CLYDE, Kan. (AP) Cloud County authorities are investigating a vandalism spree on five central Kansas farms. Sheriff Brian Marks says vandals drive two combines, two trucks and two tractors into trees or ditches, on top of hay bales and into irrigation systems. A Concordia man was arrested. Marks said Monday that officers are looking for a second suspect. No charges have been filed. The vandalism occurred last Thursday night and Friday morning in northeast Cloud County near Clyde. The Salina Journal reports that no official damage figure has been determined but estimates have varied from $500,000 into millions of dollars.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A spokesman for a federal agency says determining the cause of a grain elevator explosion in northeast Kansas could take up to six months. Spokesman Scott Allen said Tuesday that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has several inspectors at a Bartlett Grain Co. elevator in Atchison, about 50 miles northwest of Kansas City. The elevator exploded Saturday, killing six people. Allen said the investigation of the cause will take months while OSHA interviews employees and company officials about the blast. He said investigations involving deaths typically are more complex. He said it’s also too early…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Funerals for three victims of a northeast Kansas grain elevator explosion are scheduled for later this week. The blast Saturday killed six people at a Bartlett Grain Co. elevator in Atchison, about 50 miles northwest of Kansas City. The first funeral scheduled is for 21-year-old Bartlett employee Ryan Federinko, of Atchison. It’s scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchsion. A Mass for 24-year-old Bartlett employee John Burke, of Denton, is set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Bendena, north of Atchison. A service for 20-year-old…
A planned shutdown of the Motor Vehicles Department at the end of November won’t be happening. Riley County Treasurer Eileen King says it’s because the new vehicle registration system won’t be ready. “There were some parts of the new system that they felt they weren’t going to have adequate time to test,” King said. “They wanted to make sure, when it does go live, that it is a good system and can actually help the customers.” King says the changeover has been delayed into 2012, though a firm date has not yet been set. The new DMV system will tie…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ryan Succop kicked a 30-yard field goal in overtime, giving Kansas City a stunning 23-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Monday night and moving the Chiefs into an improbable tie atop the AFC West. The Chargers, who had trailed the whole game, were on the verge of winning it in regulation when they marched to the Kansas City 15. With first-and-10 and 48 seconds left on the clock, Philip Rivers fumbled the snap and the Chiefs’ Andy Studebaker clawed under the pile and pulled the ball out. Kansas City moved down the field…
Two K-State defenders make the cut as national award semifinalists. Junior defensive back Nigel Malone is one of 15 players nationally to be named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s most outstanding defensive back, and linebacker Arthur Brown has been named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. Malone is the first Wildcat up for the award since Terence Newman was the award winner in 2002. He is also the fourth K-State defensive back to earn semifinalist status. Brown is the lone representative from the Big 12. He is…
Fire destroyed a two-story house in northern Riley County this (Tuesday) morning. Riley County fire chief Pat Collins tells KMAN the home belonged to Robbie and Lesa Reves, but was unoccupied at the time. The tenant had moved out last week. Riley County Police are being called in to assist in the investigation, with the cause under investigation. Power and propane were both off to the house, which is located at 16100 Green-Randolph Road, between Randolph and Green. The fire was called in at 6:10 Tuesday morning, with 30 Riley County firefighters responding. Damage is estimated at $65,000.