With maps in hand, the public wandered through cooridors and into rooms, through the jail area and court rooms, inspecting the work done on the new Justice center during the open house Saturday. There to welcome and to give tours were the County Commissioners, along with employees who will be calling the facility home by the beginning of September, and some of those who have been involved in the creation of the facility. With the start of construction a little over a year, the project is closing in on the final completion of phase one. Originally contracted to finish on…
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Junction City Police responded to a call in the early hours of Saturday morning. Around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, police responded to the intersection of 6th and Jackson, in Junction City, in reference to a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found four victims suffering from stab wounds. Two of the victims appeared to have suffered serious, possible life threatening wounds, and the two others suffered minor injuries. Police took a man into custody at the scene and questioned him at the Police Department. After interviewing witnesses to the incident and the suspect, Detectives arrested Jason Babylon(34) of Junction City and charged him with four counts of Aggravated…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kansas City coach Andy Reid couldn’t complain about the way his new starting quarterback drove the Chiefs down the field. It will be interesting to see how they do for more than one series. Smith led Kansas City for the opening score on his only series, but the Chiefs sputtered after that in a 17-13 loss in the preseason opener for both teams Friday night. “Alex did a nice job all around,” Reid said. “The first offense did a nice job. … After that, we had protection problems on the offensive side.” Preston Parker had a…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Justin Maxwell has provided a huge boost for Kansas City since coming over from the Astros. Maxwell homered and then singled twice in a six-run sixth as the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. The Royals have won 15 of their past 17 games to move seven games above .500, matching their best record of the season. They are 4 1-2 games back in the wild-card standings. Gordon Edes and the rest of the ESPNBoston.com team have the Red Sox covered for you. Blog “It’s…
A small plane crashed into a residential area of East Haven, Conn. on Friday, likely killing four to six people, authorities said.
Late Friday evening, KMAN received news that a judge declared a mistrial in the case of Levertis Horne. The jury deliberated for seven hours, but couldn’t agree on a verdict. Horne is facing two counts of aggravated robbery charges, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and aggravated battery. The Court will reconvene on August 21st at 9:30 a.m. KMAN will continue to keep you updated as details become available.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A northwest Kansas resident has come forward to claim a $1 million cash prize in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. The Kansas Lottery said Friday the person lives in Hays but has chosen to remain anonymous, as allowed by state law. The winning ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball in Wednesday’s drawing, which had a $425 million jackpot. Lottery officials say the million-dollar Kansas ticket was sold at Cerv’s 2, a convenience store in Hays.
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (AP) The Baldwin City school district has a deal for you. The district has been trying to sell a three-story office building and a gymnasium near downtown Baldwin City for more than two years. It’s asking $415,000 but will accept a reasonable offer. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the district hasn’t had any offers for the property, which includes a parking lot and adjacent lot. District superintendent Paul Dorathy says the problem is that the buildings were built in the 1920s and `30s and would need a lot of renovation. The district has sold two closed schools…
WESTWOOD HILLS, Kan. (AP) A small suburban Kansas City town is asking to be placed on state and federal registers of historic places. Westwood Hills is one of the first suburbs developed in Kansas by urban planning pioneer J.C. Nichols. The city is only 5.5 blocks and has 359 residents. The Kansas City Star reports no other city in Kansas city been placed entirely on the national list. A state review board will consider the city’s request Saturday. If it’s approved, the request will go to the National Park Service for federal approval. An endorsement by the state increases chances…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State health officials say an Atchison County adult is the state’s first reported case of West Nile in Kansas this year. The officials did not release further information about the patient. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Thursday the first sample of mosquitoes infected with the virus were found this year in Sedgwick County. Last year, Kansas had 57 reported cases of West Nile virus, the most cases since the virus first was found in the state in 2002.