Fort Riley welcomed new senior staff to the 1st Infantry Division on Friday with a Victory with Honors ceremony. 1st Infantry Division Commanding General D.A. Sims welcomed Colonel Geoffrey Norman and Colonel Paul Krattiger to their new positions. Norman took over as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the Big Red One and Krattiger, who has been with the division for some time, took over at the Chief of Staff. Sims says he had only worked with Krattiger for a short time, but knew of his reputation for years and was an easy choice for the position. Norman is new to…
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LARNED, Kan. — A 37-year-old man is charged with felony arson after a large American flag was burned outside a Larned business. The Pawnee County Attorney says Jason Wayne Cauble, of Larned, was arrested Tuesday and made his first court appearance on Thursday. Investigators allege Cauble burned a 30-by-20 foot flag outside of Carr Auction and Realty in Larned in April. Cauble remains jailed in lieu of a $15,000. Pawnee County Attorney Douglas McNett explained that people who burn their own flags are protected by their right to free speech but arson can be charged when the flag belongs to…
EDGERTON, Kan. — Residents living on the outskirts of a sprawling industrial park in eastern Kansas hope that creating their own town will protect their rural lifestyle from encroaching development. The Kansas City Star reports opposition to the massive Logistics Park Kansas City intermodal facility has been brewing for months. It boiled over after the Edgerton City Council earlier this year agreed to rezone 700 acres to make way for more industrial properties. That’s brought the development closer to the homes residents say they bought to be surrounded by fields and pastures. They hope that incorporating their own town will…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A man was fatally shot during a shootout with police in Kansas City, Kansas after he allegedly tried to break into a home. Kansas City, Kansas police spokeswoman Nancy Chartrand told The Kansas City Star that the man had been shot by the homeowner when police arrived at the house Friday afternoon. Police say the man turned a gun on them. Then they shot at him. He died at the scene. It’s unclear if the man shot at police. Three officers involved in the shootout are on paid administrative leave per the agency’s standard procedures.
PLAINVILLE, Kan. — State authorities are investigating after a police officer shot and killed a woman with a gun in a small Kansas town. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the shooting happened around 1 a.m. Sunday at a convenience store in Plainville, which is a town of about 2,000 people about 300 miles west of Kansas City, Kansas. The shooting happened after an officer tried to arrest 29-year-old Nicole Dechant of Hays on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. The KBI said Dechant pulled a gun out of her bag when the officer tried to arrest her. After Dechant ignored commands…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police have arrested a suspect in last week’s shooting death. Police said Sunday that 38-year-old Marshall Stewart IV has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a gun in connection with Thursday’s shooting. Officers found Bradley Bellinder, 51, of Topeka with a gunshot wound after a shooting was reported Thursday night on Northwest Polk Street.
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 and criminal use of a financial card in Manhattan on June 25, 2021, at approximately 11:42 a.m. Officers listed Hyvee and a 49-year-old male as the victims when…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Sunset Zoo’s Melissa Kirkwood. We also spoke with Linda Teener from UFM Community Learning Center.
Little Apple Pride held a picnic Saturday in Manhattan’s Blue Earth Plaza. The picnic is a change from the normal, larger pride festivities that would traditionally take place in April. Both the 2020 and 2021 April festivities had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. Kevin Stilley, Treasurer of the Flint Hills Human Rights Project and Little Apple Pride, spoke about putting on the picnic Little Apple Pride Chair Jonathan Mertz spoke about the event and how it’s more well received locally now than in previous years. Mertz spoke about how plans came to fruition after COVID scrapped plans for their…
A Lawrence woman in her late 20s is the latest to bring forward additional rape allegations in an ongoing sex abuse case against a former Manhattan restaurant owner. The woman, who was 19 and living in Riley County at the time of the alleged incident, accuses Bob Iacobellis of raping her at his restaurant in August or September 2011. Iacobellis, who pleaded not guilty to the additional charge, now faces 27 counts of sexual assault and rape involving three minors and one adult. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson and Iacobellis’s defense team, Brenda Jordan and Lora Ingels, questioned the alleged…