A Fort Riley soldier has been killed after a standoff involving U.S. Marshals and local authorities at a hotel in Abilene. Sgt. Kirk Evenson was reported Absent Without Leave by military authorities Tuesday. When he failed to appear for the second day of his court-martial for Rape of a Child. Evenson was tried in absentia and on Wednesday he was convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Evenson’s vehicle was later spotted outside a local hotel in Abilene. Law enforcement officials went to apprehend Evenson and after a lengthy standoff, Evenson was killed. Fort Riley spokeswoman Lt. Col. Sophie Gainey…
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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office arrested 2 individuals Wednesday who are believed to be responsible for at least 10 or more burglaries in the Olsburg, Westmoreland, Louisville, and Wamego area. Over the past several weeks, the Sheriff’s Office has taken multiple reports of burglaries and thefts to garages and vehicles. Items reported stolen were tools, fishing equipment,tackle boxes, boats, a trailer as well as other misc. items. Detectives and Deputies developed a suspect and went to an address in Westmoreland Wednesday. At this address, stolen property was located and recovered. At a second address in St.George, additional stolen property was recovered,…
A hearing was held at the Riley County Division III court today (Thursday) on motions from the defense for former Manhattan High School student Cole Drake. The 15 year old Drake is charged with 1st degree murder and aggravated burglary in the shooting death of 14-year-old Tyler Dowling in April. The motions today (on Thursday) were brought forward by defense attorney Brenda Jordan to suppress statements made at the Riley County Police Department headquarters on April 14th when Drake confessed to the crime. Defense attorney Brenda Jordan argued that her client and his mother were told by detectives that they…
The main advice for getting to the Kansas State football games on time this year is to start out early. That was the word from Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. Gerg Harkrader, who admits there will be additional challenges this year with work on K-18. But he reminds KMAN he and his officers are used to dealing with heavy traffic on football days… K-18 while under construction is a 55 mile per hour speed zone–although Harkrader expects traffic to be traveling at a speed quite a bit less than that on football game days. Harkrader says the morning games are always the trickiest to…
Anyone from the ages of one to 100 is encouraged to come out to Downtown Manhattan’s Purple Power Play on Poyntz the next two evenings. Downtown Manhattan Executive Director Gina Scroggs indicates everything is going great. She says a brand new line-up of entertainment on the stage is planned. Downtown streets, by the way, will be closed beginning at two this (Thursday) afternoon. Events begin at six in the evening both days. Scroggs says the event continues to grow, with 80-plus vendors this year compared to 50 in the past.
HOUSTON (AP) Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne is speaking out after his school’s decision to leave the Big 12. In a blog posted Wednesday, Byrne says the departures of Nebraska and Colorado and the creation of the Longhorn Network at rival Texas made the Big 12 “considerably different” than it was last summer — when he said the Aggies should remain in the league. The blog was posted a few hours after Texas A&M told the Big 12 it plans to leave the league by July 2012 if it is accepted by another conference. The Aggies have expressed…
Rumors are rampant about BYU being one of the candidates to replace Texas A&M as the 10th member of the Big 12 conference. A&M informed the Big 12 on Wednesday that they would be joining another conference, in all certainty the SEC. BYU released the following statement: “There is much speculation right now regarding conference affiliation that seems to change by the hour. Commenting on such conjecture is not productive and creates a distraction for our program. As we enter the 2011-12 athletic season, BYU is focused on the opportunities ahead. We are excited about our relationship with ESPN as…
DETROIT (AP) Wilson Betemit capped Detroit’s three-run eighth inning with a tie-breaking RBI double against his former team, leading the Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Austin Jackson went 4 for 4 and scored three times for the AL Central-leading Tigers, who have won seven of 10. Miguel Cabrera added two hits and Jose Valverde worked the ninth for his 40th save in 40 chances. Blake Wood (5-2) took the loss for the Royals, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk in one inning. Rookie Eric Hosmer did hit a…
TONGANOXIE, Kan. (AP) Tonganoxie High football coach Mark Elston has resigned after being suspended after he disciplined one of his players. Elston resigned Wednesday as he started his 12th year at the northeast Kansas school. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Elston was suspended Monday after he reportedly picked up a player and reprimanded him for delivering a blindside hit on a player who was not supposed to be touched. Elston says he had warned sophomore linebacker Jordan Boudreaux several times about the tackles he was delivering and reprimanded him to protect his other players. The incident was reported to…