Riley County police are confirming a tip on the possible sighting of the Kansas City baby missing that’s made national news, but indicate they have no idea if there’s any validity to it or not. Someone at McAlister’s Deli in Manhattan reported seeing two women with a baby matching the description of baby Lisa Irwin… then leaving the restaurant to get into a small black vehicle with Missouri tags. But Riley County police indicate they didn’t find such a vehicle. RCPD Captain Kurt Moldrup tells KMAN they get tips like that all the time, but take them seriously. He says…
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More information on the death of a Junction City man Monday. Junction City Police Detective Sergeant Trish Giordano says the victim has been identified as Sean Conary, 35, of Junction City. An autopsy has been performed, but toxicology results are still pending and the cause of death has not yet been determined. Conary was found around 11:15 a.m. Monday at 66 Riley Manor by Junction City Police and Fire Department personnel after a report was made of a man not breathing. Conary was transported to Geary Community Hospital, where he pronounced dead a short time later.
Riley County police are releasing a description of a suspect in Friday night’s fatal shooting of a Fort Riley soldier Ogden man. The individual is described as a black male, 5’8″ to 6′ tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds, probably 25 to 35 years of age. He was described as bald with a moustache and beard, and may have been wearing a green jacket at the time of the shooting. The description comes from witnesses in the area. U.S. Army Sgt. Ronald Taylor, 28, died after the shooting, driving into a residence at Seventh and Walnut after he was wounded late…
The New York Times quoted an unidentified college official Monday night as saying Missouri’s application to the SEC for membership is “inevitable and imminent.” The source did not provide a timeline for such a move, but the Missouri Board of Curators will hold a meeting on Thursday in Kansas City. The Curators’ agenda calls for a closed executive session at 3:45pm, that could be similar to an October 4th meeting in St. Louis when they authorized chancellor Brady Deaton to explore possibly leaving the Big 12. The Kansas City Star is reporting that Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas and…
K-State’s all-time leading scorer Jacob Pullen (wearing #8) again put up 22 points for Angellico Biella in the Italian Pro League. Pullen was 4 of 9 from two-point range, 2 of 7 beyond the arc, and a perfect 8 for 8 from the foul line in Angellico Biella’s 78-70 loss to Lottomatica Roma. He added three assists, three steals, and two rebounds. Pullen also scored 22 points in his team’s season opening win last week. Click here for a game recap & box score
It was a tough day at the office for the Manhattan High girls golf team on Monday at the 6A state meet. The Indians came in 7th place with a team score of 410 at Shadow Glen golf club in Olathe. Blue Valley North won state for the third year in a row with a 349, Garden City finished second with a 370, and Shawnee Mission East was third with a 379. MHS senior Jenna Crusinberry placed 14th as she turned in a score of 94. The Tribe will return four of their top six golfers for next season, as…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for the Kansas man accused of killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl have asked the court to bar the teen’s family from showing emotion in the courtroom during his trial. The motion filed last week in the capital murder case of Adam Longoria also asks Judge Hannelore Kitts to keep the girl’s family and friends from sitting directly before the jury. The 37-year-old Great Bend man is charged with capital murder in the death of Alicia DeBolt, whose charred body was found at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked in August 2010. Alicia had disappeared days…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) This year’s flooding on the Missouri River is officially over. That’s according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which says Monday the river has fallen below flood stages from Fort Peck in Montana to St. Louis and water is off the levee system. Col. Anthony Hofmann, commander of the Kansas City district, says the corps is assessing the damage to the levees and dams to come up with a repair bill. He expects a report by mid-November. So far, $27.7 million has been set aside for repairs. The corps is waiting on funding by Congress for…
MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) A central Missouri man has been killed in an accident involving a deer on a southern Kansas highway. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the man was driving west on U.S. 160 shortly after 5 a.m. Monday when his car struck the deer in the roadway. The car hit a guardrail and rolled down an embankment. The driver was identified as 19-year-old Cephas Yoder of Boonville, Mo. The Highway Patrol says Yoder was thrown from his car. The accident happened west of Medicine Lodge, about 20 miles north of the Oklahoma line.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The mother of a missing Missouri baby may not be casting herself in the best light by telling national media that she drank heavily the night her daughter disappeared. But her attorney says such honesty shows that Deborah Bradley has “nothing to hide.” Bradley told television audiences Monday that she may have blacked out in the hours before she and Jeremy Irwin reported that their 10-month-old daughter Lisa was missing from their Kansas City home early Oct. 4. Bradley also now says she last saw her daughter hours earlier than she originally told police. The couple’s…