Riley News

The recession has taken a toll on state funding of many programs. The budget director for the state of Kansas, Duane Goosen spoke at the Rasing Riley annual community meeting and discussed some of the funding shortfalls.

The Riley County Police Department will conduct an internal review of an accident earlier this month in which one of their cruisers smashed into an already crashed car, the department said.

An Ogden resident has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of a woman and her toddler son, whose bodies were found last week in rural Riley County.

Halloween is a multi-day event in most communities, with parties beginning in earnest next weekend.

Ware Elementary has announced the launch of their 2009-2010 Box Tops for Education fundraising campaign.

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

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

A Fort Riley soldier is facing charges in two Kansas counties on multiple counts, including rape and burglary.

A Chickasha man stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., was found dead at the base earlier this week.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

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

The Good Soldiers David Finkel Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 284 pp., $26 U.S. Army Lt.

Spc. William Bolling, a chaplaina TMs assistant, walks on patrol in April with the Afghan Border Policea TMs 2nd kandak in Chamkani, Paktia province.

If you live at or near Fort Riley, you may hear a lot of noise going on Tuesday.

This year, we will also join the American Legion in collecting items for the Wounded Warrior's Project of Ft.

David Finkel's book, The Good Soldiers, follows the battalion through a 14-month deployment during the surge; more than 70 members received Purple Hearts and 14 died. [DAVID FINKEL Special to the Times] The long war in Iraq is being fought in an age of instant and accessible communication, but one of its many ironies is that most Americans ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. A mission that has trained more than 15,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen to be advisers in Afghanistan and Iraq is leaving Kansas after three years, shifting focus as it moves to Louisiana.

Fort Riley seeks to support the Families of Fallen Soldiers. A forum was hosted Aug.

Members of the Kansas National Guard and local communities will be participating in a benefit motorcycle ride for the Wounded Warrior / Fisher House Foundation Saturday, Sept.

A few days ago, Capt. Nathan Williams asked the Iraqi battalion commander in charge of a northern Baghdad district whether he needed help with a planned security operation.