Twelve jurors were selected Monday during day one of Domingo Soto’s trial. Soto is charged with aiding and abetting the 1st degree murder of Steve Freele in December 2011. During Tuesday’s continuation of the trial, Prosecuting Attorney, Barry Disney began by questioning Riley County Police Detective Alan Riniker about Soto’s cell phone history on the night of the incident. Riniker stated there were nine outgoing calls in Soto’s phone record, as well as 3 incoming calls and 12 missed calls-three of which were from Michael Lang. Riley County Police Detective, Robert Dierks was next to take the stand. Dierks serves…
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An out of town woman told police she was the victim of rape. The 22-year-old female told Riley County Police Tuesday that sometime on July 27th between 6:30 and 8:30 pm a suspect known to the victim committed the rape in the south east area of Manhattan. Police are investigating the incidents, and no arrests have been made at this time. ——— Police are reporting an incident of rape was alleged to have occurred on Monday afternoon. Riley County Police released a report which indicated the victim is a 21-year-old female who says the rape occurred in the north west…
Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city’s historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/K-AttGqH53Q” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Rain and howling winds shuttered most of the nation’s largest city and sent a huge crane dangling precariously from a high-rise as Monday’s superstorm zeroed in on New York’s waterfront with a massive storm surge. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/V10JyxdEqzY” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Cole Drake, the 16 year old charged with the homicide of Manhattan High School classmate, Tyler Dowling, was officially sentenced Monday afternoon in Riley County District Court. Attorneys from both sides came before Judge Stutzman to share final remarks about the case. Prosecuting Attorney, Barry Wilkerson was first, and began by saying “we’re not going to dwell on the facts of the case, the court is well aware of the facts..this is a crime that shocked the community”. Wilkerson also said “the only satisfaction that can come out of a case like this, is if I can give Tracy and Angie back…
HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) Two people have died in a collision with a freight train at a railroad crossing in northeast Kansas. Brown County Sheriff John Merchant says a pickup truck collided with a Union Pacific train around 10 a.m. Monday north of Hiawatha. Merchant says the two people in the pickup Thurman Turner, 59, and Veronica Hogle, 18, were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were from Hiawatha. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it’s not clear who was driving the pickup. KNZA-AM reports Turner was well known in the Hiawatha area for rallying fellow motorcycle riders to take part in…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Officials are looking for an Emporia State University student who failed to return from a trip to Germany. University spokeswoman Gwen Larson says Emilee Irsik, 20, of Wichita didn’t tell family or friends about the trip before departing Oct. 19 during the school’s fall break. She landed the next day in Hamburg. Her roommates notified the school when Irsik didn’t show up for classes Oct. 22, the Monday after the four-day weekend ended. University police worked with airport and airline officials to determine her travel arrangements, including that she had booked a return trip Friday. But Larson says…
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) Family and friends of six men killed in a northeast Kansas grain elevator explosion were honored by a vigil marking the one-year anniversary of their deaths. The men died Oct. 29, 2011, when the Bartlett Grain elevator in Atchison exploded. During a vigil Sunday in Atchison, relatives honored John Burke, Ryan Federinko, Curtis Fields, Chad Roberts, Travis Keil and Darrek Klahr. The St. Joseph News-Press reports the vigil included prayers and Bible readings. Each man’s obituary was read aloud, followed by a bell tolling and a moment of silence. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in April…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A proposed settlement would increase Kansas Gas Service bills for most customers by about $2 per month. The company, consumer advocates and state regulatory staff approved the settlement Friday but it still must be approved by the Kansas Corporation Commission. The Wichita Eagle reports the gas company’s rates would increase by about $10 million a year. Kansas Gas had asked for a $32 million increase. In a filing to the commission, the three groups said the settlement would be fair for everyone concerned. As part of the proposal, Kansas Gas gave up trying to shift more of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is sponsoring a two-day event this week that his office is calling the state’s first conference on the future of water. The event is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Manhattan. Brownback plans to speak the first day. Also on the conference agenda are U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas and Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The governor’s office says the conference will examine the state’s water infrastructure, ways to improve water quality and how to meet demand for water from the energy and agriculture industries.…