Pottawatomie County Law Enforcement and emergency officials responded to a public injury construction-type accident shortly before 11 a.m. Friday morning. Few details are available, but the accident was reported just east of Manhattan on Excel and Roepke Roads. County UnderSheriff Shane Jager tells KMAN the 911 call came in at 10:45. Jager adds an unidentified individual was injured and transported to a local hospital for medical treatment.
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Riley County Police arrested a Solomon woman on two no bond probation violation arrest warrants. Jennifer Larson, 40, was taken into custody at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Seth Child Road on the warrants, issued by the Ellsworth County District Court. The two probation violation warrants stem from a theft conviction in 2014.
It was a busy day in Pottawatomie County Court, with a plea entered by a Marysville man who drove his vehicle into two Manhattan businesses including Staples last December. Judge Jeff Elder found Jason Butler, 36, guilty of the charge he entered the plea to, which was driving under the influence. The seven other charges in the case were dismissed. Pottawatomie County Attorney Schuck recounted the incident Butler was involved in, with extensive damage to two businesses near Tuttle Creek Boulevard, including Staples and Short Go. The smoke from the rubber of the tires caused the fire alarm to go off. Butler’s…
A school in upstate New York apologized for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic after complaints from district residents who lost family members in Afghanistan. The pledge was read in Arabic as part of National Foreign Language Week.
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Haley Texada scored a career-high 30 points and Kansas State took control early on its way to an 86-68 win over Akron Thursday night in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament before an announced crowd of 1,704 at Bramlage Coliseum. K-State scored the first 10 points of the game and led by as much as 14-2 with 16:04 left in the first half before the Zips out of the Mid American Conference fought back to cut the margin to 16-10 with 14:31 left in the half. With Texada scoring 19 of her points in the first half…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has passed four bills aimed at increasing government transparency but rejected a proposal to open officials’ private emails about government business to public scrutiny. Senators passed all four bills unanimously Thursday. One would limit government fees for producing records, and another would increase lobbyist disclosures about their funding. A third requires the Legislature to provide live Internet audio of some committee meetings, starting in 2016. A fourth preserves existing open records exceptions. The chamber rejected an amendment from Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka to require state agencies to disclose officials’ emails about government…
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During the arraignment, Judge Elder explained both of the crimes Arand is accused of committing, which included unlawfully and intentionally killing a human being, as well as unlawfully and maliciously killing or torturing an animal. Elder also informed Arand of the penalties he faces in regard to each count. “If convicted, this is an off-grid crime,” said Judge Elder of the statute for the first degree murder charge. “The sentence shall be imprisonment for life, and shall not be subject to statutory provisions for suspended sentence, community service or probation.” If convicted of animal cruelty, Arand also faces no less…