A former USD 383 paraeducator is expected to be sentenced Thursday in Riley County District Court. Aaron Zachry pleaded guilty to separate charges of indecent liberties with a child and sexual exploitation of a child on Jun. 26 before Judge Kendra Lewison. He previously pleaded not guilty to 37 counts in December 2022, but agreed to the new plea agreement after similar charges were dropped in Geary and Pottawatomie counties. Zachry was arrested at the Northview Pool in June 2021 for separate incidents that had occurred in June 2020 and March 2021. He is the second former district employee to…
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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.
The Kansas Court of Appeals hosted its annual hearings at Kansas State University on Tuesday in honor of Constitution Day by hearing three cases. One of the cases involved Riley County resident Gary Kilner who was appealing a decision by the Riley County District Court and Judge John Bosch on a land dispute he had with the county commission. Kilner’s counsel Bernard Irvine argued before the court that the District Court and Judge Bosch had made a mistake of not notifying Kilner of their decision due to them posting it late in the day back when a decision was made…
The Manhattan City Commission approved the 2024 city budget at their bimonthly legislative session on Tuesday. The overall budget grew nearly $40 million from last fiscal year, from $187 million to $224 million, a nearly 20% increase, largely driven by assessed valuations, which were up about 9.5%. The budget includes a 2.9% increase in property taxes to be levied, totaling just over $34 million, up about $963,000 from last fiscal year. (The 2023 budget included just over $33 million in ad valorem taxes levied.) Commissioner John Matta explained why taxes went up in the new budget. The decrease from the…
Hour 1: Seg. 1 – Green out for the season, Howard questionable Seg. 2 – Linebacker Austin Moore w/media Seg. 3 – Jabroni of the Week Hour 2: Seg. 1 – Klieman presser highlights Seg. 2 – Loss after Mizzou is much different than after Tulane loss
A Milford man was arrested on Thursday for stalking. 30-year-old Louis Gardner was arrested by Riley County Police shortly after 9:20 am on one count of stalking and another count for violating a protection order. According to the RCPD, Gardner tried to contact a woman on Facebook several times which was a violation of the protection order. Gardner is currently out on a $4,500 bond.
Manhattan City Commissioners heard an update Tuesday regarding the Beyond Tomorrow Downtown Plan, the first update on the plan since early May. The draft plan takes a broad look at the master plan for development of the downtown business district. Senior Planner for Community Development Ben Chmiel says a number of surveys were conducted among business and community members, with about 1,800 responses turned in, including 52 from participating business leaders. He says the most discussed issue in the survey was Area F of the 3rd street corridor, between Pierre and Humboldt Streets. Chmiel also says the community also expressed…
Hour 1: Seg. 1 – K-State beats Troy, 42-13 Seg. 2 – Khalid Duke w/the media Seg. 3 – Big 12 in Week 2 Hour 2: Seg. 1 – A special announcement/K-State MBB announces non-con schedule Seg. 2 – K-State AD Gene Taylor Seg. 3 – Mizzou preview
City Park was host to the 9/11 Day of Remembrance on Sunday where several dignitaries were on hand for the event. Guests laid 2,977 American flags with names of the victims who perished on that fateful day 22 years ago in the park. This included five flags being laid by Kansas Lieutenant Governor David Toland who gave a few remarks at the ceremony. Toland spoke about the unity that the nation had after the tragedy and said that unity can be also formed not just after tragedy but in triumph as well in this country and in the state of…
Kansas State University unveiled the new K-State NextGen Strategic Plan after over a year of development. Kansas State University president Richard Linton spoke about the plan on Thursday and said it was necessary in helping the university move into the future. According to K-State’s website, the plan has been in fruition since July 2022. More than 10,000 surveys, interviews, focus groups and listening sessions were conducted to get a wide range of perspectives and thoughts to turn Kansas State into a next generation land-grant university. Linton said that this process was about having the university embrace the makings of a land grant university.…
Hour 1 Seg. 1 – Cats shoutout SEMO 45-0 Seg. 2 – Will Howard and Avery Johnson after the game Seg. 3 – Jabroni of the Week Hour 2 Seg. 1 – Klieman press conference highlights Seg. 2 – Uso Seumalo w/media Seg. 3 – Ask Us Anything