Macedonian special police forces fired stun grenades Friday to disperse thousands of migrants stuck on a no-man’s land with Greece, a day after declaring a state of emergency on its border to deal with a massive influx of migrants.
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Divers off Florida’s east coast have struck gold, literally, for the second time in two months.
More than $80,000 in damage has been reported from a garage fire late Thursday night on Fairchild Avenue. Manhattan Firefighters were dispatched at 11:00 p.m. to 1831 Fairchild Avenue for the report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a one-story detached garage with heavy smoke and fire showing from the front of the structure. The fire reached a second alarm before it was contained within 40 minutes. A total of 18 firefighters responded on 6 fire apparatus. Estimated loss is $30,000 to the structure and $10,000 to contents. There were four other reported exposures that received an estimated loss of…
BOSTON (AP)– Ryan Hanigan drove in two runs and scored another on Jackie Bradley Jr.’s triple to help the Boston Red Sox beat Kansas City 4-1 Thursday night, ending the Royals’ five-game winning streak. Wade Miley (10-9) left in the eighth inning, allowing just one run. The Red Sox are 5-2 under bench coach Torey Lovullo, who took over last week when manager John Farrell announced that is being treated for cancer. Mookie Betts, Travis Shaw and Xander Bogaerts had two hits apiece for Boston. Miley allowed one run on six hits while striking out six in 7 1/3 innings.…
For years the topic of mental health has been on the agenda in joint City/County/County meetings between representatives of the City of Manhattan, Riley County Board of Commissioners and Pottawatomie County Board of Commissioners. Thursday afternoon, mental health and facilities for it were again discussed and Manhattan City Commissioner Mike Dodson said it’s time to take steps forward. “The Mayor just mentioned that the common problem we have is continuing to discuss the issue,” he said. “Somebody has got to put something on the table that we can all look at. Who is that person.” That person was Pawnee Mental Health…
There’s been no shortage of attention shown to the list of delinquent tax payers recently published in the Manhattan Mercury newspaper with many voices in the region pointing to that list as an example of lost funds that could be helping city and county governments pay for services. Those lost funds, if recouped, could maybe even help reduce mill levies and now both the city and county are being asked by citizens to go after those delinquent tax payers. While local government officials have said they’d like to that, Riley County Counselor Clancy Holeman informed county commissioners Thursday morning that’s…
By Tom Gilbert, K-State Athletics Communications Kansas State will open the Big 12 Conference portion of its men’s basketball schedule at home against West Virginia on Saturday, January 2. The Wildcats, who own the second-most Big 12 wins (52) in the last five seasons, will play 14 league games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including seven in Bramlage Coliseum. In addition, five of the nine home league contests will also fall on a Saturday, including matchups with NCAA Tournament participants Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, West Virginia as well as the annual Sunflower Showdown…
Investigators will recommend that Caitlyn Jenner face manslaughter charges for her role in a fatal car crash. Before her transition, she was known as Bruce Jenner, the Olympic champion and Kim Kardashian’s stepfather.
Timothy Ayers Jr., the Fort Riley man convicted of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child in August of 2014 was sentenced in Riley County District Court Thursday. Timothy Ayers Jr. apologized to the court and his family for the harm he had caused before his sentence was read off by Judge David Stutzman. Factors going into Ayers’ sentencing was his small criminal background, which included a DUI in 1999 followed by an attempted burglary. He also made it known to the court he was willing to seek mental health treatment in the years to come. He was charged on one count…