President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The president announced that the US is canceling joint military exercise with Egypt amid violence.
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The Riley County Police Department has provided more details about an accident that occurred Wednesday night at the intersection of McCall Road and Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Michele Chavis, 34, of Riley was traveling southbound on Tuttle Creek Boulevard when she began to turn east onto McCall Road and struck a Chevy Impala driven by Raymond Emer, 51, of Manhattan. Chavis was checked by the Riley County EMS and was transported to Mercy Regional Health Center for complaints of neck and leg pains. Chavis was issued a citation for disobeying a traffic control device. After the completion of the police department’s…
Egypt is under a curfew and a state of emergency, one day after police smashed two Muslim Brotherhood protest camps. Hundreds were killed and thousands injured in the ensuing violence.
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.
Egypt’s interim president declares a month-long state of emergency as the death toll from violent street battles across Egypt continues to rise. Riot police swept in to clear camps of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Eureka Drive at the intersection of Skyway Drive will be CLOSED, 24/7 round the clock, so crews can complete intersection construction work on Wednesday-Saturday, August 21-31, weather permitting, in Manhattan. This intersection is located approximately 1/4-mile straight west of the south roundabout on Scenic Drive. No marked detour will be provided. Drivers must use alternate routes during the roadway closure. Updated traffic information for this project is available at: http://www.ksdot.org/topekaMetro/projectstudyNEKS.asp The Kansas Department of Transportation urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs, and “Give ‘Em a Brake!” when approaching and driving through the project work zone. This…
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Police in a south-central Kansas town say they’ll probably never know who donated a grenade to Goodwill. KWCH-TV reports workers at the Goodwill store in Derby came across the grenade while sorting through donations Wednesday. The building was evacuated while the device was removed. A technician from the Wichita bomb squad inspected the grenade and determined it wasn’t live. No one’s sure if the grenade was brought to the store or left in a Goodwill donation bin. Derby police say they consider the case closed.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) More than $10,000 has gone missing from an Olathe elementary school’s parent teacher organization. The Kansas City Star reports that police are investigating after leaning last month about the possible theft of PTO funds from Westview Elementary School. Olathe police say the report involves $10,640 over the time period from Aug, 1, 2010, until the end of June this year. No charges have been filed. Olathe School District chief financial and operations officer John Hutchison says the PTOs operate independently and maintain their own funds separate from school district funds. Hutchison says that twice a year, the…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 23-year-old man accused of leaving a Missouri home with a 15-year-old girl he was legally prohibited from contacting has been found dead in a Kansas jail cell. The Wyandotte County sheriff’s office says Tuesday’s death of Elijah McPike appeared to be a suicide. But The Kansas City Star reports that an autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday. Kansas City, Kan., police arrested McPike on Friday night and found the teen he was accused of taking the day before in Harrison County, Mo. Prosecutors there had charged McPike with kidnapping and violation of a protection order. He…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas State Board of Education wants prosecutors to do a better job reporting felony convictions so problem teachers can be weeded from the profession. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the issue was discussed Tuesday when the board revoked the licenses of six teachers, including four convicted of sex offenses against minors. A state law requires prosecutors to report all felony convictions to the Department of Education monthly so it can check them against employment rosters. But the law doesn’t provide any penalties for prosecutors who don’t comply with the requirement. The state says only 14 of…