Author: KMAN Staff
By Annie Wolfe/Pott County Times The City of Wamego’s burn pile has always been intended for city resident use only, however city officials have never enforced the rule and county residents have been allowed to haul debris there. That may soon change. Wamego City Manager Stacie Eichem on Monday informed the Pottawatomie County Commissioners maintaining the burn site has become a bigger job than what current city staff can manage. If the city is to allow county residents to continue to use the site as they have been, a full time employee will need to be hired. More on this…
By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Oct. 15 is the last day to register for the Nov. 5 general election for anyone in Riley County who has yet to do so. “Anyone who is new to the community, or college students, high school students, anyone who wants to vote here, please register here in Riley County,” Rich Vargo, the Riley County Clerk, said at Monday’s meeting of the Riley County Commission. “Don’t show up on Election Day and expect to vote if you have not met the voter registration deadline.” Vargo said advance and mail-in voting will begin on Oct. 16. The…
A Manhattan man is being held behind bars following an early morning arrest Sunday in Aggieville. 31-year-old Deitrich Daventa Duncan was arrested in the 1100 block of Moro St. around 2:45 a.m. on one charge of possession of firearm while under influence, and one charge of Criminal possession of a weapon by a felon. Duncan is still being held in the Riley County Jail on a total bond of $10,000.
KMAN’s AJ Shaw is joined by Manhattan Public Library community engagement coordinator Brea Braun, Young People’s Assistant Olivia Johnson from Bramlage Library to preview Halloween High Tea and Troy Coverdale sits down with Chip Redmond from Kansas MesoNet.
The Riley County Police Department is investigating a recent theft at was reported Sunday at Weisner’s Sewing Center at approximately 12:30 p.m. RCPD officers filed the report of theft by deception in the 300 block of Poyntz Ave. when it was reported a known subject passed a check for two sewing machines that did not clear the bank. The total loss associated with the report is $3,384.
Officers filed a report of an injury accident at the corner of McCall Road and Hayes Drive on September 27, 2024, at approximately 6:00 PM. Officers report Marie Freeman, 56, of Manhattan, failed to yield at the red light and her 2018 Ford F150 struck Tabitah Dobrovolny, 32, of Ogden who was driving a 2018 Chevy Malibu. Freeman was transported to Via Christi by EMS for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Freeman was cited for failure to stop at a red light. Officers filed a report of an injury accident on September 28, 2024, at approximately 7:26 PM at the corner…
One person died in an accident involving a motorcycle and pedestrian just before 10 p.m. Friday in Riley County. According to the Riley County Police Department, a Honda Custom motorcycle driven by Kameron Banks, 19, of Manhattan, was westbound in the 2300 Block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard between Kimball Avenue and Northfield Drive. The motorcycle collided with a pedestrian, 49-year-old Travell Toliver, of Manhattan, who was crossing the highway. Toliver was pronounced dead at the scene. Riley County EMS transported Banks to Ascension Via Christi and later he was transferred to Stormont Vail in Topeka by Life Star. He is…
The KSU Foundation on Monday announced it had received its largest financial contribution to the K-State College of Architecture, Planning and Design. The gift of approximately $13 million comes from the charitable trust fund established by the late Donald Wilson, a 1959 K-State architecture graduate, and his late wife, Susie. The funds will provide annual fellowships to approximately 20 APDesign students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. The fellowships will cover the cost of tuition, fees and books, and it will include a housing stipend. In 2016, inspired by the Wilsons’ commitment, the college created the APDesign Fifth-Year Fellowship…