The 1st Infantry Division community will welcome a new deputy commanding general and bid farewell to three deputy commanding generals during a July 30 Victory with Honors ceremony in Victory Park. Brig. Gen. John S. Kolasheski will serve as the “Big Red One’s” deputy commanding general for maneuver. Before coming to Fort Riley, the armor officer was deputy chief of staff for strategic communications for Headquarters, Resolute Support/Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and the International Security Assistance Force/Operation Enduring Freedom with duty in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kolasheski previously served with the 1st Inf. Div. as executive officer for the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment; brigade operations officer for the 2nd Armored Brigade…
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CLEVELAND (AP)– After celebrating with handshakes and high-fives, the Royals walked off the field as dozens of blue-clad Kansas City backers lined the rows behind their first-base dugout. The fans held up signs and screamed player’s names. Downtrodden for so many years, these Royals are being treated like rock stars. Eric Hosmer drove in four runs, Kendrys Morales added three RBI and the Royals opened a 10-game trip with a 9-4 victory over the spiraling Cleveland Indians on Monday night. Hosmer connected for a three-run homer in the first off rookie Cody Anderson (2-2) as the Royals, riding the momentum…
Forensic pathology experts say timing will be critical in determining the exact cause of death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston.
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Updated 11 a.m. Tuesday: The Riley County Police Department issued a press release late Tuesday morning regarding the case of missing Manhattan man…Robert Griffith. The department says police have not yet positively identified the body of a deceased male found inside a black Cadillac Escalade belonging to Griffith. An autopsy has been ordered and detectives will conduct a routine follow-up investigation. Officials have not yet determined a cause of death… but police do not suspect the public to be in any danger. Griffith’s family posted to a public Facebook page late Monday night that preliminary identification of the body indicated…
As previously reported by KMAN, two large ongoing cases held appearances in Riley County District Court Monday. This includes Dontay Tabron and Anthony Brazzle. Dontay Tabron, the man charged in connection with a shooting incident in Aggieville in April was sentenced to 89 months in prison, followed by 36 months of post-release supervision. Tabron’s request for durational departure before his sentence was denied, and must now follow through with criminal registry. KMAN’s latest report on Tabron can be found at https://1350kman.com/another-status-hearing-scheduled-for-tabron/. Anthony Brazzle, 22, of Manhattan was arrested in June of this year on drug-related and other charges, some of which are pending…
Update: for more information, follow this link– http://cityofmhk.com/304/Active-Projects/?src=graphiclink Orange cones in Manhattan have gotten to be old the past several weeks, and that subject was examined in detail at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting. Assistant City Manager Kiel Mangus told the group about one project that’s received a lot of attention–North Manhattan Avenue. Mangus also mentioned projects at Westwood and Sunset, 17th and Anderson, and the Denison Corridor. K-State’s Jackie Hartman talked about the variety of projects on campus, admitting when someone gets onto campus they may need to leave with a different route and even walking around campus is tricky right now. One…
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…
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.