Former Marshall County Clerk Sonya Stohs has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for felony misuse of public funds. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Stohs was sentenced Monday. The 44-year-old pleaded guilty in November in Marshall County District Court to one count of felony misuse of public funds. District Judge John L. Weingart sentenced her to 32 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections with 24 months of post-release supervision. She’s also been ordered to pay more than $372,000 in restitution in to Marshall County in addition to more than $400 in investigative and court costs.…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Interest in growing industrial hemp as a commercial crop is up in Kansas where regulators are reporting a 30% rise in licensing applications for the second year of the state’s research program. The Salina Journal reported that the Kansas Department of Agriculture received 276 grower applications for the 2020 season, up from just over 200 in the first year of a period devoted to researching production options. There were also 23 applications from seed distributors, 35 from processors and seven by Kansas State University.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 67-point whitetail deer shot by a Kansas bow hunter has won “King of Kansas” honors. The non-typical whitetail deer was shot in October by Brian Butcher of Andover, who earned the title Sunday during the final day of the Kansas Monster Buck Classic in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that the rack unofficially measured in at 321 3/8 inches on the Boone and Crockett scale. Official measurements will be taken in 2022 for world-record status, as it would be the fourth-largest nontypical deer ever recorded.
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Bluemont Avenue in Manhattan on January 24, 2020, at approximately 10:40 AM. Officers listed Walmart as the victim when it was reported two…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley Co. Historical Museum Director Cheryl Collins and Historical and Archaeological Society of Fort Riley’s Caroline Sibley. We also spoke with Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood.
Student volunteers and community members gathered Saturday at the Staley School of Leadership building for a day of service to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Following a breakfast, volunteers went out to several different locations in the community for volunteer work. Some groups went to Goodwill to sort clothes, while another group went to Meadowlark to decorate for a party the residents were having. K-State holds a week of observance honoring Dr. King every January, kicking it off with the day of service the first weekend students are back on campus for the spring semester. In total,…
Fort Riley on Friday said goodbye to one of the Army’s “finest senior noncommissioned officers,” in the opinion of the post’s commanding general. The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley honored outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Craig Bishop and welcomed in his successor, Raymond Harris, in a change of responsibility ceremony. Bishop, enlisted out of Sweetwater, Tennessee, has served in all NCO Leadership duty positions during his tenure in the Army beginning in 1992. He leaves Kansas for North Carolina, assigned to Fort Bragg as the command senior enlisted leader for the Joint Special Operations Command. “He truly embodies and has…
About 70 students graduated from programs at the Flint Hills Job Corps Center in front of hundreds of friends and family Friday. Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson gave the keynote address at the ceremony. During his speech, Watson emphasized the importance of finding one’s passion. He also talked about recognizing and seizing opportunities in life. FHJCC Directer Johnny Taylor also spoke to students at the event, urging the graduates to not accept failure while also accepting that failure will happen. He also told the students that they don’t have to be a product of negative experiences. Also speaking at…
Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers stopped by KMAN this morning to discuss various items proposed in Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the State address and 2020 budget proposal. Medicaid Expansion During her State of the State address last week, Kelly optimistically talked about the potential for passing a bill during the 2020 legislative session that would expand Medicaid. Rogers shares this sentiment, saying he is optimistic about the Senate passing an expansion bill that has already been passed by the House of Representatives. However, he says there are still some in the legislature who are opposed to the bill. If…
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