RILEY COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on child sex crime allegations.
Just after 7:30p.m. Sunday police arrested Ronald Mark Lichtenhan, 61, Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department booking report.
Lichtenhan is being held on a $1,000,000.00 bond on requested charges that include 4 counts of Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a child under the age of 14 and Aggravated Criminal Sodomy of a child under 14.
Police released no additional details early Monday.
Several of our members have called or emailed us over the past couple of weeks because they have received emails regarding invoices and/or past due accounts. These emails were not generated by us, but have some of our information on them and appear to be sent from our email address. These are phishing emails and, unfortunately, we have no way of stopping them. You will never receive an invoice from info@jcacc.org; invoice emails will always come from finance@jcacc.org. Please take a moment to read the following information about phishing scams.
Phishing is a social engineering technique usually involving communications via email, text, or social media. It is fraudulent practice of claiming to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as usernames & passwords or credit card numbers. Phishing is a huge problem facing businesses since phishing emails target individual users.
A couple of notes:
95% of all attacks are the results of successful spear-phishing.
Phishing attempts have grown 65% in the last year.
How to recognize phishing emails:
Who sent it?
Is the email one you’d normally receive from the individual?
Does it match the tone, spelling, or subject you would expect from this person?
Is the domain correct (the part after the @)?
Is the signature the same as what you normally receive from the individual?
Who was it sent to?
Is it clearly stated to whom this email was sent?
What is it about?
Is the subject and content of the email something you would receive in the normal course of the day?
Is there an attachment or link telling you to follow it to get the information you need?
If it isn’t something you expected to receive, don’t click!
One Gas, Inc. has announced that the Kansas Gas Service division has been selected by the U.S. Government to own, operate and maintain the natural gas distribution facilities at Fort Riley under a 50-year contract. The terms of the privatization contract must still be reviewed by the Kansas Corporation Commission and, if approved, Kansas Gas Service will start the transition process with an intent to commence operations in April 2020.
One Gas’ local distribution companies provide similar services to Fort Bliss in El paso, Texas, and Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. “We are dedicated to safety and providing the highest quality of service,” said Caron Lawhorn, senior vice president – commercial, One Gas, Inc. “We’re pleased to support vital military operations in the state of Kansas by partnering with the Federal Government to provide safe and reliable service to Fort Riley.”
The Junction City – Manhattan area continues under a flood watch through Tuesday night.
Over the weekend four to six inches of rain were projected to fall in the region through Tuesday night. As of Monday morning that prediction has been reduced to three to four inches.
There is a risk for severe storms Monday and Tuesday.
Former Buffalo Soldiers from Juncton City. Albert Curley was on the left on the back row.
The last living Buffalo Soldier in Junction City, Albert Curley, died September 30th at Brookdale Senior Living in Junction City. His funeral service is set for 10 a.m. Monday, October 8th at the Junction City Church of the Nazarene, 1025 South Washington Street.
Curley retired from the U.S. Army in 1969 after a career that saw him become one of the storied Buffalo Soldiers, a member of one of the all African-American cavalry and infantry units activated between the late 1800s and the mid-1900s. During his military career Curley received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and World War II Victory Medal.
During an interview last week his son, Albert Curley II, noted that his father’s thoughts on serving as a Buffalo Soldiers went back to the beginning of those troops. “The Buffalo Soldiers, they got the worst gear, the worst horses, and sometimes they were led by people who didn’t want to be there. And yet they had the lowest desertion rate, the highest morale.” He also stated. “We go back three generations of Buffalo Soldiers and they fought hard for equality and for their rights. But they also fought for everybody else’s rights when they fighting for those rights, and they knew that. Dad kept that attitude, he kept that philosophy that we are all the same and everybody is to be treated with respect and honor, and recognized for what they are.”
The Department of State in Washington D.C. held an event called, The Day in the Life of a Buffalo Soldier. Curley stated his father was interviewed and asked if he had any bitterness or feelings about discrimination he’d experienced. “He said no. He had accomplished what he set out to accomplish.”
The elder Curley helped other community work members to establish a Buffalo Soldier Monument near 18th Street on the former Pawnee Park site on the north side of Junction City. His son stated, “For them to convert that to Buffalo Soldier Park was a true accomplishment, and he was very very proud of that.”
Curley will be buried with full military honors at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery near Manhattan.
Tony Wolf ( Photo courtesy of Geary County Sheriff’s Department ).
Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf had an opportunity to meet for a short time Saturday night with President Donald Trump during the President’s visit to Topeka for a rally.
Wolf explained he worked through some friends with the Secret Service to get the opportunity to meet the President. “When he showed up I got to shake hands with him, visited with him for a very short amount of time, and I got a photo with him, a White House photo.” The White House photographer took the photograph so it will be awhile for Wolf receives a copy. The Sheriff called the visit with Trump “a humbling experience.”
Wolf said the President was “very nice, very soft spoken” and very interested in what the Sheriff had to say.
Trump participated in a roundtable discussion with business representatives and then a rally at the Kansas Expocentre.
Warmer. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percen
The Kansas Highway patrol reported a 2004 Chevy Express cargo van driven by John R. Hall, 73, Northport AL., was westbound on Interstate 70 just east of the Wamgo-Alma exit.
The driver experienced a medical issue, drove off the roadway and collided with a metal guardrail in the median. Hall was transported to the hospital in Topeka.
He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State will stop offering the Putnam Scholarship to students.
The Putnam was a $9,000 per year scholarship, which a student could have for four years.
Pat Bosco, dean of student life, says the university is shifting its scholarships from totally merit-based to need plus merit-based. He says the change is meant to reallocate money to a broader group of students.
Bosco said 301 students receive the Putnam Scholarship, worth more than $2.7 million. Students who currently receive the scholarship will continue to receive it.
The Manhattan Mercury reports the university has created two new scholarships to replace the Putnam for incoming students next year. The University Scholar Award is worth $20,000 over four years. The Foundation Plus Scholarship is worth a maximum $14,500 over four years.
Just after 7:30p.m. Sunday police arrested Ronald Mark Lichtenhan, 61, Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department booking report.
