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207 citations were issued during this year’s Country Stampede. The Break down is below: Minor in Possession – 163 Transporting Open Container – 15 Battery of Law Enforcement Officer – 1 Battery – 2 Obstruction – 13 Resisting Arrest – 1 Furnishing Alcohol to a minor – 1 Theft – 3 Criminal Trespass – 7 DUI – 1 Law enforcement for Stampede was provided by a joint effort amongst the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Riley County Police Department worked together to handle the event.
Beginning Monday, July 15, sidewalk on the east side of Triangle Park will be replaced and closed to pedestrian traffic for 4 to 6 weeks. Pedestrians will be detoured to the east side of N. Manhattan Avenue. Pedestrians should follow all posted detour signs and exercise caution in the project area. No street closures are anticipated, but motorists should drive slowly, obey all posted traffic control signs and use caution around the project area.
Rodney McGruder and Jordan Henriquez each played over 24 minutes in their final NBA summer league games Friday. Henriquez followed up yesterday’s line of six points and eight rebounds with seven points and seven rebounds in just over 31 minutes of action in an 85-77 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He shot 3-10 from the floor in the loss. It was the first start of the summer league season for Henriquez. McGruder scored three points and grabbed four rebounds in nearly 25 minutes on the floor during a 102-83 loss to the Boston Celtics. Former Manhattan High School standout…
NSA leaker Edward Snowden wants to stay in Russia, says a lawmaker who was among several to attend a meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.
A University of Miami legal scholar says by adopting the framing of the defense case, prosecutors have made it likely the jury will look at major testimony in a light favorable to George Zimmerman.
The Junction City Police Department is seeking the Public’s assistance in locating and identifying any person that may be involved in the theft of water from the City of Junction. Currently, the City of Junction City cannot account for approximately 30% of their water usage and has been told by the State of Kansas that the City is exceeding its allotted usage of water and must bring this issue under control or suffer sanctions. Much of the missing water can be attributed to old inaccurate meters, and leakage but an element of the missing water is thought to be theft…
A Riley county jury decision in a 2011 aggravated robbery and battery case has been affirmed by the Kansas Court of Appeals. The jury’s convictions were appealed by the defendant, Naazir Muhammad Jackson, who was found guilty not only of one count each of aggravated robbery and aggravated battery , but also two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Jackson maintained prosecutor misconduct denied him a fair trial, and says there was insufficient evidence to support the charges. The 32 page Court of Appeals decision was released Friday, again affirming the jury’s conviction. Judge David Stutzman presided in the case,…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) The mystery of what happened to bonds purchased for the Finney County public library in 1984 has moved to court. Finney County is suing Bank of America to determine the whereabouts of bonds valued at $60,000. The Garden City Telegram reports the founder of Brookover Feed Yards in Garden City bequeathed the bond to the library in 1984, and it was placed at what was then the Garden National Bank. A copy of the bond was put in a time capsule, which was opened in 2008. Garden City Bank has changed owners four times since 1984…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The Kansas State Fair is reviving the carnival train and animal parade through Hutchinson to celebrate the fair’s 100th anniversary. The parade was once an annual tradition when the carnival train came to town each September, with carnival equipment and animals parading down Hutchinson’s Main Street to the fairgrounds. The Hutchinson News reports the tradition faded because the carnival now brings in most of its equipment on trucks and the use of circus animals declined. State Fair Manager Denny Stoecklein says the parade will be revived on Labor Day. Entries in the parade are limited and must…