Several presentations shared during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting were in reference to budget funds. Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek provided some preliminary end-of-year figures for last year. Shepek began by mentioning where the 2014 general fund cash balance started: a little over 5.1 million dollars. After adding all the revenues in and subtracting expenditures, the final un-audited ending cash balance was $5,321,344. County Treasurer, Shilo Heger also had a few numbers to share with the commissioners, many of which she called “good news”. Sales tax collections for February are up 9.66% from last month’s figures and are ahead of what…
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The suspect in an early Tuesday morning fatal shooting in Ogden has been apprehended. Riley County Police announced Thursday afternoon Tierre Wall, 26, of Fort Riley turned himself in to the McDonough, Georgia Law Enforcement Center. The Tuesday morning shooting ended up taking the life of Casey Lindley, 27, of Ogden. Detectives named a suspect in the death investigation and on Wednesday announced to the public that assistance was needed in locating Tierre Wall. The Riley County Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for Wall earlier that day listing the offense of voluntary manslaughter with a bond of $150,000.00. The…
The Kansas Board of Regents met Wednesday to discuss several items related to K-State. According to a press release from K-State Communications and Marketing, President Kirk Shulz gave an update on the U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools ranking, which listed the university as improved in three colleges, two of which received an increase in financial support by the Kansas Legislature last year. Student Body President Reagan Kays discussed the proposed non-academic misconduct notation policy during the Students’ Advisory Committee report. Kays requested that the Governance Committee review the policy, which if adopted, would place a notation on the academic…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Employment Readiness Program Manager Army Community Service, Kristina Springer and intern Elizabeth Hover; Executive Director Aggieville Business Association, Rod Harms; and Director of Wonder Workshop, Children’s Museum, Richard Pitts and intern Sarah Burns. Fort Riley-segment 1 Rod Harms-segment 1 Wonder Workshop-segment 1 Wonder Workshop-segment 2
A stakeholder meeting to discuss development of the North Campus Corridor Master Plan will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 in the Commission Room at City Hall, 1101 Poyntz Ave. A task force comprised of Kansas State University and community representatives have met to discuss the future of the North Campus Corridor, which has boundaries of North Manhattan Avenue on the east, Claflin Road on the south, College Avenue on the west, and north of Kimball Avenue to include the Kansas State University Foundation property. “The City of Manhattan is pleased to join Kansas…
A 26-year-old Manhattan man faces drug related charges following a Wednesday night arrest. Antoine Borden was arrested by police for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia while in the 1900 block of Hunting Avenue. Borden’s bond was set at $10,000. ### A Manhattan man was taken into custody by Riley County Police on a warrant for motion to revoke probation violations. Michael Strickland, 26, was arrested Wednesday afternoon shortly after four p.m. on the warrant, with the original offense of criminal sodomy. Strickland was arrested in the 2400 block…
Wearable device makers are betting the Apple Watch will greatly expand the market for smartwatches, eye-wear and other gadgets. But some observers are skeptical Apple’s latest product will be the game-changer the wearable industry is looking for.
The St. Louis County police department says two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department shortly after midnight. One officer was hit in the face, the other was hit in the shoulder.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP)– TCU rolled into the Big 12 tournament full of confidence, three straight losses to end the regular season doing nothing to hurt their frame of mind. That confidence came in handy down the stretch Wednesday night. Chris Washburn and Kyan Anderson scored 16 points apiece, and No. 9 seed TCU made enough stops on defense to beat Kansas State 67-65 for its first Big 12 tournament victory. “We ended the season on a high note. We felt like overall we played well, even though we didn’t finish our games,” said Trey Zeigler, who added 15 points for…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications The K-State baseball team saw its four-game winning streak come to an end on Wednesday as the Wildcats surrendered four runs in the sixth inning that proved too much in a 6-3 loss to Creighton at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats (8-8) led 2-1 entering the sixth, but the Bluejays (6-6) struck for all four of its runs with two outs off K-State pitchers Jackson Douglas and Levi MaVorhis. Douglas, who took the losing decision, got a pair of groundouts to start the frame, but the freshman left-hander surrendered three straight singles, with the…