Author: AJ Shaw

One person was taken to a local hospital following a three-car accident in Manhattan on Monday evening. RCPD reports that the accident occurred at the corner of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and East Poyntz Avenue just before 6 p.m. when Jay Oaks, 23, of Manhattan failed to yield the right of way and struck a BMW 5 Series driven by Khristina Davies, 40, of Alta Vista and a Dodge Journey driven by Lindsy Rebegilia, 39, of Manhattan. Rebegilia was transported to Via Christi in Manhattan for non-life threatening injuries while Davies is reportedly not injured. Officers issued Oaks a citation for…

A Nebraska woman was taken to a local hospital following an accident on US-77 on Monday afternoon. Cynthia Johnston of Lincoln, Nebraska was traveling south on the highway near mile-marker 165 when her 2018 Subaru Outback collided with a deer entering the roadway. The vehicle was totaled in the collision. Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene and Johnston transported herself to to Stormont Vail Flint Hills. Her injuries are expected to be minor and non-life threatening.

Crews are looking to reopen westbound I-70 in Geary County near Junction City in the coming days. The project’s contractor will be reducing traffic on the eastbound and westbound lanes as they hope to finalize construction. This is the second phase of this project and crews are hoping to have this phase of the project completed and reopened to unrestricted traffic by the mid-to-late part of this month. The final phase of the project is set to begin next March and will be a 9-month long project ending in Dec. 2025.

On this week’s edition of Wildcat Insider, Mitch and Tim talk men’s and women’s basketball as both teams are 2-0 and the women find themselves in the top-10 in the AP Top 25. Also, “The Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson joins the program in Hour 2.

RCPD is investigating following a report that someone threw a rock through a window at Wal-Mart and then stole an unknown quantity of shotgun shells. Officers filed the report just before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening and are listing this case as aggravated burglary and criminal destruction of property. The total associated with the case was not reported by authorities as it is unknown at this time. Anyone with information in this case is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers.

RCPD is investigating following a report that someone threw a rock through a window at Wal-Mart and then stole an unknown quantity of shotgun shells. Officers filed the report just before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday evening and are listing this case as aggravated burglary and criminal destruction of property. The total associated with the case was not reported by authorities as it is unknown at this time. Anyone with information in this case is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers.

On Thursday’s edition of The Game, Brian Smoller and Curry Sexton join the program. Also, will we get more chaos out of the Big 12 this weekend? Plus, Mitch in Vegas and we giveaway tickets for K-State men’s basketball.

Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that she had granted clemency to seven individuals who were incarcerated which included a Manhattan man who was serving a prison sentence for a drug charge. Deshaun Durham had been serving a 92-month prison sentence for possession with intent to distribute 2.4 pounds of cannabis. Even though cannabis is illegal in Kansas, first time offenders such as Durham typically get probation for such an offense which is why Durham’s sentencing was so surprising. Durham was sentenced to prison in Jun. 2021 and had spent the last three years in the Hutchinson Correctional Facility.

A man was taken to a local hospital following an injury accident late Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan. Officers responded to the scene in the 2200 block of Fort Riley Boulevard just after 5 p.m. to find a single vehicle crash of a 2009 Honda Accord driven by Javier Rascon Ruiz, 30, of Manhattan. Officers learned that Ruiz was eastbound on the road and then suddenly veered left crossing traffic and crashed into the wall. Ruiz was transported by EMS to Ascension Via Christi for his injuries. His injuries are expected to be non-life threatening.

On Wednesday’s edition of The Game, Drew Galloway from K-State Online joins the program. Also, K-State is 19th in the CFP poll and takeaways on the game against New Orleans. The guys give their thoughts.