The Junction City/Geary County Crime Stoppers has teamed up with the Junction City Police Department, Grandview Police Department and the Geary County Sheriff’s Department to obtain new software to make leaving a tip for crimestoppers easier. In a press release, sent out Wednesday afternoon, police announced-if someone wants to leave a text tip, they need to start their message with “tipjc” followed by their tip, and send it to “CRIMES”-which is 274637. People wishing to leave a tip can still call 785-762-TIPS and leave a tip as well. https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtips.aspx?AgencyID=1216
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Riley County’s USD 378 Superintendent, Brad Starnes and Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384 Superintendent, Brady Burton, as well as Debbie Nuss with Riley County Sr. Service Center and Lee Ann Desper with Riley County United Way.
A Fort Riley man pleaded guilty Tuesday, to making false material statements to the Social Security Administration. KMAN received this news from US. Attorney, Barry Grissom Wednesday. James Nickerson (37) pleaded guilty to one count of making a false official statement to a federal agency. In this plea, he admitted he was paid $71,734 in disability benefits by the Social Security Administration that he was not eligible to receive. While receiving these disability benefits, he worked full time for the Army doing various duties, including serving as a platoon sergeant while he claimed to be disabled. Nickerson attempted to conceal his actual work…
A four-run second inning triggered the K-State offense in a 13-0 rout of Cal State Bakersfield on Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The Cats bounced back from a loss to the Roadrunners on Monday night, when they had 16 baserunners, but scored just two runs. Back-to-back singles from Shane Conlon and Blair DeBord and a walk issued to Mitch Meyer loaded the bases with nobody out in the 2nd. Max Brown then cleared the bases with a triple and scored in the next at-bat on Carter Yagi’s RBI groundout to give K-State a 4-0 lead. Austin Fisher recorded another…
CLEVELAND (AP) James Shields allowed two runs in six innings and Mike Moustakas hit a three-run homer to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Shields struck out nine and won his second straight start. Moustakas’ homer sparked Kansas City’s four-run fourth that featured five hits. The Royals are 10-0 when scoring at least four runs. Eric Hosmer led KC with four hits, including an RBI double in the seventh. The Royals and Indians are now even in their four-game series. Game 3 will be Wednesday night at 6:05pm at Progressive…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for fleeing a hit-and-run accident that killed a man on horseback. The rider, 51-year-old Lloyd Ferguson, died after his horse was hit by a car the night of July 5, 2013. A 6-year-old boy riding with Ferguson was seriously injured, and the horse had to be euthanized. A Sedgwick County judge on Tuesday sentenced 26-year-old George Childers to 28 months in prison, followed by 12 months of probation. Childers pleaded guilty earlier to leaving an accident scene and interfering with law enforcement. A storm…
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) Kingman residents easily approved the extension of a 1 percent city sales tax. The Hutchinson News reports results showed the proposal passed Tuesday by a vote of 213-95. It extends a 10-year city sales tax, which was scheduled to expire at the end of the year. The sales tax is expected to generate at least $450,000 a year. Kingman Mayor Elizabeth Madden said 82 percent of proceeds will go to capital improvements, with 18 percent for economic development. The new sales tax takes effect Jan. 1.
President Obama arrived in Tokyo Wednesday night for a four-country visit to the Asia-Pacific region. Obama’s travels through Asia aim to reassure partners about the renewed U.S. commitment to the region.
A coalition of farmers, ranchers and native Americans opposed to the Keystone X-L pipeline project has begun a six-day protest on the National Mall in Washington, complete with teepees and a covered wagon.
Update 10 a.m. Thursday Riley County Police have released the name of the victim in a three wheeler accident on University Park road Tuesday night. The driver was Vaughn Hoffman, 69, of 8580 University Park Road in rural Manhattan. As initially reported Hoffman was life-flighted to Stormont Vail Hospital, but has since been transferred to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City. A family member reported to RCPD that Hoffman was in stable condition Wednesday evening. As K-MAN earlier reported, Emergency crews responded to the accident involving the three wheeled vehicle that flipped, pinning hoffman.. This occurred around 11:15 Tuesday night.####…