Facebook had its 12th birthday yesterday, and they celebrated by challenging the idea that we're all six degrees of separation from each other. Now that we're all online, apparently it's more like three-and-a-half. They ran the numbers on all 1.6 billion people on Facebook, and found the average user is just 3.57 degrees of separation [...]
Rare things happened inside the Riley County Commission Chambers Thursday morning in Manhattan.First off, commissioners took money from larger than projected sales tax revenue and distributed some of it among five local agencies that had seen cuts in their 2015 county appropriation funds early First off, commissioners took money from larger than projected sales tax
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A Fort Riley soldier has been sentenced to 10 life sentences with lifetime post release supervision and electronic monitoring for sex-related crimes in Geary County. James Henning was sentenced Thursday on the 10 convictions, which included two counts of aggravated indecent liberties, three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, four counts of sexual exploitation of a
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Updated 2:15 p.m. Thursday: The jury in the trial of a man at the center of a shooting in Aggieville, has come back with a verdict. Jurors in the trial of Mark Self Jr. found the 31 year old Manhattan man guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter and aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon. Sentencing
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After more than a decade of serving as Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council, John Armbrust of Manhattan is resigning–although he’ll serve in the position through April. Armbrust announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Thursday morning that he turned in his resignation Wednesday. He says he has no health issues he’s aware of, but he just
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Edward Houston Jr., 49, of Junction City, Kansas on February 3, 2016 at approximately 11:50 AM while at the Riley County Police Department. Houston was arrested on a warrant from Geary County, Kansas for the offense of violation of a bond condition. He was given a total
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The month of January tested USD 383’s endurance as the first few weeks of the new year began with the important task of selecting a new Superintendent. The nine members of Manhattan-Ogden’s Board of Education are probably not too upset at Wednesday evening’s light agenda. Taking out a bond issue during the economic strife of the late
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The Junction City Police Department is requesting help from the public in locating a runaway juvenile. 16-year-old, Hispanic female, Allison Y. Blanco has been missing since January 31, 2016. If you have seen Allison or know of where she may be located, please contact the Junction City Police Department at 785-762-5912 or the Junction City / Geary County
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John T. Booker Jr., 21, of Topeka, Kansas, pleaded guilty to attempting to detonate a vehicle bomb on the Fort Riley military base near Manhattan. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom of the District of Kansas and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin made the announcement. Booker pleaded guilty before U.S. District
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