Riley County Commissioners signed a settlement document after an executive session discussion during yesterday’s Monday’s commission meeting, involving an incident that happened three years ago. Back in February of 2011, the Riley County Police Department pursued a suspect in a D.U.I who crashed the vehicle while driving. Previous reports indicate the man was Jason Fischer, of Marysville, who was injured in the accident-and treated at Stormont Vail of Topeka. The medical bills totaled $39,832.40, and he was later convicted of various offenses in Riley County Jail. Under Kansas law, Riley County was potentially liable for payment of those medical bills, but…
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Winter storm warnings are in effect for parts of Colorado and Wyoming into Monday, as a spring snowstorm blankets the region. People in Southern Nebraska are dealing with damage from several tornadoes.
Pro-Russian insurgents in Eastern Ukraine say about 90 percent of voters backed their regions’ sovereignty. The West and the Ukrainian government reject the controversial referendum as illegal.
Voters in eastern Ukraine lined up at the polls in a twin referendum on sovereignty for two heavily populated industrial regions Sunday, amid warnings from the central government that the balloting was illegal.
Michael Sam, who came out as gay earlier this year, was drafted in the seventh and final round of the NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams, making him the first openly gay player in the league.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three historic limestone bridges in north-central Kansas are among 11 properties nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The Salina Journal reports Brown’s Creek Tributary Masonry Arch Bridge, Antelope Creek Masonry Arch Bridge and North Rock Creek Masonry Arch Bridge in Mitchell County were built using locally quarried limestone between 1936 and 1940. They were projects for the Works Progress Administration, a federal work relief program. They bridges have been nominated for their local significance in areas of government, social history and engineering. Other nominated sites include the Town House Hotel in Kansas City and the…
He waited until Mother’s Day to make it official, and just as word leaked three weeks ago, Orland Park, Illinois four-star prospect Malek Harris signed his national letter-of-intent with the K-State men’s basketball program on Sunday. The 6-foot-7-inch Harris averaged 17.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists as a junior during the 2012-13 season at Sandburg High School. According to Rivals.com, Harris is the #80 player in the 2014 recruiting class. He originally committed to Marquette, but re-opened his recruitment when head coach Buzz Williams took the job at Virigina Tech. He considered the Golden Eagles and Hokies before picking K-State over offers also from Florida and Gonzaga. Stay connected to all…
Zach Fish and Dustin Williams each homered for the second consecutive day and Oklahoma State used a nine-run fifth inning to blow the game open as the Big 12-leading Cowboys completed a weekend sweep of Kansas State with a 17-5 victory on a wind-swept Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium in a game that ended after the seventh inning due to the Big 12’s Mercy rule. Oklahoma State led 4-0 after two and a half innings before the Wildcats got on the board in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly by Carter Yagi. However, the Cowboys chased…
SEATTLE (AP) Alcides Escobar hit a grand slam and Johnny Giavotella added a three-run shot to give the Kansas City Royals a comeback 9-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Escobar had provided a 4-0 lead for the Royals in the second with his first career home run off starter Roenis Elias. But the Mariners rallied behind Dustin Ackley’s two homers and Kyle Seager’s one to take a 7-5 lead in the fifth. Kansas City took a 9-7 lead in the seventh, scoring four runs off reliever Danny Farquhar, highlighted by Giavotella’s three-run blast over the left-field wall. Entering…
Severe Thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are all possible from late afternoon into the overnight hours and possibly into Monday morning in Northeast Kansas. Here is the latest on the situation from the National Weather Service office in Topeka.