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No arrests have been made as an investigation continues into aggravated indecent liberties with a child. This crime occurred between a 15-year-old and 18-year-old who knew each other. Riley County Police were made aware of the crime that took place in Manhattan between May and August of this year, on Thursday (August 14) at approximately 4:00 PM. Due to the nature of this crime, no further information has been released. ### A report of robbery was filed in the 700 block of N. Manhattan Avenue on Friday at approximately 1:00 AM. The incident occurred approximately 24 hours prior. Fredrick McGee,…
UPDATE 8:20 pm: The Riley County Police Department announced via Twitter that officers are still on the look out for the man wanted for raping a woman in her mid-twenties. RCPD’s Tweet states there is “No evidence that public is in danger” and that the incident “appears to be isolated.” UPDATE 2:40: Suspect in 12:45 report is in his mid-twenties, and is said to be wearing black sweat pants. Victim is in her mid-twenties as well. Suspect fled the scene on foot, where RCPD, Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism disptached to a heavily wooded area.…
Retired Col. Susan Myers, right, is comforted by her children, 1st Lt. Matthew Greene, second from right, and Amelia Greene, during a burial service for her husband, Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, at Arlington National Cemetery, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Greene was killed when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on ISAF troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals. He is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in either of America’s post-9/11 wars.
In this photo provided by Kerri L. Berney, people gather in New York’s Times Square, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in New York. Thousands of people peacefully gathered in Manhattan’s Times Square and Union Square Thursday, invoking the rallying cries “hands up, don’t shoot” and “I can’t breathe,” alluding to the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, 43, who was arrested on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes and was placed in an officer’s chokehold in New York.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals didn’t let Jarrod Dyson’s defensive miscue slow them down on Thursday. Dyson drove in the tying run in a five-run seventh, while Nori Aoki and Billy Butler each drove in two runs and the surging Kansas City Royals rallied to defeat the Oakland Athletics 7-3. The Royals have won 18 of 22 to move 12 games above .500 for the first time since July 20, 2003. The Royals took the season series, winning five of seven against the Athletics, who have the best record in the majors. Aoki’s two-run triple put the…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A bicyclist who was struck and killed by a pickup truck in northeast Kansas has been identified as a 66-year-old university librarian. The Douglas County sheriff’s office says the collision happened Wednesday afternoon south of Clinton Lake, near Lawrence. WIBW-TV reports the bicyclist was identified Thursday as Lawrence resident Cal Melick, who worked as a public services librarian at Washburn University in Topeka. Deputies said Melick was riding eastbound when he was hit by a westbound pickup truck that was trying to pass another vehicle. The 69-year-old pickup driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that humanitarian efforts in northern Iraq are proving successful, meanwhile Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announces he will step down.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol will take over supervising security in the St. Louis suburb that’s been the scene of violent protests since a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, the governor announced Thursday.
Drugs, a possible bipolar condition, and violence were all part of the testimony of a Wamego man’s sentencing on Thursday afternoon in Pottawatomie County Court. Dustin Monroe’s defense attorneys called experts in mental health and addiction to the stand to testify on his challenges, but also his determination to become a better person going forward. Prosecutor Sherri Schuck brought the two officers who shot Monroe onto the stand, and they described their repeated attempts to get Monroe to drop his weapon and the fear for innocents that finally drove them to end the confrontation by shooting Monroe. Monroe was convicted…