Author: KMAN Staff
As part of Fort Riley and the 1st Infantry Division’s Victory Week celebration, a special ceremony will be held to honor children of fallen Soldiers. The Ceremony of Remembrance will take place Tuesday (June 12) at 5 p.m., at the Calvary Parade Field. Fourteen children will be presented with a medal during this special ceremony. This is the fourth time Fort Riley has held a Ceremony of Remembrance.
The Junction City Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 1400 block of Calhoun Saturday, June 9th around 6:45 p.m. The call required: 2 Engines, 1 Ladder Truck, 2 Medic Units and 1 Command Vehicle staffed by 14 personnel. On arrival they found 3 apartments of a 12 unit apartment building well involved. The fire was controlled in 30 minutes, but the three apartments involved received heavy damage from not only fire, but dark gray smoke. The estimated loss is $130,000 dollars to property and contents. 19 people are being assisted by The American Red Cross due to…
Arrests Thomas Gerard Burdick, 47, 314 N. 11th St., Apartment F, for probation violation. No bond. Steven Lanier King, 36, Junction City, Kan., for driving with a suspended license and unlawful possession of hallucinogens. Bond set at $1,500. Douglas Andrew Kolb, 39, 303 S. 16th St., for battery and disorderly conduct. Bond set at $1,500. Stuart Wayne Mason, 23, 730 Crestwood Dr., Apartment 4, for disorderly conduct. Bond set at $750. Donald Lee Robinson, 57, St. George, Kan., for failure to appear. Bond set at $899. Timothy Glenn Schmutz, 25, 1021 Fremont St., Apartment 1, for probation violation. Bond set…
PITTSBURGH (AP) Erik Bedard pitched seven solid innings, Neil Walker had three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Friday night for their 10th victory in the last 13 games. Bedard (4-6) allowed two runs and five hits as Pittsburgh captured the opening game of a series for the sixth consecutive time. The Pirates (30-27) also moved three games over .500 for the first time this season. Jason Grilli worked a perfect eighth and Joel Hanrahan retired the side in order in the ninth for his 16th save in 18 opportunities. Yuniesky Betancourt drove in…
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Josh Holliday has been hired as Oklahoma State’s baseball coach, becoming the first former Cowboys player to lead the program. Holliday played in two College World Series for Oklahoma State in 1996 and 1999 and said upon his hiring Friday that he had always hoped he’d get the chance to be the head coach of the program. He most recently was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt for three seasons, and before that was an assistant at Arizona State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State and Oklahoma State. The 35-year-old Holliday is the son of former Oklahoma State…
METAIRIE, La. (AP) The New Orleans Saints have hired a firm run by former FBI director Louis Freeh to conduct an internal investigation of the NFL club with the aim of getting to the bottom of allegations ranging from wire-tapping during games in the Superdome to the bounty scandal. Saints spokesman Greg Bensel said in an email that the team takes the allegations very seriously, and team owner Tom Benson “has spared no expense to get to the bottom of these allegations.” Bensel says the hiring of the Freeh Group, first reported Friday by NBC’s Pro Football Talk, is…
NEW YORK (AP) “I’ll Have Another’s” bid for the first Triple Crown in 34 years ended shockingly in the barn and not on the racetrack Friday when the colt was scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes and retired from racing with a swollen tendon. “It’s been an incredible ride, an incredible run,” trainer Doug O’Neill said. “It’s a bummer. It’s not tragic, but it’s a huge disappointment.” “I’ll Have Another,” who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes with stirring stretch drives, was the 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont and become the 12th Triple Crown winner…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas state Sen. John Vratil says he’s not running for re-election this year, a decision that will leave moderate Republicans in the Legislature without one of their most visible leaders. The 66-year-old attorney from Leawood said Friday he wants to spend more time with his family. He has served in the Senate since 1998, and has been the chamber’s vice president since 2003. Vratil has also chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has sparred frequently with GOP conservatives on budget, tax and social issues, and had been among the moderate incumbents targeted by conservatives for this year’s…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A lawsuit that alleges that St. John’s Military School in Salina allowed and encouraged abuse of cadets will go to trial in October 2013. The Salina Journal reports federal Magistrate Judge Kenneth Gale set the trial date earlier this week, along with several other deadlines. Seven former cadets at the school allege in the lawsuit that the school encouraged older students to discipline younger ones by beating and otherwise abusing them. The school has denied the allegations. Gale’s order gave plaintiff’s attorneys until Oct. 26 to propose a settlement. The school has until Nov. 23 to respond…