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 AJ at aj@1350kman.com.

A Manhattan man is in jail following his arrest at the Manhattan Municipal Courthouse. 59-year-old Jeffrey Tinnean was arrested on probable cause charges just before 9:30 am at the courthouse on one count of aggravated battery by recklessly causing bodily harm by trying to disfigure, harm or kill with a deadly weapon. He was also charged with single counts of domestic battery, the second time he’s been charged with that offense in the last five years and stalking with reckless conduct causing fear to a person or family. Tinnean remains confined in the Riley County Jail on a bond of…

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THIS STORY WAS LAST UPDATED AT 4:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY JUN. 26 Evergy customers woke up early Wednesday to find themselves without power as storms moved across the area. As of this afternoon, 3100 customers remain without power in Northeast Kansas. Manhattan was hardly affected by these outages, with under 5 customers affected by the storms. Topeka has the most customers without power with around 1900 customers still without power. Silver Lake has around 200 customers still without power at this hour, while Onaga has nearly seen all of the power restored and Frankfort has 19 customers still without power.…

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On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals was a spectacle. The guys discuss that and then in Hour 2, the guys discuss is had EA Sports’ list of the toughest places to play in College Football 25.

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The Kansas Turnpike is set to turn to cashless tolling next Monday. KTA says the transition will be seamless as converting to the new system will occur during the overnight hours on Jul. 1. However, the back-office system will take time to transition as the KTA offices will be closed from this Saturday Jun. 29 to next Sunday Jul. 7. KTA CEO Steve Hewitt said in a statement that the transition to cashless tolling provides a “safer, more efficient customer service while keeping toll rates at some of the lowest in the country.” The full transition will be completed by…

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Kansas senator Jerry Moran spoke at Kansas State University on Monday to tout his accomplishments at the federal level while also providing an update for government officials in Riley County. Moran touted over $50 million granted to K-State to help furnish improvements for the campus as well as other advances made such as money for Ft. Riley and RCPD. Moran said on Monday that while he never served in the military, he grew up during the time of the Vietnam War where his fellow classmates didn’t receive fair treatment and he wanted to repay their service by giving them support.…

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On Monday’s edition of The Game, Wamego head football coach Weston Moody calls in to discuss coaching in the East-West Shrine Game. Then in Hour 2, can the Shaw bounce back from a tough loss last week?

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Over 70 million Americans are expected to travel 50 or more miles over the 4th of July holiday. This number is expected to be quite high for Kansans, as AAA Public Affairs manager Shawn Steward explained…. That number is higher than 2023, which saw an estimated 429,000 Kansans either take to the roads, sky or tracks to travel over the Jul. 4 weekend. As Steward explained, 4th of July usually sees the most travel because the conditions to travel are much easier. Gas prices play a big role into that according to Steward. Steward says that Kansas is blessed with…

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Jobless rates are up all across the region according to data that was recently released by the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL). The unemployment rate for Riley County is up half a percentage point from April at 3%. Geary County saw a jump of 0.6% from 3.7% in April to 4.3% in May. Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties are also up from April with Pott County having an unemployment rate of 2.5% and Wabaunsee having a 3% unemployment rate. In general, the state of Kansas saw an unemployment rate of 2.8% in May, unchanged for the state since April and below…

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On Friday’s edition of The Game, the guys discuss Jerome Tang’s amended contract. Then in Hour 2, Allen Terrell joins the program to discuss Blue Valley’s recruiting relationship with K-State.

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Gov. Laura Kelly officially signed legislation that will cut taxes by $1.2 billion over the next three years. The bill, which passed with massive bipartisan majorities in the Kansas legislature earlier this week, provides several tax cuts for Kansans, particularly when it comes to income taxes. The top rate for taxpayers was lowered to 5.58% and the income brackets were reduced to two. Anyone making above $46,000 will pay the 5.58% rate. Anyone below that will pay 5.2%. The bill also eliminates a state tax on Social Security benefits. It also dropped a repeal on the state’s 2% tax on…

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