A Lecompton man has been bound over for trial for causing a fatal crash near Wamego last summer. An all-day preliminary hearing was held Thursday in Pottawatomie County District Court for 45-year-old Mark Stanwix. Judge Erich Campbell found there was sufficient evidence to bind Stanwix over on two counts of involuntary manslaughter, three counts of [...]
Two former Wamego High teachers were sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County District Court for their roles in an inappropriate relationship with a former student. Allen Sylvester was sentenced by Judge Jeff Elder to five years in prison. He’ll serve 31 months consecutively on both charges of unlawful sexual relations, with 24 months of post-release supervision. [...]
Kansas State University will announce details in the coming weeks on how it will replace outgoing Provost Chuck Taber, who on Tuesday announced his retirement after the fall 2023 semester. In a statement Wednesday in K-State Today, President Richard Linton thanked Taber for his leadership and announced that the university will begin the process of [...]
Riley County Police have released more details about the three people hurt in a Tuesday crash near the Public Works shops. Police say 48-year-old Rodney Dugan, of Leonardville stopped in the eastbound lanes of Tuttle Creek Blvd. when he came upon a vehicle on fire. As he stopped, a pickup driven by 51-year-old Jack Bowen, [...]
Three people were hospitalized Tuesday morning following a car fire and separate crash north of Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says it happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. near the Public Works Shops. The incident shut down both north and southbound lanes for close to 40 minutes. [...]
Kansas State University Provost Chuck Taber is calling it a career. In a letter to the university community Tuesday, the provost and executive vice president said he will retire following the 2023 fall semester. Taber came to K-State in 2018, after spending 29 years at Stony Brook, where he served in a variety of roles, [...]
4 p.m. update Tuesday The Manhattan Fire Department says fire investigators have determined used staining rags that ignited due to spontaneous combustion, were the cause of a garage fire at a Manhattan home early Tuesday morning. Two cats were rescued from the scene and provided oxygen by Riley County EMS on scene. Another cat died [...]
Junction City fire officials are asking residents to avoid the area of Spring Valley Road at the intersection of McFarland Road, due to a gas line that was struck Monday just before 1 p.m. Fire Chief Jason Lankas says Kansas Gas was notified and crews were said to be evacuating the 100, 200 and 300 [...]
Challenges in corrections are happening across the country. Locally, it’s prompting the Riley County Police Department to consider exploring a feasibility study to look at facilities, most notably its jail space, which has seen a spike in the average daily population in recent months. Director Brian Peete told Riley County Commissioners Thursday, it’s not uncommon [...]
FRIDAY What: Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest Championship Competition (free admission) When: 7 p.m. Where: Flint Hills Discovery Center Who: Finalists, Serious category: Betty Burlingham (Manhattan, KS), John Marks (Gypsum, KS), Mary Powell (Longton, KS), Colby Richard (Ellsworth, KS), Kasey Rieff (Sarcoxie, MO), Scott Wiswell (Valley Center, KS). Finalists, Humorous category: Betty Burlingham (Manhattan, KS), Russell [...]
