Yet another sobriety checkpoint is planned by the Riley County police department this weekend. The DUI checklane will begin Saturday, extending into the early hours of Sunday. Motorists suspected of impairment will be given on-site sobriety field tests, with confirmed impaired drivers arrested. 10 people were arrested this past weekend as part of a sobriety checkpoint by the Riley County Police department, Kansas Highway Patrol, and Kansas State University Police. The checkpoint was conducted during the early morning hours Saturday in the two-thousand block of Kimball Avenue. 262 vehicles were stoped between 15 minutes after midnight until 2:30 a.m. 17…
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Three bids were submitted for the general obligation refunding and improvement bond series bid consideration, held during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting. Although there were originally supposed to be five bids, as Wisconsin and Colorado both had firms who expressed interest, the bonds received were lower than expected: Country Club Bank-2.283% rate USB Bank-2.293% rate Commerce Bank-2.457% rate Managing Director of Piper and Jaffrey, Greg Vahrenberg shared information about the process via phone. He did inform the commission that Country Club Bank is recommended, as they are the apparent lowest bidder. The estimated savings with this would be $64,778. The…
At 1:57 am Thursday , the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 721 Osage Street for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a single family residence with heavy fire on the front of the structure. The fire was contained in less than 15 minutes. Five fire apparatus and 20 firefighters responded with the last units clearing at 7:00 am according to MFD Assistant Chief Mike Kaus. Three occupants were in the house when the fire started and all exited the house safely prior to Fire Department arrival. There were no injuries reported as a result of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Dayan Viciedo hit his second career grand slam to highlight a five-run inning for the White Sox, and Andre Rienzo picked up his first career win for Chicago by shutting down the punchless Kansas City Royals in a 5-2 victory Wednesday night. Rienzo (1-0) allowed only a sacrifice fly to Mike Moustakas while cruising through six innings to win for the first time in five starts. The Brazilian right-hander allowed just five hits and two walks in helping the White Sox win their season-best fifth straight game. Addison Reed worked the ninth for his second save…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with USD 383 Board member Marcia Rozell and Associate Superintendent Bob Seymour, followed by Rob Edleston, Manhattan Area Technical College President. [mp3-jplayer]
Anthony Broussard of Beaumont, Texas is the clubhouse leader at 5-under par through round one of the Colbert Charity Classic on the Adams Golf Pro Tour. 12 players in all finished with scores under par at Colbert Hills. Four former K-State golfers are in the field. Mitch Gregson shot a one-under par 71 and is tied for 11th. Both Kyle Smell and Curtis Yonke are in a tie for 18th with a one-over-par 73, and Joe Ida struggled with a nine-over-par 81. Colbert Hills Club Pro Chad Myers is tied for 39th with a five-over par 77.
One of two buses taking Missouri sixth-graders to an annual campout overturned in northeast Kansas on Wednesday, injuring at least 20 of those onboard, including the driver.
David Coombs says Army Pfc. Bradley Manning released the documents to begin the debate on freedom of information and not aiding the enemy.
At Wednesday night’s Manhattan Ogden school board meeting, two public service announcements were shown to the board. The PSA’s were designed and created here in the USD 383 school district. The purpose as Doug Messer, Transportation Director, mentioned is to make people more aware of the consequences of running a stopped school bus. Messer told the board “85,000 cars per day run school bus stop signs.” To view the videos visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNyi4ZJhaQg Other items at Wednesday’s meeting included the adaption of the 2013-2014 budget, an update on the bat situation at the Manhattan High School West…
Riley County EMS responded to an accident involving a Jeep Liberty and the side of Aldi on 24 hwy, Wednesday afternoon at around 3 p.m. The female driver (unknown age) was not seriously injured in the crash. The wall however, wasn’t as fortunate and sustained moderate damage.