Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Saturday night for aggravated burglary. Robert Melcher (21) was also charged with criminal damage to property after he was apprehended in the 1400 block of Fairchild RD. Melcher was confined on a $6,00 bond, but has since been released.
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A massive cyclone tore through Port Vila, Vanuatu early Saturday leaving two confirmed dead. Relief workers expect the death count to rise dramatically once communication is restored.
Thousands turned out Saturday to honor Robert Wilson III, a Philadelphia police officer killed on March 5 while waiting in line at a GameStop store to purchase a game for his son.
Making their first appearance in school history in a State Championship Basketball game, the Rock Creek Mustangs lost to Holcomb 63-55 in the Boys Class 4A Division II title game Saturday night at Hartman Arena in Park City. Elsewhere in the Class 2A State Tournament held at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday, the Girls State title went to Central Plains which defeated Moundridge 46-33 while on the Boys side, K-State commit Dean Wade was crowned a State Champion along with the rest of his teammates as St. John-Hudson downed Central Plains 49-45 preventing a Championship sweep by Central Plains. Also in…
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP)– Collin Cowgill hit a two-run double in a five-run fifth inning against Jason Vargas, and a Los Angeles Angels split squad beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 in 10 innings Saturday. Vargas retired the side in order in the first, but then allowed nine of the next 13 batters to reach base — eight hits and a walk. The left-hander pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the third, getting Kyle Kubitza to bounce into an inning-ending double play. Efren Navarro doubled in the second and had three hits for Los Angeles. Kubitza homered in the…
A Manhattan man was taken to a Topeka Hospital following an accident on I-70 Saturday afternoon. Charles Davis, 53, was taken to Stormont Vail following the accident on westbound I-70, 1/4 mile west of Wabaunsee Road on I-70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Davis was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix eastbound and for an unkown reason left the road and struck the guard rail. The accident was reported at 4:15 p.m. Saturday. Davis was wearing a seatbelt.
Secretary of State John Kerry says he’s returning to nuclear negotiations with Iran with “important gaps” standing in the way of a deal. (
Winds from an extremely powerful cyclone that blew through the Pacific’s Vanuatu archipelago were beginning to subside on Saturday, revealing widespread destruction and unconfirmed reports of dozens of deaths.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Scoring double-digit runs for the fourth time in the last six games, the K-State baseball team beat Missouri State, 10-6, on Saturday at Tointon Family Stadium to clinch the three-game series entering Sunday’s finale. The Wildcats (10-8) put up a pair of crooked numbers on Missouri State (9-6) early in the game, scoring five runs in the third and four in the fourth, to establish a then-eight run lead, 9-1. K-State’s top four hitters in the lineup – Carter Yagi, Clayton Dalrymple, Shane Conlon and Danny Krause – each had two hits and combined…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas district court may block the state from changing its school funding system while a lawsuit regarding the system is pending. The court released an order announcing it may intervene to protect the status quo as it decides a case determining whether Kansas is funding education at constitutionally appropriate levels. The court will hold a hearing on the issue May 7th.