Two people were airlifted for medical treatment following an accident in Pottawatomie County Saturday afternoon. Jesse Bottocelli, 35, and Christina Jensen, 26, both of Belvue, were injured in the accident, which occurred shortly before 2:30 Saturday. Sheriff Greg Riat confirmed the driver, identified as Bottocelli, and passenger, identified as Jensen, were injured in a single vehicle rollover accident on highway 24 just east of Wamego. The vehicle was travelling eastbound, left the roadway, and rolled.
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TOPEKA, KAN. – A man has pleaded guilty to robbing a convenience store in Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Monday. Frank Joseph Hanson, 22, Manhattan, pleaded guilty today to one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. In his plea, Hanson admitted that on Feb. 6, 2013, he robbed Dara’s Fast Lane, a convenience store in Manhattan. In a related arson case, defendants Patrick Martin Scahill, 20, Manhattan, Kan., and Virginia Amanda Griese, 19, Manhattan, Kan. have scheduled change of plea hearings for 1:30 p.m. April 17 before Judge Julie A.…
On Saturday, a forum was held at the Union Pacific Station for citizens to talk with our Kansas Representatives about important issues, including abortion laws, fire-arm rights, and questions over the new budget. House Representative, Ron Highland, was in attendance along with Kansas Senator, Tom Hawk. Representatives Sydney Carlin and Tom Phillips also spoke to the public. Senator Hawk spoke of a recent abortion law passed in the state confirming life begins at conception. The law also prohibits a woman having an abortion because of a disability of the infant or gender. Representative Carlin spoke in detail about drastic cuts which…
Update Monday Evening: Air Safety Investigators believe the plane was out of control and traveling at a high rate of speed when the plane crashed into the house, leaving a considerable sized impact crator and subsequent fire ball. The owner of the house says the house was completely empty. She was planning on tearing down the house and building another. However, after Sunday’s tragic events, her family now plans to build a memorial for the victims and their families. ### Update Monday noon: Two Manhattan people apparently died in the Sunday evening plane crash in Oklahoma. The latest reports indicate…
Secretary of State John Kerry mourned, Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer. She died when the group she was traveling with was struck by an explosion in Afghanistan. They were en route to traveling to donate textbooks.
Shane Conlan drove in three runs with two hits including a home run while four other Wildcats contributed two hits apiece as the Kansas State Baseball team blasted Texas Tech 12-2 to complete a sweep of the three-game Big 12 series before 1,240 Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. The two teams traded runs in the first two innings on a pair of sacrifice flies before K-State erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Austin Fisher started the rally with a double to center field and was driven home on a run-scoring single by Blair DeBord.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Authorities have arrested a 30-year-old man accused of breaking into the Statehouse office of Republican Rep. Tom Sloan of Lawrence The Lawrence Journal World reports that Sloan joked before the full House Friday morning that “none of my state secrets were stolen.” He quipped that the suspect probably thought he was breaking into the office of a more influential legislator. A Capitol Police Department spokesman says the suspect was found around 1:29 a.m. Friday on top of Sloan’s desk talking and rambling nonsensically. The man was arrested without incident on suspicion of criminal damage to property and…
On Sunday at approximately 4:10 AM, Riley County Police responded to a complaint of multiple shots fired at 900 Garden Way in Manhattan Shortly after arriving on scene police found several victims of gunshot wounds as well as a single subject who was taken into custody. This individual’s name is also being withheld at this time, awaiting further investigation. Riley County Police Spokesman officer Mathew Droge says no further suspects are being sought at this time. Three victims were transported to emergency medical treatment centers and one victim was found fatally wounded at the scene. The names of these victims…
Militants killed six Americans, including a young female diplomat, and an Afghan doctor Saturday in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday.
Hundreds of federal police cleared protesting teachers from the main highway between Mexico City and Acapulco after the demonstrators blocked the roadway for hours, causing a huge traffic backup.