Category Archives: Fort Riley

Court dismisses appeal in Fort Riley bombing case

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A federal appeals court has refused to hear the appeal of a Kansas man who tried to set off what he thought was a bomb at an Army post to support the Islamic State. A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by John T. Booker Jr. challenging some conditions of his supervised release.

Fort Riley bureaucracy frustrated moms who sought care for soldier sons

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Tracey Martin remembers boarding a plane in late August and receiving another round of bad news about her son, Stephen. Stephen Martin, a specialist in the Army, had an autoimmune disease that was eating away at his nerve endings, gradually eroding his ability to feel in his limbs.