The No Stone Unturned Foundation is set to host a ribbon cutting and grand opening of its new state-of-the-art No Stone Unturned Therapeutic Learning Center which is an integrated, collaborative therapy facility for children with a wide range of challenges, disabilities and delays. The $8M “No Need Unmet” Capital Campaign is currently raising funds to complete payment for the new facility that is located at 4761 Tuttle Creek Blvd in Manhattan. Construction on the facility began in Jul. 2023 in a groundbreaking facility and the new facility boasts feeding kitchens, training restrooms, sensory gyms, private rooms with open treatment zones,…
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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.
On Thursday’s shortened edition of The Game, Chris Karpman joins the show to preview Arizona State. Mitch makes his prediction for tonight’s game against LSU and the guys make six more picks in Mitch in Vegas.
A Manhattan man murdered last month was shot in his detached garage, and a third man was present in the home, according to documents acquired by The Mercury. Two Ogden men face charges of first-degree murder and more after Riley County Police Department officers found 59-year-old Don Stovall shot 715 N. 4th St. on Oct. 19. New, heavily redacted documents indicate a third man was at the home with 20-year-old Aiden Shane Keener and 31-year-old Antwajuane Jerome McNeil and stayed in the house with Mary Stovall, Don Stovall’s wife, while other men, presumably McNeil and Keener, were in the garage with…
UPDATE – 11/15/24 at 9:51 AM – Gooden-Heit’s sentencing has been pushed back to Dec. 2 at 9 a.m. A Manhattan man convicted of child sex crimes in September will be sentenced in Riley County District Court Monday morning. A jury convicted 29-year-old Tristian Gooden-Heit on 15 counts of child sex crimes and single counts of computer crimes and interference with law enforcement by tampering with evidence on Sept. 27. Gooden-Heit was arrested in summer 2022 after he forwarded nude images of a 14-year-old girl to himself from her boyfriend’s cell phone. Gooden-Heit, who worked at Opportunities Unlimited in Ogden…
A K-State football player was injured in an accident earlier Wednesday morning in Manhattan. 21-year-old Alec Marenco, who is a linebacker on the team, was taken to Via Christi by EMS for his injuries. The accident occurred at the corner of Marlatt Avenue and Matter Drive just after 6:15 a.m. when a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Akeena Jones-Greene crossed the center lane into oncoming traffic collided head on with Marenco who was driving in his 2019 GMC Sierra after he tried to swerve out of the way. By the time he had gotten out of the way,…
Another election in Riley County has passed without any voter fraud issues, an official said. Riley County clerk Rich Vargo said the Nov. 5 general election didn’t bring up any suspicion of voter fraud, nor has any election since Vargo took over his role in 1997. “Voter fraud has to be done intentionally by someone,” Vargo said. “Election security, that really starts with the poll workers, and we make sure to have equal representation of Republicans and Democrats at all the polling places just so we can give folks peace of mind that election security and integrity are our top…
A Wamego man is dead following an accident on Wednesday afternoon on K-99 south of Wamego in Wabaunsee County. The accident occurred just after 1:30 p.m. when a 2009 Chevy Silverado driven by Damon Welsh, 20, of Manhattan was traveling southbound on K-99 and for an unknown reason crossed the center line and struck a 2010 Honda CR-V driven by John Long, 69, of Wamego. Both vehicles were disabled in the East ditch on K-99. Welsh was transported by EMS to Stormont Vail for a suspected serious injury. His further status at this time is currently unknown. Long was taken…
On Wednesday’s edition of The Game, Derek Young from K-State Online calls-in for the first half hour of the show. Then, the guys talk with “The Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus and K-State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie on the signing of three new 2025 prospects giving the ‘Cats the No. 6 recruiting class in the nation.
Police have arrested a Manhattan woman for committing forgery and identity theft. 37-year-old Sarah Sessin was arrested and charged early Wednesday morning on probable cause offenses of forgery by making or altering a written instrument, making false information, interference with law enforcement by falsely reporting with the intention to obstruct and identity theft by misrepresenting to cause economic or bodily harm with a value greater than $100,000. Sessin was booked into Riley County Jail just after 1 a.m. Wednesday and remains confined as of this report on a bond of $15,000.
On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, LSU play-by-play announcer Chris Blair joins the program to preview Thursday’s game against the Tigers. Also, Mitch sits down with K-State forward Kennedy Taylor and does Cam Skattebo play this weekend?