The Riley County Police Department dispatch received a call Thursday morning about an individual injured at a logging job site located in the 1900 block of Collins Lane, just south of Manhattan.When police and EMS arrived on scene, they found a deceased male who had been struck by a falling tree. The male was later identified as David G. Teske, 47, of Onaga. The Riley County Police Department, Manhattan Fire Department, Riley County EMS, and Riley County Rural Fire responded to the accident. ———— Previous Report: A fatal accident involving a logging truck in the 1900 block of Collins Lane…
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Three arrests with large bond amounts are listed on Thursday’s Riley County Police arrest report. Alto Jack Robert Johns, 42, of St. George was taken into custody Wednesday night on a failure to appear warrant. Johns’ bond was set at $10,000. Richard Burke Jones Junior, 39, of Manhattan was arrested on a warrant for probation violation, and his bond was set at $5,000. Zachary Tilton, 25, of Manhattan was arrested for a probation violation warrant issued by the Riley County District Court. At the time of this report Tilton was still being held at the Riley County Jail on the…
Authorities in Elkhart, Indiana say a gunman killed an employee and a shopper in a supermarket on Wednesday night. Police say the gunman pointed his weapon at police officers, and the officers shot him dead.
Weighing national security and privacy concerns in the months since Edward Snowden leaked a trove of National Security Agency classified documents, President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Friday changes to the surveillance program.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Authorities in Sedgwick County say a Wichita man suspected of impersonating a deputy was arrested after calling 911 to say his pickup truck had been stolen. KAKE-TV reports the incident began around 1 a.m. Wednesday when a man driving a pickup truck with a siren and red-and-blue lights stopped another driver, who was a security guard. The two men got out of their vehicles and asked each other for identification. The security guard became suspicious and drove away with the phony deputy in pursuit. Real deputies chased the impersonator’s pickup at speeds up to 110 mph before he…
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) A fire in the northeast Kansas town of Oskaloosa damaged three businesses and a Masonic Lodge but no injuries were reported. The fire Monday night extensively damaged a cafe and realty office and did minor smoke damage to a bank branch. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says the Masonic Lodge about the cafe also was damaged. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but Herrig said it apparently started in the basement of the cafe. The Lawrence Journal-World reports no damage estimates were available Tuesday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Senate committee is taking up proposed changes in the state’s murder statutes, including tougher penalties for attempted capital murder. Bills before the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday are byproducts of a 2013 special session when legislators rewrote the procedure for imposing the “Hard 50” sentence for premeditated first-degree murder. The new proposal would change the presumptive sentence for the crimes to a minimum of life without parole eligibility for 50 years, with juries weighing evidence that could reduce the sentence to a minimum of 25 years to life. Legislators also will consider whether to increase the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas health officials say the state is seeing a high number of influenza cases, with three deaths directly attributed to flu since Sept. 1. The state Department of Health and Environment reported Tuesday that 5 percent of visits to clinic sites it monitors were due to influenza-like illness. The agency says flu or pneumonia contributed to 510 deaths during the current season, which began Sept. 1. The season has seen the re-emergence of the A/H1N1 strain as the dominating virus. The same strain caused a pandemic in 2009, hitting children and young adults especially hard. Health officials…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) Police in northeast Kansas are asking the public’s help in finding a 70-year-old man missing since Dec. 31. Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told KAIR-FM on Wednesday his department has received several leads since a Silver Alert for Garry Clyde Sandy was issued Jan. 10. Wilson said there was a possible sighting of Sandy’s gold-colored 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck early Saturday in Newton, about 160 miles southwest of Atchison. Investigators are following that lead, among others, while also watching for any financial transactions. Sandy is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 200…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says the state’s path to growth relies on education, family and a sound economy. Brownback emphasized those themes Wednesday night in his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate. The Republican governor said the recent cuts in the state’s income taxes and other initiatives enacted under his administration have brought Kansas out of the Great Recession. Brownback also said the budget plan he will release Thursday will include money to pay for all-day kindergarten and stable funding for higher education. The Democratic response was given…