A weekend party turned bad for a Manhattan woman. On Wednesday, Riley County police received report of a theft that occurred overnight between October 22nd and 23rd. The victim, 20-year old Acantha Smith, told police that her wedding ring, cell phone, and prescription medication were taken from her home located in the 700 block of Allison. The total loss came to $1,622. RCPD says there are no suspects at this time.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska volleyball star Lauren Cook will be held out of Friday and Saturday’s matches against Michigan and Michigan State after being arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident last weekend. Coach John Cook, Lauren’s father, said Wednesday that her return depends on how the legal case turns out. She will continue to practice with the team, currently ranked No. 2. Lincoln police say a motorcyclist’s leg was broken and his passenger was injured when the SUV Lauren Cook was driving clipped the motorcycle stopped on the side of a street. Police say she called…
A Manhattan man is in RCPD custody in connection with a stabbing that occurred Tuesday. Joshua Foster, 18, was taken into police custody on Wednesday on charges of aggravated battery. Foster is believed to be the individual who stabbed Luke Johnson, 48, during an altercation that occurred early Tuesday morning. According to police reports, Johnson arrived at a female acquaintance’s home located in the 700 block of Griffith Drive. Two of the female’s male relatives – one being Foster – told Johnson to leave, and then followed Johnson to the parking lot. Police say Johnson and the two men argued,…
Wamego’s City employees won’t see much of an increase in their health benefits come 2012 City Manager Merl Page reported to city commissioners Tuesday, the average increase to the health insurance premiums in the new agreement is .75%, which Page said is basically flat-lined. The Commission approved the renewal and Page said they will leave the employee participation at the same level as last year. Elsewhere, the Commission approved the request to vacate the easement behind and East of Dymax, Inc. after no objections came out of the public hearing, and the staff recommended the change contingent on one call…
No issues were reported stemming from an audit of the City of Wamego. City commissioners received an update on the 2010 audited statements from Reese & Novelly, P.A., audit team members Carol McCullough and Michele Morton. According to McCullough, the audit was all clean with no issues. She added there have never been any issues with City Manager Merl Page’s financial statements, and if there have been the firm would have presented the statements earlier. In other business, Steven Ringel requested permission to paint 20-foot semi-circle NO SMOKING signs around the city’s public buildings and businesses. After several questions, Mayor…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas says he expects West Virginia to start play in the conference next season despite the Big East’s attempts to keep the university from a quick exit. Neinas attended a reception in Morgantown officially welcoming the Mountaineers into the Big 12 on Tuesday. A day earlier, the university sued the Big East, seeking to clear the way for it to start Big 12 play next fall. The Big East has said it plans to keep West Virginia for two more years. West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck and university President James…
NEW YORK (AP) – Alex Gordon became the first Kansas City Royal in 11 years to win a Gold Glove, in voting by managers and coaches. The awards were announced late Monday night by Major League Baseball and Rawlings. Gordon, who led the AL with 20 outfield assists, was given the Gold Glove for his work in his left field. Outfield positions were specified for the first time in the award’s history. The last Royal to win a Gold Glove was Jermaine Dye in 2000, who’s also an outfielder. Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier became the first trio…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas sheriff’s deputy took a risky ride to stop man suspected of being involved in a domestic dispute. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Topeka man was sitting in a pickup truck outside the Shawnee County Courthouse when the deputy approached him around noon Tuesday. Authorities say the man refused the deputy’s orders and drove out of the parking lot. The deputy jumped in the bed and held on as the pickup sped down a Topeka street. The sheriff’s department says the deputy feared for his life and broke the cab’s back window, ordering the driver…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas group pushing to eliminate the state income tax plans a two-day, five-city bus tour this week. Kansans for No Income Tax says its goal is to educate residents about the possibilities for spurring economic growth by eliminating income taxes. President Ashley McMillan, who’s also former executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, says the nonprofit group is funded by private donors. The bus tour comes as Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing a plan that administration officials have said will provide broad tax relief. The tour begins at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Statehouse in Topeka,…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Charges have been dropped against two Texas hunters in the investigation of a Kansas camp where hunters paid thousands of dollars to kill deer illegally. At the government’s request, U.S. District Judges Eric Melgren and Monti Belot dismissed the misdemeanor charges in separate cases against James Donnan and Michael Scarber, both of Center, Texas. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the dismissal relates to “technical issues” with the type of equipment allegedly used to hunt. Twelve hunters from Texas and Louisiana were charged in August with poaching-related misdemeanors connected to Camp Lone Star near Coldwater. Five pleaded guilty…