Wall pleads not guilty to second-degree murder
A Fort Riley man facing charges of 2nd-degree murder and attempted aggravated battery pleaded not guilty to both Tuesday morning during his arraignment at the Riley County District Courthouse. Tierre Wall, 26, allegedly shot 27-year-old Casey Lindley in the forehead during a confrontation at the intersection of Skyway Drive and Kansas Highway 114 near Ogden […]
Elementary School Issues at USD 320 Meeting
The USD 320 Board of Education heard about problems with elementary school issues. At Monday’s meeting, Operations Director Larry Hannan highlighted the issues with Central Elementary’s problems because of the wet spring. He emphasized these issues are with the most recent construction 5 years ago. The spring rains caused the foundation dirt on the […]
This Day In History – October 13
1903 Boston defeated Pittsburgh in the first World Series It was a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four 1982 The International Olympic Committee announced that it would posthumously restore the two gold medals - pentathlon AND decathlon - taken from Jim Thorpe He got his medals back 70 YEARS [...]
Two Injury Accidents in Geary County
Two injury accidents were reported in Geary County Monday. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the intersection of US 77 and old Highway 77 for a single vehicle injury accident at about 1:41 p.m. Tonino Coby of Fort Riley was reportedly turning north onto US-77 from Old HIghway 77 when he struck the guardrail. Coby was unconscious […]
Worst Prank EVER.
A prankster played a cruel trick on his girlfriend by pretending their son had been blown up in a 4-wheeler accident.Comedian and YouTube star Roman Atwood hired the young boy to scare his girlfriend Brittney Smith - who ended up in tears. He had his son run and hide while he swapped out the boy [...]
Student Sent Home For Wearing Military T-Shirt
An eighth-grade student in Gresham, Oregon wore a T-shirt to school that included a design memorializing fallen soldiers and the words “Standing for those who stood for us.”The shirt — showing boots, a helmet and a gun — got him suspended. Officials at the Middle School asked the kid to change his shirt or face [...]
Riley County employees take part in ninth training day
Tommy Webb set the tone for the day inside the Farm Bureau building. Webb was the keynote speaker for Riley County’s annual in-service training day — a day set aside for county staff and employees to mingle together, hear about each other’s departments and participate in various workshops. Webb, who grew up a starving child […]
RCPD Report 10/12/15
Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan woman who had been on RCPD’s most wanted list Saturday night. Jamie Berges, 25, was picked up in the 800 block of North Fourth Street and charged with two counts of failure to appear. Berges’ bond was set at eight thousand dollars. ### Riley County Police and emergency crews responded […]
This Day In History – October 12
In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue! Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, along with a crew of 90 and three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - he landed on Guanahani Island in the Bahamas He believed that he had found Asia while attempting to find a Western ocean route to India [...]