Author: KMAN Staff

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police say a 5-year-old girl was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being wounded in a drive-by shooting. Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding the suspect vehicle, which is described only as a silver or white with four doors. The girl was shot around 11:30 p.m. Monday in Topeka. No other details were immediately available Tuesday morning.

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Garmin International Inc., U.S. Engineering, and Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center will be lead tenants in the first building in the new K-State Office Park. This innovative four-phase project will help lead the development of Kansas State University’s north campus corridor and fuel economic growth and development of Manhattan and the region. The Kansas State University Foundation is developing the K-State Office Park, a 14-acre tract of land at the corner of Kimball and Denison avenues, which is adjacent to the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility site and the Grain Science and Industry Complex. The first building, which will be…

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Manhattan Fire Department water rescue team deploying to the Kansas river with Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism and Fort Riley Fire Department for a boater in distress Monday afternoon. Three adults and three children were safely rescued by firefighters after their canoe became tangled in nearby trees. Also Monday, K-18 between Manhattan and K-99 junction (Mile Markers 197-198 in Riley County) was REDUCED TO ONE OPEN LANE for both directions due to high flood waters over part of the roadway, with KDOT maintenance crews  flagging traffic through the area beginning about six p.m. The highway was re-opened at about 10:30…

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In a release from U.S. attorney Barry Grissom: A former Ft. Riley soldier was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. James Duke, 52, who is in federal custody, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse. In his plea, he admitted he began sexually assaulting a female child starting when she was four or five years old. Most of the assaults occurred while he was stationed at Ft. Riley and living in military housing. He was stationed there from October 1996 to October 2001.  …

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Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson isn’t like most 22-year olds. For one, few are county commissioners, and two, he campaigned on a conservative platform that goes against where the majority of Americans his age tend to lean.  In June, Wilson — a freshman commissioner and just a couple years removed from being a college freshman — raised concerns about the county’s funding of certain healthcare services. Because of that, a chunk of Monday morning’s county commission meeting was spent going over a little bit of sex ed. Counties across the state are in the middle of crafting their budgets for 2016…

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