FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) From serving with the Navy off the coast of Vietnam in 1969 to counseling soldiers as an Amy chaplain in Iraq, Col. Edwin Ahl has seen a lot in his military career. Now he’s retiring from active duty as garrison chaplain at Fort Riley and planning a new way of life in North Carolina maybe teaching, playing some golf and going to church on Sundays. He’ll be honored Thursday at the northeast Kansas post. Ahl left the Navy in 1972 and earned a bachelor’s degree in geography, then joined the National Guard. During a night of…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Testimony and closing arguments are expected during the second of two days of hearings in a federal trial over the Kansas redistricting process winds down in federal court. A three-judge panel in U.S. District Court will hear the final witnesses in a case that was prompted by the Legislature’s failure to redraw the state’s four U.S. House districts, 125 state House, 40 Senate and 10 State Board of Education seats. The judges are asked to resolve the dispute and produce maps in time for the August primary election. Attorneys crowded the courtroom Monday to present nearly…
Arrests Kristen Rochelle Cherry, 28, 1300 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Apartment 9, fortwo counts of failure to appear. Bond set at $936.02. Brandon James Crubel, 25, 4377 Fawn Cir., for failure to appear. Bond set at $1,500. Stephanie Dawn Davis, 42, Overland Park, Kan., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $500. Erik Rolland Hagadorn, 22, Junction City, Kan., for probation violation. Bond set at $1,000. Jesus Parra-Moreno, 19, Ogden, Kan., for unlawful use of an ID card and no driver’s license. Bond set at $500. Michael Joe Pratt, 42, 2261 Priboth Rd., Lot 216, for driving with a…
The 24th Annual Master Garden Tour will be on June 10th, rain or shine, in Manhattan. The tour will feature five private gardens that people can view. People can speak with the owner of the garden and Master Gardeners at each of the private garden stops. There will be two public gardens that are open to view. They are the two Kansas State Gardens. Greg Eyestone, Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent, said that for people who aren’t familiar with the Manhattan area that the K-State gardens are a great starting point for the tour. Eyestone also said that there will…
CLEVELAND (AP) Mike Moustakas had a career-best four RBIs to help rookie Will Smith get his first major league win, leading the Kansas City Royals to an 8-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Moustakas hit a two-run homer off Justin Masterson (2-4) in the first and singled in two runs in the second. That was more than enough support for Smith (1-1), who allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. The left-hander rebounded nicely after being thumped by the New York Yankees in his major league debut last week. Humberto Quintero added two RBIs…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) It’s early, but initial returns from the Kansas wheat harvest near Salina are giving farmers some hope. West of Salina in central Kansas, farmers are reporting surprisingly good yields. The Salina Journal reports Tuesday that test weights at one spot were at 60 pounds to the bushel and moisture content was nearly 14 percent. One farmer guessed his yield would top 50 bushels per acre about 10 bushels above his original estimate. But it’s too soon to know if such early numbers can be sustained and reverse the fortunes predicted earlier this month. Agriculture experts have said…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City, Kan., man has admitted in federal court that he took a 16-year-old girl across state lines to work as a prostitute. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 26-year-old Otis Warren pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of transporting a minor for illegal sexual activity. He faces a maximum 30 years in prison at sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 25. Warren was arrested after undercover police investigators from Prairie Village agreed last November to pay $250 an hour to have sex with the girl. Prosecutors said Warren drove the girl from Kansas City, Mo., to a…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) High heat is headed to southwest Kansas, and one of the world’s largest swimming pools is ready. Saturday’s opening day for the “Big Pool” in Garden City drew an estimated 1,200 people, and business figures to pick up this weekend as temperatures are forecast to hit the 90s. Billed as the world’s largest outdoor municipal concrete swimming pool, the pool is about the size of a football field and holds more than 2.5 million gallons of water. More than 40 lifeguards work at the Big Pool, with about 20 on duty at any given time. Officials…