President Barack Obama announced Thursday that humanitarian efforts in northern Iraq are proving successful, meanwhile Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announces he will step down.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol will take over supervising security in the St. Louis suburb that’s been the scene of violent protests since a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, the governor announced Thursday.
Drugs, a possible bipolar condition, and violence were all part of the testimony of a Wamego man’s sentencing on Thursday afternoon in Pottawatomie County Court. Dustin Monroe’s defense attorneys called experts in mental health and addiction to the stand to testify on his challenges, but also his determination to become a better person going forward. Prosecutor Sherri Schuck brought the two officers who shot Monroe onto the stand, and they described their repeated attempts to get Monroe to drop his weapon and the fear for innocents that finally drove them to end the confrontation by shooting Monroe. Monroe was convicted…
KSU Men’s Basketball full schedule announced today. Did the Royals win today? Texas Tech and West Virginia Powercat Gameday reporters join the show. So does Lyle Shepard for “Full Throttle”. You Can’t Be Serious wraps up the show.
K-State senior forward Thomas Gipson was arrested in Geary County yesterday on suspicion of driving while his licence was revoked. Gipson was stopped for speeding on US-77 near the I-70 junction at 11:56 a.m. He was booked into the Geary County Detention Center after a check showed that his licence had been revoked. He was later released on a $1,000 bond. Gipson averaged over 11 points and 5 rebounds per game as a junior last season for the Wildcats.
K-State will appear on national television in a school record 17 of their 18 Big 12 games. The league released the full Big 12 schedule on Thursday. The Wildcats will be on ESPN or ESPN2 nine times, ESPNU six times and ESPNNews twice. Five of the Wildcats nine Big 12 home games will be on Saturday, including games with Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa State. Full Schedule: 14-15 MBB Schedule_8.14.14
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to several Fort Riley officials and Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer, Matthew Droge, about August 2014 Antiterrorism Awareness Month and military children going back to school. She also spoke with Flint Hills Christian School Administator, Tim McDonald and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal, Scott Hulshoff.
When the Riley County Commission began their budget process in June, department heads and outside entities attended commission meetings to make their budget requests. After all the requests were made, they were compiled into a budget the commission could look at and make changes to. During Thursday’s commission meeting, Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek said the original budget had a mill levy of 41.599, which would have been a 4.507 mill increase from the 2014 budget. She mentioned several departments were able to make cuts within their budgets, in order to get the mill levy down. The commission opened…
A Junction City man apparently is in trouble with law enforcement authorities in two different counties, with records of arrests in both Geary and Riley counties the past few days. Devoris Newson, 27, was taken into custody by Riley County Police shortly before 1:30 Wednesday afternoon on a failure to appear warrant, reportedly originating from Geary county. His bond was set at $10,000. A few hours later Newson apparently was transferred to the Geary County Detention Center, with their records indicating he was arrested there on warrants for failure to appear, attempting to flee and elude, obstruction of the legal process,and…
A former Executive Officer with the Flint Hills Area Builders Association has entered a plea in connection with several felony theft charges. Tracy Shane Roberts, 45, of Wamego entered the no contest plea last week, a couple of days before he was to have a jury trial in the case. Court records indicated the plea agreement, with Senior County Deputy Attorney Barry Disney confirming the no contest plea Thursday (Aug 14). Disney adds no charges were dropped in the case. Charges involving Roberts were announced more than a year ago, with a reported loss of more than $25,000 for…