Updated 6:30 a.m. Friday: FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Army says budget cuts could mean the loss of thousands of soldiers and employees at Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth. However, fort officials say the report released Thursday is a worst-case scenario and the reductions aren’t likely to be as severe as predicted. The report indicates Fort Riley could lose 16,000 soldiers and civilian employees, with another 3,600 jobs related to the base also eliminated. The fort currently has about 20,000 soldiers and civilian employees. The Army says Fort Leavenworth could lose 2,500 of its 5,004 employees. Fort Riley spokesman Col.…
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Updated: 5:30 a.m. Friday: A 49-year-old Manhattan man died in a truck/bicycle accident Thursday evening. Mark Jilka was riding a bicycle when he was struck from behind by a 2007 Dodge Pickup on K-177 shortly after 7 p.m. According to the Kansas Highway patrol, the pickup, driven by Derik Kesler, 32, Rossville, was also southbound on the right shoulder when the accident occurred. The bicyclist came to rest in a west ditch, with the truck remaining on the shoulder. Kesler was not injured. Jilka’s body was taken to the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan ### According to the Riley…
Royals lose for the 6th time in 7 tries. USA’s destiny in the World Cup. Full Throttle. Are umpires unfair to right handed pitchers on pickoffs to 3rd? You can’t be serious to wrap up the show.
United States’ Jermaine Jones and Germany’s Benedikt Hoewedes (4) go up for a header during the group G World Cup soccer match between the USA and Germany at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Thursday, June 26, 2014.
An Iraqi woman who fled her village holds her daughter near a Kurdish checkpoint, in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Thursday, June 26, 2014. Hundreds of villagers fleeing advances by Sunni militants crowded under the morning sun trying to enter Iraqi Kurdish-controlled territory Thursday, aiming to join large numbers of displaced people who have already sought shelter in the relative safety of the largely autonomous region.
Sales tax numbers are in for the month of June. The city collected $888,675, which is up from this month last year, which was at $834,877. This month is also up from last month’s collections of $859,419. This June sales tax number is $37,101 more than expected, and $43,483 more than budgeted.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Certified Personal trainer with Grace,Goals, and Guts, Leslie Graves, as well as Chief of the Nutrition Care Division at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Trinity Storey. She also talked to Clinical Director/Assistant Director at Pawnee Mental Health, Karen Smothers.
Currently, concealed carry signs are posted on a few of the Riley County buildings. If these signs were to remain, both opened carry and concealed carry would be prohibited on July 1st, according to County Counselor, Clancy Holeman. With House Bill 2578 becoming effective on July 1st, Holeman shared his recommendations with commissioners during Thursday’s county commission meeting. As far as the Carnegie building and the courthouse, Holeman advised that the signs be left in place. That will automatically prohibit open carry by both the public and employees. However, with courthouse plaza east and the office building, he recommended removing the…
The Riley County Police Department responded to a complaint of aggravated robbery and criminal damage to property Wednesday afternoon. These crimes reportedly occurred in the 3000 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and involved two persons known to each other. RCPD indicates at approximately 12:00 PM, the victim, identified as Brock Mitchell, 18, of Manhattan reported he had invited an 18-year-old male acquaintance to his home. Shortly after, it was reported the suspect accosted the victim and took possession of several hundred dollars in US currency. An exact amount is unknown at this time. The suspect then fled the scene and…
MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University Foundation’s board of directors has voted to begin development of the first phase of a master plan for a 14-acre tract of land at the corner of Kimball and Denison avenues in Manhattan. The initial project for the site will be an office building for the KSU Foundation. Future phases will add three additional buildings that will provide commercial space for corporate office and lab space. “We are unanimous that this is the right time to initiate this project,” said retired Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the foundation board. “Now that the National Bio…