Police tape surrounds one of five crime scenes near Tyrone, Mo., on Friday morning, Feb. 27, 2015. A gunman killed seven people and wounded an eighth person in an overnight house-to-house rampage in the small town in the Missouri Ozarks before apparently committing suicide in a vehicle, authorities said Friday. The victims were found in four homes in Tyrone, about 40 miles north of the Arkansas line. The 36-year-old gunman was discovered in a neighboring county, dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said.
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Students and faculty from the Staley School of Leadership Studies at K-State paired with the Konza United Way to host a “Community Conversations” event on Thursday, Feb. 26. The event was held as a means of encouraging discussion between local citizens to identify common needs within the Flint Hills area. “Overall, I think we got a good perspective on some of the needs that we see, or maybe that we don’t see, in Manhattan every day,” said student and group facilitator Trent Jones. “A lot of issues were brought to the table about different people in Manhattan and how they’re…
The Kansas Court of Appeals Friday had a mixed bag of opinions in a Riley County case involving aggravated criminal sodomy and indecent liberties with a child. The opinion regarding Fort Riley soldier George Ferenz, 32, relates to a September 2013 conviction. The Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part, but also vacated in part the Riley County District court’s rulings in the case. The court reversed two of the counts against Ferenz, indicating they shouldn’t have been split according to who touched who–but lumped together into one count–which applies to incidents reported in a bed and shower…
A 20-year-old Manhattan man was taken into custody by Riley County Police on a failure to apparent originating in Wabaunsee County. Aaron Lewis was arrested at the Riley County Police Department Thursday at approximately 5:15 PM. Lewis was given no bond. ### Riley County Police arrested Lucas Fenwick, 25, of Norton while he was at the Riley County Police Department just before 4:30 Thursday afternoon. Fenwick’s warrant lists the offenses of burglary and theft. Fenwick’s bond was set at $5,000. ### A Fort Riley woman was injured in an early morning accident in Riley County. Riley County Police responded at 3:10 a.m.(Friday) to…
The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed a Riley County District Court decision in the sentencing of a Manhattan man convicted of first degree murder nearly two years ago. Matthew Wilson appealed his sentence in the death of Fort Riley soldier Michael Lowery and other counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery. Wilson’s case that occurred in the early morning hours of April seventh 2013 at the University Garden apartment complex. The district court ordered Wilson to serve a hard-25 life sentence for the murder and an additional 310 months for the remaining crimes to run consecutive to his life sentence.…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the “timing was just right” for the Legislature to take up a right-to-work bill, which could be sent to Walker as soon as next week.
Rep. John Boehner calls President Obama’s executive action on immigration a ‘violation on the constitution’ as the Senate moves forward on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Pottawatomie County fire and emergency crews rescued two people from a structure fire in St.Marys early Friday morning. The sheriff’s department reports at 5:15 a.m., the St Marys Fire, St Marys Police, Rossville Fire, Pottawatomie County EMS and the Pottawatomie County Sheriffs Department responded to the fire at 510 West Mission. “We had two people trapped on the upper floor in the bedroom and the neighbors heard them,” said St. Marys Fire Chief Dan Marstall. “They came over with a 12- or 15-foot step ladder and we approached and got them rescued out of the house.” Marstall added that with the help…
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler, center, joins hands with FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn, left, and Jessica Rosenworcel, before the start of their open hearing and vote on Net Neutrality in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. The FCC has agreed to impose strict new regulations on Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T. The regulatory agency voted 3-2 Thursday in favor of rules aimed at enforcing what’s called “net neutrality.” That’s the idea that service providers shouldn’t intentionally block or slow web traffic, creating paid fast lanes on the Internet.
In this image made from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants take sledgehammers to an ancient artifact in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq. The extremist group has destroyed a number of shrines –including Muslim holy sites — in order to eliminate what it views as heresy. The militants are also believed to have sold ancient artifacts on the black market in order to finance their bloody campaign across the region.