Speaking at an event in South Carolina, Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump criticized an agreement between Chinese companies and Boeing to buy 300 jets and build an aircraft assembly plant in China.
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BEL AIRE, Kan. (AP) Three high school students in Bel Aire have been arrested after a threat was posted on social media. According to Bel Aire police, one 16-year-old student and two 15-year-old students who attend Northeast Magnet High School were arrested Tuesday morning. Bel Aire Police Chief Darrell Atteberry said a threat was posted Monday night, and additional security was sent to the school the next morning. Atteberry said students were checked with magnetic wands before being allowed into the building. Authorities have not released details about what was posted, but Atteberry said “it was a credible threat.”
ELLINWOOD, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a central Kansas man has been arrested after stealing a large piece of farm equipment and hitting power poles and law enforcement vehicles as he fled. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir says the pursuit started Tuesday night after dispatch received reports that someone was driving a combine recklessly. KWCH-TV reports that the combine damaged power poles along a highway and in a neighborhood in the town of Ellinwood. The combine also struck a pickup truck. Ellinwood police say that when they arrived, the driver put the machine in reverse, ramming into a police cruiser before…
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) Police say a bicyclist has been injured in a hit-and-run crash in the Kansas City suburb of Shawnee. The Kansas City Star reports that the crash happened Wednesday morning. Police are looking for a white truck that has possible front-end damage. Both the truck and the bicyclist were headed west at the time of the crash. The driver didn’t stop and continued west. An ambulance took the bike rider to a hospital. The extent of the bicyclist’s injuries weren’t immediately known.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton and Riley County USD 378 Supt. Nancy Meyer Peace Memorial Auditorium’s 60th Birthday Party information with Randi Dale, Jim Sharp, Dave Fiser
The U-S Attorney’s Office in Wichita announced several indictments Wednesday, including that of Juwuan Jackson, 18, who lives on the Fort Riley Army base. Jackson is charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on Sept. 11th, Jackson handled a firearm in a reckless manner resulting in the death of Kenyon Givens, 16, who also lived on Fort Riley. Jackson initially was charged in a criminal complaint filed Sept. 16th in U.S. District Court in Topeka. If convicted, Jackson faces a maximum penalty of eight years in federal prison. Army Criminal Investigations Division and the FBI investigated. Special…
A replacement project began on the K-18 Bridge located 4.5 miles east of the K-77 junction or 2.32 miles west of Zeandale in Riley County. Project work includes removal of the existing 41.1-foot simple steel beam bridge with a 28-foot wide roadway which will be replaced with a new 24-foot by 32-foot by 24-foot reinforced concrete haunch slab bridge with a 36-foot wide roadway. Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, with some occasional Saturday work. Crews first set traffic control and then work began on construction of a paved shoofly that is being used to detour K-18 traffic while the…
No life-threatening injuries were reported but at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, a KDOT mowing tractor operator was traveling next to the guardrail on westbound I-70 ramp lane just east of the McFarland exit 330 in Wabaunsee County, when a cargo van suddenly struck the mower from behind and overturned. The KDOT mower operator reported being pretty shook up from the impact of the crash, but sustained no reported injuries. The cargo van driver was taken to a local hospital, but no report of injuries is known at this time. It is not yet known why the cargo van driver struck the…
A Manhattan man came before Pottawatomie County Court Tuesday on the State’s motion to revoke probation. Anthony Brazzle stipulated to being in violation of his probation. The state requested Brazzle’s probation be revoked and he be remanded to the Department of Corrections to serve his original 22 month sentence. The court revoked the defendant’s probation, but reinstated his probation for a period of 12 months with an additional condition that he successfully complete an inpatient treatment program. Brazzle was remanded to the Pottawatomie County Detention Facility to be held until a bed is available. Also Tuesday in Pottawatomie County Court, a…
Police in Riley County arrested a Riley man on a drug-related charge. Randy Siebold Sr., 54, was taken into custody Tuesday at approximately 1:45 PM while in the 17,000 block of Bala Road. Siebold was arrested on a warrant with the offense of possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs or certain stimulants and given a bond of $7,000. ### A Texas woman was taken into custody by Riley County Police on a Pottawatomie County warrant. Lana Smith, 50, of Denison, Texas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department. The warrant with a bond of $5,000 listed the offenses of…