A man previously sentenced for life in prison for the 2009 double-murder of his 1-year-old son and girlfriend in Ogden was back in the Riley County District Courthouse Tuesday afternoon. Luis Aguirre, who will have a new trial after the Kansas Supreme Court reversed his conviction in May of 2015, was present for his motions hearing. […]
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The Big Blue and Kansas Rivers Floodplain Management Plan, developed by a collection of local agencies, is now available for review and comment. The City of Manhattan, Pottawatomie County and Riley County developed the plan with support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Kansas Hazard Mitigation Team to provide guidance for managing […]
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A Louisville man was arrested by Riley County Police on Monday. Mark Hecker, 21, was arrested on warrants for failure to appear and probation violation. Hecker was released to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department. In a separate incident, police arrested 46-year old Wendy Montgomery for charges including criminal possession of a weapon and possession of […]
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Jennifer M. Farr, a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Junction City, and Lori J. Stratton, a high school English and reading teacher at Wamego High School, were named Region 1 finalists for the 2017 Kansas Teacher of the Year award during a ceremony held Saturday, Sept. 10, in Salina. This award recognizes excellent […]
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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education has a shortage of bus drivers. At Monday’s meeting, Larry Hannan, transporation director, presented the problem of not being able to support some of the smaller activity trips because of the shortage. His alternative solution was the purchase of a Type A 14 passenger school bus, which does not […]
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A head-on collision shut down parts of Kimball Avenue in Manhattan and injured at least two people Monday afternoon at approximately 1:30 p.m. A west-bound van and an east-bound passenger collided just east of the intersection of Kimball and Denison. The wreck rested in the west-bound lane of Kimball. One person was helicoptered from the […]
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This past 9/11 weekend, nine members from the Manhattan Fire Department (MFD) climbed 110 floors while wearing their fire fighting gear for the Kansas City 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in remembrance of the events that occurred 9/11/2001. A total of 343 Firefighters climbed 110 floors to honor of the 343 Fire Department New York (FDNY) […]
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Manhattan attorney Grant Bannister has been selected to be the next District Court Judge, serving Riley and Clay counties. Bannister has been a partner in the Knopp and Bannister law firm in Manhattan for 20 years, and will fill the seat left vacant by Judge David Stutzman who left the bench last June to accept a position with […]
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FORT RILEY — It’s been 15 years since the events of Sept. 11, 2001. But on Sunday at Fort Riley, the pain of that day and the ripple effect it had on lives well after is still very fresh. For the first time since 2013, a name was added to the Global War on Terrorism monument during […]
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A prominent Manhattan businessman and former K-State backup quarterback waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the Riley County District Courthouse Friday afternoon. Zachary Burton, 38, was arrested on four counts of unlawful sexual relations with a female high school senior on June 7. Judge William Malcolm accepted the waiver and set Burton’s arraignment for Sept. […]
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