Officers filed a report for criminal use of a financial card in the 100 block of E Bluemont Ave in Manhattan on February 28, 2019, at approximately 3:50 PM. Officers listed Chelsea Parks, 26 of Ft Riley as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect used her card to purchase items. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,400.00. Police ask that anyone with information please contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of…
Author: KMAN Staff
Four K-State veterinary students were awarded $1,000 American Veterinary Medical Association scholarships, according to a release Friday. The Auxiliary to the AVMA Legacy Endowed Scholarship is awarded to students attending the 32 AVMA-accredited veterinary colleges in the U.S. and a few in Canada and the Caribbean. Offered through the AVMA Foundation, its goal is to help offset the cost of veterinary education. Danielle Pickering of Los Angeles, Rebecca Tomasek of China, Michigan, Katya Luckenbach of Woxall, Pennsylvania and Katelyn Guill-Sanchez of Hudson, New Hampshire were this year’s recipients. “This scholarship will help me relieve some of the financial burden of…
Manhattan CVB Director Karen Hibbard joined In Focus to highlight an upcoming DECA Conference coming to Manhattan March 4. John Jobe with K-State Research & Extension highlighted the youth entrepreneurship challenge happening March 5 and a youth lawn mowing clinic coming up March 19. RCPD Capt. Richard Fink and Brad Millington with K-State Police previewed law enforcement efforts surrounding Fake Patty’s Day Saturday in Manhattan.
The trial of a man accused of trying to kill an RCPD officer in 2018 will continue after the jury couldn’t reach a unanimous decision in Riley County District Court Thursday. The case ended in a hung jury after it found Mark Harrison not guilty on two attempted murder charges for shooting at an armored vehicle containing two Geary County SWAT officers. They did find him guilty of criminal property damage for shooting that armored vehicle, but could not reach a unanimous decision on his attempted murder charge for wounding RCPD Sgt. Pat Tiede. Harrison was arrested following a standoff…
TOPEKA — A bill that would allow Kansas landowners to resell their permits to hunt white-tail deer to non-Kansas residents has barely passed the state House. The vote Wednesday was 63-60 and sent the measure to the Senate. Some rural legislators see the bill as an economic-development measure. Republican Rep. Ken Corbet of Topeka has said it could bring 4,500 tourists a year to Kansas to hunt. Republican Rep. Joe Seiwert of Pretty Prairie said the additional hunting would decrease the number of vehicle crashes involving deer. But some state officials have worried the bill would increase poaching by trophy…
TOPEKA — Some conservative Republican legislators in Kansas oppose a bill that would give the state’s top parks official more flexibility in setting rental fees for cabins at state parks and fishing lakes. The Senate approved the measure Wednesday, 29-11 . It would end a requirement that the state Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission approve changes in cabin-rental fees. The bill also would eliminate a $250-per-night cap on the fees. Some conservatives objected to eliminating the cap and Republican Sen. Caryn Tyson of Parker questioned why the state is in the cabin-rental business. Kansas has 115 cabins at 25 sites,…
WICHITA — Farmers are struggling to pay back their loans after years of low crop prices, with farm delinquencies rates in Kansas and the nation the highest they have been in at least nine years. But Kansas delinquency rates are holding up better when compared to national numbers that show one in five direct loans in the Farm Service Agency are now delinquent. Here’s a look at some Kansas farm debt numbers: DELINQUENCY RATES: The delinquency rates for direct loans at the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency in Kansas this January was 11.3 percent, compared to 9 percent for the…
TOPEKA — The future of the ombudsman position at the Kansas Department for Children and Families is unclear. In the past, the ombudsman was available for parents who were frustrated with the agency for some reason. The department’s new leaders plan to expand its team devoted to responding to foster families. Spokesman Mike Deines said Wednesday the team may not include an ombudsman because there are other ways to address families’ concerns. The Wichita Eagle reports the ombudsman position has been controversial. Because the ombudsman was a DCF employee, skeptics suggested the position did not have the independence to hold…
Officers filed a report for escape from custody at the Riley County Jail on February 27, 2019, at approximately 7:35 AM. Officers listed the State of Kansas as the victim when a known male suspect did not return to the Riley County Jail. The suspect was located and returned to the Riley County Jail.
American Association of University Women International Women’s Day committee members Mary Stamey and Mary Ng’ang’a joined In Focus Thursday for a preview of International Women’s Day coming up March 7 at the Holiday Inn Manhattan at the campus. Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole and C Clyde Jones joined us to talk mental health and preview the upcoming Mardi Gras for Mental Health pancakes for Pawnee event happening March 5.