WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Former Fort Riley soldier Joshua Priest has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution for taking part in a sham marriage. Priest admitted this summer that he married a Jamaican woman so he could collect additional benefits from the military and so the woman could become a legal immigrant.
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A retired New York firefighter was among the 9/11 families and responders who watched the pretrial hearings at Guantanamo Bay via closed-circuit television at the Fort Hamilton Army Base. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZiPavuygZ1U” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has sharply criticized President Barack Obama over public spats with Israel. Why does it matter? American jews are a small but important segment of voters, and increasingly valuable in this tight election. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/uFnDD-_xXpk” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
During Sunday’s Riley County Commission Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Manhattan/Riley County, all four candidates had an opportunity to answer different questions and address their views on a variety of issues. Democratic Candidate for District 2, Scott Seel said his party affiliation is important to him, but not more important than his views. Meanwhile, Seel mentioned he supports the 1/2 cent sales tax renewal due to the need for it in the area. He added with all of the people at the football stadium, Country Stampede, etc. every year, that those are people we are sharing that tax burden with. …
On Monday, department updates held the majority of the agenda ideas as the Lois Schlegel, county appraiser, Dustin Trego, managment assistant of operations, and Leu Lowery, public works director, were among those listed. For the appraiser’s office, numbers are sitting at about average with some a little higher and others a little lower, but Schlegel said that they are ahead of the number of sales for the year so far. The transportation update saw a lower number of riders, but the region is looking to meet on Tuesday to continue extending the option of public transportation between counties. There was…
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Riley County Domestic Violence Task Force took time to honor Kansas victims. Held at the Riley County Courthouse Plaza, dozens of victims of domestic homicide were remembered. Individuals came forward to read stories of victims, of various ages, off of plaques. Each plaque had a ribbon on it so that after the story was read, the plaque was placed on a silhouette to symbolize that person. Some of the victims remembered were once members of our regional community. The annual event provides a time to learn about past cases of domestic…
The Riley County Police department reported that a man was mandated to have a 48 hour stay in jail over this past weekend David Ray Lewis, 43, was charged with criminal trespassing that led to the mandate to be held without bond for 48 hours by the courts. Lewis was also charged with violating a protection order and possession of drugs. — Two different reports came in to the Riley County Police Department due to criminal damage to property over the weekend. Kara Beckwith, 20, of Manhattan, reported that her black 2010 Chevy Malibu was damaged when someone used a blunt object to smash…
Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound in a 24-mile-high jump from a balloon on Sunday, reaching 833.9 mph in a free fall that lasted more than 9 minutes. Landing on his feet in the New Mexico desert, the man known as “Fearless Felix” lifted his arms in victory to the cheers of jubilant onlookers and friends. “When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data,” he said after the jump. “The…
Three people were arrested following the execution of search warrants by the Riley County Police Department at Gardenway Apartments and the 100 block of East Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan. The warrants were in reference to the distribution of marijuana. Approximately 1 ¾ pounds of marijuana with a street value of $7,000 was seized along with drug paraphernalia and about 46-hundred dollars in U.S. Currency. Arrested were Charmaine Cardwell, 23, of Denver, Colorado for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, unlawful use of a telecommunication device, unlawful acquisition of drug proceeds, and no Kansas Drug Tax Stamp. Her…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A 19-year-old Joplin man and his 16-year-old female passenger from Galena, Kan., are dead after a one-car crash three miles west of Joplin. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Jon West was driving on Junge Boulevard at 6:45 p.m. Saturday when his 1992 Lexus left the road and struck a tree. West was ejected from the car, while his passenger, Journey Pate-Nourani was killed in the vehicle, which had caught fire. The patrol says West was not wearing a seatbelt, while it was unclear whether his passenger was buckled up. The deaths were the 71st and 72nd…