The Riley County police department has started conducting evaluations of their services to the county. “The Riley County police department is calling to ask you how happy you were when you were with us when you filed a report, got a ticket, or had an officer to respond to a call,” Brad Schoen, director of the Riley County Police, said. Additionally, Schoen said that a new system will be used in 2012 which will examine ‘benign’ calls; calls that didn’t result in a response.
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The FBI has taken over the investigation of the Kansas State bank robbery in Manhattan. The person in charge of the investigation was not available just before noon Friday. This is the second time this type of robbery has happened in as many months. The suspect entered the bank, presented the teller with a note demanding money and then left the bank. No weapon was displayed. The robber is described as a white male between 5’7″ and 5’8″, who weighs between 160-170 pounds. He was wearing a black beanie cap, sunglasses, a dark shiny coat and jeans at the time of the…
Ten times more students are taking nuclear engineering courses than were nearly 20 years ago. That’s according to William D. Magwood IV, a commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who visited Kansas State Thursday. Magwood adds he’s seen a lot of changes in nuclear energy in the nearly two decades he’s actively worked with the Department of Energy. He says the mid-90’s showed little interest in the field. And Magwood reminds us of Kansas State’s importance with it’s nuclear reactor–that is close to celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. Magwood said he also wanted to visit Kansas State to learn more about…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel offered a public apology Thursday after his overnight arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Boone County Sheriff’s Office records show that deputies pulled Pinkel over in Columbia, Mo., and jailed him Wednesday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He was released from the Boone County Jail after posting a $500 bond. A county prosecutor said that no decision had been made about filing formal criminal charges. In a written statement, Pinkel said he “accept(s) full responsibility for my actions and will abide by whatever course of action our leadership deems appropriate.”…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Topeka branch of the NAACP is planning a Statehouse news conference Thursday to reaffirm its support for a foundation that tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case. The National Park Service has given the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research until Dec. 1 to leave the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. The foundation is led by Cheryl Brown Henderson, a daughter of the named plaintiff in the landmark case. She led the National Park site briefly last year before returning to the foundation job. A…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) This year’s convention of the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts will focus on adapting to a changing climate. Speeches and breakout sessions at the gathering Sunday through Tuesday in Wichita will look at ways in which farmers, ranchers and conservationists can manage the risk of drought. Southwestern Kansas was ranked by the U.S. Drought Monitor this year as being in an “exceptional” drought, its highest ranking. The Association of Conservation Districts notes that two-thirds of the state’s 105 counties currently face a significant drought. Speakers at the convention will include Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman and Tonya…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State officials, sports celebrities and Fort Riley soldiers are scheduled to take part in the inaugural Kansas Governor’s Ringneck Classic pheasant hunt. The three-day event starts Friday in Oakley with the hunt taking place in the surrounding area. Gov. Sam Brownback, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Robin Jennison will lead the hunt along with other elected officials. Organizers say the event is designed to highlight hunting opportunities in northwestern Kansas to hunters around the Midwest. The expected group of 50 hunters include Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett, golfer Tom…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeastern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for buying child pornography from a supplier in Italy. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 57-year-old Daniel Aldridge, of Overland Park, was also fined $12,500 under the sentence he received Tuesday. Aldridge pleaded guilty earlier to one count of receiving child pornography. The investigation began in 2007 when Interpol agents investigated a suspected child porn ring in more than 30 countries. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says investigators found Aldridge’s name among 50,000 emails between the Italian supplier and his customers. Prosecutors say…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Ten members of the Occupy Lawrence movement pleaded not guilty to violating city park hours. The protesters made their first court appearance Tuesday. They rejected a plea offer of a $200 fine, $60 in court costs, a six-month-suspended jail sentence and a year of unsupervised probation. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the protesters’ next court appearance was scheduled for Dec. 12. The 10 people were ticketed last month for violating city park hours after protest members began camping in South Park. The group was told on Oct. 25 that it could no longer stay overnight in the…
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (AP) A King James Bible from a collection at Baker University is featured on the cover of December’s National Geographic. The university said in a news release Wednesday that the Bible is from the university’s William A. Quayle Bible Collection. The magazine’s cover story commemorates the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible. Baker said in a news release that the university’s Quayle Bible Collection includes several examples of the King James Bible, including two copies of the first edition from 1611. The collection began with a 1925 gift from the estate of Bishop…