The below story and video is courtesy of Ft. Riley Staff Sgt., Noel Gerig More than a dozen Bradley Fighting Vehicle crews from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conducted Gunnery Table IV at Fort Riley on October 5th. Crews participated in Table IV to ensure their weapon systems […]
Officers with the Riley County Police Department responded to a vehicle and pedestrian collision near the intersection of Vattier Street and Juliette Street in Manhattan on October 12, 2015 at approximately 1:00 PM. Officers on scene found that a 2008 Chevy 1500 driven by Christopher Glover, 22, of Riley, Kansas struck Ashleigh Lawson, 21, of […]
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Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson was named Prosecutor of the Year by the Kansas County and District Attorney’s Association (KCDAA) on Monday, October 12th, 2015 at the organizations fall conference in Overland Park, Kansas. The KCDAA is the professional organization for prosecutors in the state of Kansas. Its purpose is to promote, improve, and facilitate the administration of […]
1947 Pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier He flew his Bell X-1 rockets plane over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis began On October 14, 1962, an American U-2 spy plane making a high-altitude pass over Cuba photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile [...]
We all have at least one movie that we can watch over and over and over and over again without getting the least bit bored. According to an online survey, the MOST rewatchable movie is "Star Wars". Here's the Top 25 . . . well, 26, thanks to a tie at #25: 1. "Star [...]
Over 26,000 people from around the world are in Washington D.C. for the 2015 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition including delegates from Manhattan, Fort Riley, and Junction City chapter. The 3-day conference began on Monday and wraps up today. AUSA – which stands for Association of the U.S. Army – hosts the professional development event yearly. […]
A new survey found the most popular type of Halloween candy in each state. Candy corn came in first in five states, but Reese's Peanut Butter Cups got the most votes overall. The most random result is West Virginia's . . . they picked Oreos. But...what about Kansas??
LEONARDVILLE — A large crowd greeted First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas at a Town Hall in Leonardville Tuesday afternoon. Topics ranged from veterans’ affairs to who the new Speaker of the House might be and Planned Parenthood. Questions were also asked about mental health issues, immigration, ISIS, term limits, gun control, and NBAF. […]
Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Tuesday morning that he will seek another term. Wells, who represents District 3, was elected to his first term in November 2012 and said he decided to run again when it was learned recently that the likelihood of Wildcat Creek getting federal funds to […]
