Author: AJ Shaw

Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, AJ joined KMAN in the Summer of 2023 and is currently a news/sports reporter, producer and host of Scoreboard Saturday. You can contact him at aj@1350kman.com.

Officers have arrested a Manhattan man on slew of charges that include perjury and identity theft. Police arrested Cesilio Martinez Gonzalez at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon at the Riley County Police Department. Officers arrested Martinez Gonzalez on probable cause offenses of interference with law enforcement by falsely reporting a felony with the intent to obstruct, perjury, identity theft, interference with the judicial process and failure to appear. Total bond in this case has been set at $21,500 and Martinez Gonzalez remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report

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A local animal shelter announced on Monday that it is closing temporarily due to symptoms resembling kennel cough were going around the shelter. The Junction City Animal Shelter announced in a social media post that the shelter will be closing for a minimum of one week so they could monitor symptoms of kennel cough. The disease is a highly contagious respiratory disease and is very common in shelters similar to the Junction City Animal Shelter. The social media posts says the illness can spread due to one stray dog coming into the shelter. Dog owners in the area are encouraged…

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One man was taken to a local hospital following an injury accident on Saturday night at the corner of Kimball and College Avenues. Officers filed the report just after 11:30 p.m. when 55-year-old Brian Anderson of Manhattan hit 46-year-old Jamie Dolan of Manhattan who was trying to cross the street. Anderson turned right at a green light but did not see Dolan striking him in his 2019 Mercedes. Dolan was transported to Via Christi in Manhattan for suspected non-life threatening injuries. Anderson was not injured in the collision.

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A local woman has been arrested by RCPD for criminal damage to property. Police arrested 37-year-old Allyson Gann just prior to 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the 600 block of Poyntz Avenue. Officers charge Gann in this case with single counts of criminal damage to property with a value between $1,000 and $25,000, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of an opiate, opium, narcotic or stimulate. KDOC records show Gann previously had been convicted in Riley County for child abuse back in 2007 and for criminal damage to property in Pottawatomie County in 2021. Gann…

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On Friday’s edition of The Game, Troy and AJ handle the first hour as Scott Springer from the Cincinnati Enquirer joins the program to preview the Bearcats. Then in Hour 2, Mitch joins the boys from Derby to preview tonight’s playoff game between MHS and Derby and also do Mitch in Vegas as well as MitchPom!

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The Bluemont and 4th Street roundabout in Manhattan saw the most accidents in the 3rd quarter of this year, which is between Jul. 1 and Sept. 30. In total, eight accidents occurred at that roundabout during that time frame, while the intersection at Tuttle Creek Boulevard and McCall Road saw seven accidents. The intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fort Riley Boulevard, Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Kimball Avenue, Seth Child Road and Anderson Avenue, Fort Riley Boulevard and S. Delaware Avenue and Tuttle Creek Boulevard and E. Poyntz Avenue saw five or more crashes during the quarter. In…

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On Thursday’s edition of The Game, K-State WBB coach Jeff Mittie joins the program as well as Curry Sexton from Wildcat NIL. Also, the guys preview K-State football’s upcoming matchup with “The Godfather” Dontay Corleone and the Cincinnati Bearcats.

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Police have arrested and charged an Ellsworth man for distribution of a controlled substance causing death. Police arrested Caziah Self, 23, on Wednesday afternoon at approximately noon on a Riley County District Court warrant on the aforementioned charge as well as single counts for using a communication facility in the commission of a felony drug violation and distribution of an opiate less than 10 units. The apprehension stems from an incident that occurred in June 2023 wherein law enforcement officers investigated the overdose death of a 25-year-old individual in Manhattan, Kansas. Self pled guilty earlier this year to possessing over…

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Police arrested a Clay Center man at the Hy-Vee gas station on Tuesday morning just before 6 a.m. in the 200 block of Leavenworth Street. Dwayne Wright, 50, has been charged in this case with one count of criminal possession of a firearm by a felon and is confined on a bond of $5,000. Wright has a lengthy criminal history dating back to 1993 in Leavenworth County. He was arrested twice last year for firearm theft and motor vehicle theft in Johnson County.

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