During Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting, Commissioners heard from County Counselor, Clancy Holeman regarding the draft resolution pledging the general purposes for the revenue from the proposed half cent sales tax. Holeman explained this resolution will better explain the tax and all it concerns. He added no official decisions can really be made until the sales tax is approved. After reviewing the resolution, commissioners decided to go through with it and Holeman will bring the final draft to next Thursday’s commission meeting for signatures and approval. Noxious Weed Director, Dennis Peterson shared good news with commissioners regarding Wildcat Creek. The…
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For the first time in two seasons, K-State has a men’s basketball player on the five-member preseason all-Big 12 team. Rodney McGruder averaged 15.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest for the Wildcats, and shot 46 percent from the field, 39 percent from three point range, and 80 percent from the free throw line. Jacob Pullen was named Big 12 preseason player of the year, and Curtis Kelly joined him on the all-Big 12 preseason team before the 2010-11 season. McGruder received honorable mention in the preseason last year. Joining McGruder on the all-Big 12 squad is preseason player of the year Pierre Jackson of…
Update as of Tuesday, October 9: A much anticipated event at Fort Riley Wednesday has been cancelled. Soldiers with the Army’s 1st Infantry Division were getting ready for the first launch of a new unmanned aerial system from Fort Riley’s Marshall Army Airfield. But the event featuring the Gray Eagle drones has been put off, according to a spokesam with the First Infantry Division. A new date has not been announced. Older story: Soldiers assigned to the Big Red One’s aviation brigade will take the final step in becoming the most modern aviation unit in the Army when they launch…
A Manhattan man was taken to the hospital following a one vehicle accident on McDowell Creek Road Wednesday evening. According to Riley County Police, Kenneth Upton, 35, was taken by ambulance to the Geary Community Hospital, with a possible head injury. Upton was driving a 1990 gray Dodge Ram southbound in the 4800 block of McDowell Creek Road when the vehicle left the roadway on the west side and hit a fence and tree. Alcohol and speed are listed as possible factors, with the Kansas Highway Patrol investigating the alcohol aspect. A condition report on Upton was not available.
A status hearing for a Fort Riley soldier charged with the shooting of a Kansas National Guard member was held on Thursday morning at the Riley County court house. Daniel Parker is charged with the first degree murder of 21-year-old Frederick Beverly on New Year’s Day near a local motorcycle group’s Manhattan clubhouse. At the preceding District Magistrate Judge Sheila Hochhauser worked with Defense attorney Ronald Evans and assistant Riley County prosecutor Barry Disney to set a new Preliminary hearing date for the 14th of November at 9am.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to achieve the Triple Crown in the AL Central-champion Detroit Tigers’ 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. Cabrera went 0 for 2 with a strikeout, then left in the fourth inning of the regular-season finale. He received a standing ovation from the opposing fans. He finished with an American League-leading .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBIs, becoming just the 15th player to achieve the milestone and the first since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Max Scherzer pitched four innings for Detroit…
A two vehicle accident in Pottawatomie county injuries one woman Wednesday afternoon. 55 year old Ruth Milliren of McFarland was traveling on highway 99 six and a half miles from Wamego, driving a 2011 Toyota passenger car when she fell asleep, crossed the center line and struck a trailer attached to the 2003 Suburban driven by Morton Hight of Lecompton. The Kansas Highway patrol reports that Milliren was taken to Mercy Regional health center, where she was admitted for treatment. No other injuries were reported.
Heading into her senior season, Brittany Chambers is K-State’s lone representative on the preseason all-Big 12 women’s basketball team as she earned honorable mention honors. Chambers is a two time all-Big 12 selection and averaged 14 points and 6 rebounds a game last year for the Wildcats. Big 12 First Team: Brittany Griner – Baylor Odyssey Sims – Baylor Chelsea Poppens – Iowa State Angel Goodrich – Kansas Aaryn Ellenberg – Oklahoma Honorable mention all-Big 12 Destiny Williams (Baylor), Carolyn Davis (Kansas), Brittany Chambers (K-State), Whitney Hand (Oklahoma), Chassidy Fussell (Texas), Asya Bussie (West Virginia) Preseason Player of the Year…
College students in Denver watched the first presidential debate, as they decide how they’ll vote. Students disagreed over which candidate impressed them more on Wednesday.
In a showdown at close quarters, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs. The AP’s John Mone has the story.