Arrests Marcus Andrew Bragg, 20, 915 Colorado St., for failure to appear. Bond set at $129. Brian Mark Gillispie, 35, 3107 Heritage Ct., Apartment 60, for failure to appear. Bond set at $500. Jennifer Lee Mitchell, 41, 3000 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Lot 589, for probation violation. Bond set at $500. Ryan Allen Tummons, 20, Fort Riley, Kan., for criminal damage to property. Bond set at $500. Antonio Michael Sutton, 26, Alma, Kan., for aggravated robbery. Bond set at $25,000. Brian Mark Gillispie, 35, 3107 Heritage Ct., Apartment 60, for driving with a suspended license and driving in violation of restrictions.…
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Mike Moustakas homered, Billy Butler and Brayan Pena each drove in a pair of runs and the Kansas City Royals kept Texas’ potent offense in check for a second straight game in a 7-4 win over the Rangers on Tuesday night. The Royals took advantage of two throwing errors by Rangers starter Colby Lewis (3-3) to score five unearned runs in the first two innings. Moustakas reached base for a 22nd consecutive game to help make a winner of Vin Mazzaro, who made his first start this season. Mazzaro allowed three runs on seven hits in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt says his team is celebrating its 50th anniversary in the city this year and plans to stick around for another five decades. Hunt joined Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel on Tuesday to announce several activities planned to mark the anniversary. Among them are charitable functions and a trip to Joplin to help the city rebuild from the deadly May 2011 tornado. The team also honored 10 Chiefs fans who have been season ticket holders since the team moved from Dallas 50 years ago. Hunt says…
Wamego’s Power Pool contract has been approved. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page said he received confirmation Tuesday morning that the City’s Southwest Power Pool wholesale power supply contract with Westar has been approved. Page said the confirmation was for the rollover right for transmission for wholesale power from Westar, even though the City did not retain rollover rights from the previous contract. However, since the City did a comprehensive transmission study last year, the rollover right went into effect. He added that every member of the Pool is grandfathered one rollover right, and this contract is…
A Manhattan businessman and former community planner has announced his candidacy for the Riley County Commission. Rod Harms, president of Civitas Group, made the announcement at Monday night’s meeting of the Riley County Democratic Party. Harms is seeking to follow third district incumbent Commissioner Karen McCulloh, who has announced that she will not seek re-election. Harms has outlined four message points that he will focus on during the campaign: including Good preparation for future growth of infrastructure and tax base; Good procedures lead to good decisions; Efficient and effective county government; and Smart programs for economic development. Harms is president of Civitas…
64 months is the sentence of a Manhattan man who pleaded guilty in February to two bank robberies. Mark Wyche, 23, was sentenced to a little over five years in federal prison earlir this week in U-S District court, and was also ordered to pay $5,400 in restitution. Wyche admitted to the October robbery of the Community First National Bank at 210 Tuttle Creek Boulevard and the November robbery of Kansas State Bank on Poyntz Avenue. Wyche had faced a maximum penalty of up to 25 years and a fine of up to $250,000 for each of the robberies.
Tuesday night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting brought good news for a local company. CivicPlus, a Manhattan-based webpage developer for community websites with clients all across the U.S. and Canada, had the second reading of their economic development funding application. The Commission’s reaction was very positive, with Commissioner Jim Sherow calling it “the best economic development proposal [he’d] ever seen brought forward.” The application passed second reading by a vote of four to zero, with Commissioner Rich Jankovic abstaining due to business concerns. Also discussed was a possible expansion to Manhattan Public Library’s Children’s Library. Library Board members communicated their desire to expand the…
By Kenny Lannou KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Former K-State Consensus All-American Mark Simoneau will become just the second Wildcat football player and first under head coach Bill Snyder to earn college football’s most prestigious honor as the former linebacker was announced today as part of the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2012. The Class of 2012 is comprised of 14 players and three coaches and includes standouts Ty Detmer (BYU), Dave Casper (Notre Dame), Art Monk (Syracuse) and Coach Jimmy Johnson (Oklahoma State/Miami). “This is truly an unbelievable honor for me, my family, the town…