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Support for Bills’ Damar Hamlin

John AndersonJanuary 5, 2023

Arrowhead Stadium was bathed in Buffalo red and blue Wednesday night, as teams and players continue to show support for the Bills’ Damar Hamlin. The Chiefs posted photos to social media showing Hamlin’s name and number glowing from the big screen, with blue light encircling the stadium. The post included the words “For Damar” followed by a heart. The Chiefs special lighting display is amon...

Animal Cruelty Case

John AndersonJanuary 4, 2023

A man being sought in connection with an animal cruelty case has been arrested. Saline County Jail records indicate 56-year-old Scott Marler was booked into the Saline County Jail this week. Charges were requested against Marler last January in a case involving a dog that was badly injured. Back on January 19th of 2022 Salina police officers responded to the 900 block of Choctaw to assist th...

Alleged Kidnapping Manhattan

John AndersonJanuary 3, 2023

Law enforcement authorities are investigating an alleged kidnapping in Manhattan and have three men in custody.  According to a media release, just before 8:30p.m. Monday, the Riley County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting shots were fired at the Links Apartments in the 500 block of Gatlinburg Way. A witness reported a shooting followed by a man being forced from an apartment an...

Recall of Alfalfa Sprouts

John AndersonJanuary 1, 2023

A Nebraska company on Friday expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after more than a dozen cases of salmonella were linked to the food.  The sprouts are sold in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. SunSprouts Enterprises doubled its recall that was first announced Thursday. Nebraska health officials said. The 1,406 pounds of raw sprouts were distributed in 4-ounce and 2.5-pound packages to food service and ...

Accidental Shooting Geary County

John AndersonDecember 31, 2022

Law enforcement authorities are investigating an accidental shooting in Geary County. Just before 9p.m. Friday.  According to a media release the Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on Humboldt Creek Road for a pre-teen with a gunshot wound, according to a media release. During the investigation it was revealed to deputies the victim received his wound as an older sibling w...

$820,000 Bridge Grant

John AndersonDecember 29, 2022

The Reno County Public Works Department, on behalf of Reno County, has been chosen to receive $820,000 in grant funding for the replacement of the bridge on Victory Road one-half mile east and two miles south of Buhler. The grant is part of the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Off System Bridge Program....

Edward Seaton Passes

John AndersonDecember 28, 2022

Edward Seaton, a longtime Kansas newspaper publisher who served as the Pulitzer Prize Board's chair and advocated for international press freedom, has died. He was 79. He died of natural causes Monday night at his home in Manhattan, his son, Ned, who followed his father as publisher of The Manhattan Mercury, told the newspaper. Edward Seaton was chairman of Seaton Publications at the time of his d...

DUI Traffic Enforcement

John AndersonDecember 26, 2022

From Monday, (Dec. 26) through Jan. 2, 2023, local and state law enforcement departments across Kansas are taking part in the Taking Down DUI traffic enforcement campaign. The campaign, supported through the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), includes police departments, sheriff’s offices and the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP). KDOT said the New Year’s holiday outranks most when it comes...

MERRY CHRISTMAS

John AndersonDecember 24, 2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM 1560, 95.9 FM AND KABITHEGENERAL.COM “THE GENERAL”....

Former Kansas Lawmaker Guilty

John AndersonDecember 22, 2022

A former Kansas state lawmaker was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief. Federal prosecutors said Wichita Republican 44 year old Michael Capps filed forms inflating the number of employees he had at two businesses and a sports foundation, and then applied for loans to pay the nonexistent employees. A federal grand jury in...

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