March is here and work on the next fiscal year’s budget is starting to get into full swing. RCPD Director Brad Schoen updated Riley County Commissioners on how his budget process is fairing during Monday’s meeting. He hopes to have input from the Riley County Law Board during their April meeting, with the May meeting targeted for publishing expenditures. There will be some changes made to the Riley County Police Department’s 2013 budget based on some legislation that was in acted last year. The Kansas Legislature in 2011 enacted changes to KPERS and KPNF formulas, which Schoen says didn’t effect…
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The Kansas Highway Patrol continues it’s investigation into an early Sunday morning accident in Nemaha county that took the life of a Manhattan man. Daniel Schwarz, 23, died in the accident on K-63. Also injured were occupants of the 2008 Chevy Silverado Schwarz was driving, including Michael Chase,22, of Beattie, Loralet Prell, 22, of Home and Joshua Roady, 22, of Marysville. Roady and Prell were both transported by Lifestar, Roady to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas city and Prell to Stormont Vail in Topeka. Prell was discharged from Stormont Vail. Chase went to the Onaga hospital.
A Manhattan teenager accused of killing another has pleaded not guilty and will go to trial in September. Cole Drake, 15, entered his plea late Monday afternoon in the Riley County courtroom of Judge David Stutzman to the charges of 1st degree murder. Additionally, Drake waived his right to a trial within 90 days. Drake is charged with the killing of 14 year old Tyler Dowling, and is being held with a $500,000 bond by the Riley County Police Department. A motions hearing is set for the Aug.8 at 9:00 am, and trial is set for Sept. 24-29.
A Manhattan woman accidentally ran her vehicle into the Westloop McDonald’s Sunday afternoon, injuring one. Riley County Police say 35-year-old Nancy Ott was adjusting her 1999 Lexus RX300 SUV as she was parking it when the vehicle accelerated through the wall on the eastside of the building, damaging some of the brick and a plate glass window. Ott and her two children, passengers in the vehicle, were unharmed. Injured was Cole Classen, 17, of Whitewater, Kansas, though no information as to the extent of his injuries was available, nor was a damage estimate to the McDonald’s building, itself. Ott has…