Some tires and rims have been stolen recently from a local business. Four tires and four rims were taken out of the back of a truck in the parking lot of Tires for Less located at the 1400 block of Fort Riley Boulevard sometime between December 26 and 27. The theft totaled about $1,200. —- An altercation at a local bar has landed man in jail. At about 2:00 Friday morning, Riley County police were called to the Blackstone Tavern located in the Westloop Plaza. Upon arrival, police witnessed Naim Alamin, 33, of Manhattan, getting into his vehicle and taking off at…
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Once referred to as the nation’s murder capital, Washington, D.C. has drastically cut the number of homicides and is on pace to have fewer than 100 this year, for this first time since 1963.
President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
Teachers in Utah attended a gun training class on Thursday. Utah teachers with proper permits can legally carry a gun in their classrooms.
SAN DIEGO (AP) Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns, Nick Florence threw for two scores and ran for another, and Baylor overwhelmed UCLA 49-26 in the Holiday Bowl on Thursday night. Lache Seastrunk rushed 16 times for 138 yards and one score for Baylor, which outgained UCLA 494-362. The Bears came in leading the nation in total offense with 387.7 yards per game. Florence’s 188 yards passing gave him 4,309 for the season, breaking Robert Griffin III’s 2011 school season record of 4,293. Baylor’s defense came up big, too. The Bears sacked Brett Hundley six times, including two by…
Earlier this morning, KMAN received information that westbound I-70 was shut down near mile marker 318 as a result of a vehicle hitting a deer and becoming engulfed in flames. Riley County Police report that the occupants of the vehicle each exited the car safely and there are no major injuries. Police were diverting traffic to K99. KMAN will have more information on the story when it becomes available.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police are investigating whether speed and alcohol were factors in a one-car crash that killed two men. The accident happened around 2:30 a.m. Thursday in western Wichita. Police say the car struck a culvert, then went airborne and hit a power pole and utility lines. Police said the driver, 21-year-old Marcus McClellan, died at the scene. His 22-year-old passenger, Devan Krausch, was thrown from the car and died later at a hospital. A witness reported seeing a car speeding, followed by a flash from the falling power lines. Westar Energy said the crash knocked out power…
GODDARD, Kan. (AP) A family in south-central Kansas has learned that a two-inch layer of ice over a frigid pond isn’t enough to support a small dog. KWCH-TV reports a 7-year-old beagle named Bear slipped under a fence around a wastewater lagoon at his owners’ home Wednesday and fell through the ice. Owner Patricia Wilson, of Goddard, says she tried to rescue Bear, but she fell into the water, too. Bear was rescued after nearly an hour by Sedgwick County Fire crews wearing special cold-weather wet suits. The beagle’s temperature was down to 83 degrees more than 15 below normal…
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) Fifty-seven years after he served with the Army in Korea, a northeastern Kansas man has finally received official recognition in the form of a medal. Donald Hamilton received the Korea Defense Service Medal during a ceremony at the American Legion. The medal was created in 2002 for members of the U.S. military who served in the Republic of Korea after the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. Hamilton served from April 1953 to May 1955 with a military police battalion in Taejon. The Junction City resident was a train guard commander, transporting prisoners, supplies, fuel tanks…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s attempts to influence immigration policy and how the U.S. conducts elections are expected to pull his home-state Legislature into two contentious political debates in the coming year. And those debates will reinforce his reputation as a polarizing political figure. Kobach is a conservative Republican and former law professor who helped write Arizona and Alabama laws against illegal immigration. He advises Kansas legislators looking to do the same. He said in an interview that he’s not leading the push for measures like Arizona’s “check your papers” law. But some officials think such…