Author: KMAN Staff

Officers filed a report of theft of mislaid property and criminal use of financial cards on May 31, 2024, at approximately 8:56 AM in the 2800 block of Kelly Drive.  Officers listed an 88-year-old female as the victim when the victim reported her card had been used by an unknown subject at multiple locations to make purchases she did not authorize.  Total loss is valued at $1,041.73. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Officers responded to the report of an…

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (K-State Athletics) – K-State’s pitching staff of Ty Ruhl, Cole Wisenbaker, Blake Dean and JJ Slack tossed eight scoreless innings to help the Wildcats advance to their second Super Regional in program history with a 7-2 victory over SEMO Sunday night in the regional championship of the 2024 NCAA Fayetteville Regional at Baum-Walker Stadium. https://twitter.com/NCAABaseball/status/1797447209824469359 The Wildcats (35-24), travel to Charlottesville, Va., to take on No. 18 Virginia in the best 2-of-3 Super Regional for the right to advance to the 2024 College World Series, while the Redhawks ended their season 36-27. More information about the Super Regional will be released later this week.…

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By AJ Dome, The Mercury Riley County commissioners have approved starting the application process for building a new rural water tower. Commissioners on Thursday voted to allow county officials to begin applying for a special use authorization to construct a 300,000-gallon water tower for Riley County Rural Water District #1, covering some 160 square miles of water line from near Ogden north on Wildcat Creek Road to Anderson Ave, then west to Keats and north to the water tower along Tuttle Creek Blvd near the shooting range. Agenda documents indicate county officials recently granted a private easement to RWD 1…

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A 26-year-old Manhattan man was arrested on a host of drug-related offenses. The Riley County Police Department says Justin Nunez was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on a warrant alleging distribution or possession with intent to distribute drug paraphernalia, marijuana possession and other charges, for attempting to distribute. Nunez was released from jail after posting a $15,000 bond.

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (K-State Athletics) – In front of a crowd of over 11,000 fans, K-State fended off the fifth-ranked and top-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks Saturday night, as the Wildcats won 7-6 in the winner’s bracket to advance to the 2024 NCAA Fayetteville Regional final at Baum-Walker Stadium. Trailing 2-0, the Wildcats (34-24) evened the score before taking a one-run lead with a sacrifice bunt from Jaden Parsons until Kaelen Culpepper delivered a three-run homer to dead center to cap a six-run fifth inning off of All-American and Team USA pitcher Hagen Smith, who is second in the nation in total strikeouts (161). True freshman Nick English scored…

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Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 09:56 Segment 3 – 22:30 Segment 4 – 35:43 On Friday’s edition of In Focus Riley County Genealogical Society President Virginia Petersen and Vice President Charlene Brownson preview some June events being put on by the Society. Manhattan Public Library Community Engagement Coordinator Brea Braun highlights the library’s summer reading program. Blue Valley Yacht Club Youth Sailing Foundation Program Director Henry Otto and former Riley County Game Warden Ben Jedlicka about summer youth programs. Jenny Streeter and Scott McElwain preview the Island of Paradise Garden Party at the Kansas State University Gardens.

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Manhattan, Kan. – Officers filed a report of criminal damage to property in the 1700 block of Fair Lane on May 30, 2024, at approximately 11:12 AM. Officers listed a 44-year-old male as the victim when it was reported a catalytic converter had been removed from from his vehicle by an unknown subject. Total estimated loss associated with this matter is $1,300. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Joseph Brown, 21, of Manhattan, was arrested on May 30, 2024,…

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