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Believing faithfully that failure is not an option is a guiding philosophy for a former Army staff sergeant who, despite his injuries in combat, applies it to his life daily.

Riley County officials say a hunter discovered the burial site near the 63-hundred block of south 32nd Street.

The Army plans to activate four new units at Fort Riley and convert another, resulting in an increase of soldiers at the Kansas post.

One of the two Riley County police officers injured in a Riley County accident Sunday has been released from a Wichita hospital and admitted to Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan.

It s not unusual for neighbors to work together toward a common goal, and Kansas State University and the First Infantry Division at Fort Riley are doing just that.

There are just a few days left before Army Capt. Nathan Williams finally gets to go home.

Fort Riley hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in anticipation of construction for the new state of the art Irwin Army Community Hospital Friday afternoon.

Outbreaks of seasonal and swine flu continue to be widespread across Kansas even as the first shipments of swine flu vaccine arrive in the state, health officials said Monday.

" U.S. Senator Sam Brownback applauded today's groundbreaking for the new hospital to be built at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Friday afternoon the Fort Riley Community gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of its new hospital.

Officials announced plans in May to close the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Leavenworth as well as two in Alabama.

Photo credit Courtesy photo Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Nolan takes a moment for a family portrait.

The Custer House dining room has been the site of a strange ghostly apparatus in the past when a video camera taped an image of someone walking across the room.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says construction on Fort Rileys new hospital is likely to begin next month.

In minute detail, we learn what happens to the human body when it meets a roadside bomb, how the thunderclap of an exploding mortar can decimate the cockiest soldier's bravado, and why the unrelenting horrors on the garbage-strewn streets of Baghdad belied the overwrought rhetoric of Washington.

There are just a few days left before U.S. Army Capt. Nathan Williams finally gets to go home.

Afghanistan and Iraq are two totally different environments, each demanding different approaches by U.S. and allied forces engaged in the war on terrorism.

Four people were identified Friday in connection with a string of assaults near Simpson College.

A Fort Riley soldier is facing charges in two Kansas counties on multiple counts, including rape and burglary.Tony Lewis has been charged in Geary and Riley counties.Lewis made his initial appearance in Riley County court on Wednesday on charges of two counts of rape, aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, kidnapping, ...

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Junction City resident Tiffany Gillis was named winner of Fort Riley's Operation Rising Star competition Saturday during the post's annual Oktoberfest celebration.

The family of a U.S. Army soldier from Chickasha says the soldier was found dead at his home near Fort Riley, Kan., where he was stationed.

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A Solider assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley, Kan., died from wounds sustained while serving in Afghanistan.

A Fort Riley soldier found dead on the post earlier this week was identified today as PFC Dale Tyler, fort officials said.

Spc. Hercules, 22, died Oct. 1 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.

Military officials say the soldier ws found dead in the Colyer Manor housing area on post.

Spc. Clancey Henderson of the 1st Infantry Division survived a grueling competition to win the Army's 2009 Best Warrior competition.

When Michelle came home from Iraq 14 months ago, she started getting serious about her career.

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The Institute for the Health and Safety of Military Families will focus research and resources at Kansas State University on issues facing soldiers from the nearby 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley.

Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division run through fog during a re-deployment ceremony welcoming them back to Fort Riley, Kan.