Funk II and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston, a group of Soldiers from Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Inf. Div., returned June 29 to Fort Riley from a nine-month deployment split between Iraq andsouthwest Asia. During the brief welcome-home ceremony, Funk and Grinston uncased the DHHB colors, signifying the end of the headquarters’ mission. All DHHB Soldiers are expected to be back at Fort Riley by next month. “It’s great to be home,” Funk said during the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gay and lesbian couples can obtain marriage licenses in almost all of the state’s 105 counties, with the number growing after last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. Court clerks in at least 94 counties either were issuing licenses to same-sex couples Tuesday or were prepared to do so. That’s up from 61 counties before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling declaring gay marriage legal across the nation. But the state isn’t yet allowing gay and lesbian spouses to change their last names on their driver’s licenses, and it hasn’t reversed its policy of not allowing…
A Geary County aggravated indecent liberties case resulted in a more than four year sentence for a Junction City man. William Cordray was sentenced to 52 months earlier this week with the Department of Corrections. Cordray entered a plea to aggravated indecent solicitation of a child and attempted aggravated indecent solicitation. He had agreed to serve the sentence per sentencing guidelines which is based upon his criminal history. But he has reportedly filed an appeal. Cordray originally faced six counts. He was taken into custody by Junction City Police in June of last year.
The Kansas Department of Health is taking steps to fight a viral disease outbreak like the Ebola crisis of 2014. Brenda Nickel, director of the Health Department, says $23,259 dollars in funds will be allotted to Riley County. The funding from the Kansas Department of Health will be used to provide training, special equipment and funds to create a part-time communications intern position. The paid intern will create message maps and organize community training. Workers will be trained on how to put on special protective gear and on how to handle clients who come to the health department with…
In this edition of In Focus, KMAN’s Cathy Dawes talks with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President, Lyle Butler.
An Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 plane with 12 crew aboard crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the country’s third-largest city Medan. At least 20 people were killed.
The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead, with a little help from their friends, launch what they say will be their final tour, marking the band’s 50th anniversary.
HOUSTON (AP)– Houston’s young hitters were disciplined Monday night against a veteran pitcher struggling with command, and it propelled the Astros to a win over the top team in the American League. Chris Carter and Jose Altuve homered to back a solid start by rookie Lance McCullers in a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. In a matchup of teams with the best records in the AL, Houston snapped Kansas City’s four-game winning streak. The Royals are 44-29 and the Astros are 45-34. McCullers (4-2) allowed four hits and a run with six strikeouts in seven innings in his…
Late Monday afternoon, staff at Via Christi Hospital on College Ave. in Manhattan received a piece of mail that they later deemed to be suspicious in nature. With the purpose of being overly cautious the Riley County Police Department Hazardous Materials Response Team and Bomb Team with assistance from the Manhattan Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team responded to the call. It was later determined that the suspicious piece of mail was a document that posed no risk to public safety. The Riley County Police Department would like to thank the Manhattan Fire Department for their assistance and continued support.