Riley County Police arrested two individuals early yesterday morning. Justin Minor, 18, and Cherokee Hardemon, 19, of East Liverpool, Ohio, were arrested in the 2800 block of Pillsbury Drive. Both were taken into custody for distribution of marijuana, possession of marijuana, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Both of their bonds were set at $14,000.00, causing them to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 1100 block of Garden Way yesterday at approximately 6:10 AM. CSL Plasma was the victim when a suspect destroyed two glass…
Author: KMAN Staff
The city of Manhattan will be loaning the K-State Foundation $800,000 in economic development funds for a new building being constructed on Kimball Avenue. At Tuesday night’s city commission meeting, commissioners authorized the city to enter into an agreement with the K-State Foundation that would loan the entity money with one recently added stipulation — tenants of the proposed office space must maintain a minimum wage of $16.50 per hour. The loan consists of a $500,000 conventional loan and a $300,000 forgivable loan. Commissioners heard the first reading of the agreement earlier in the month, and deputy city manager Jason Hilgers…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are moving back toward distributing state dollars to public schools through a complicated per-student formula like one they junked two years ago. A special House committee outlined an education funding plan Tuesday that uses basic concepts from the state’s previous funding formula. The panel plans to have hearings Thursday and Friday. The Kansas Supreme Court ordered lawmakers to enact a school funding law by June 30 after ruling that the state isn’t spending enough on its public schools. Republican legislators in 2015 junked the old formula in favor of “block grants” for districts. The committee’s proposal would…
Riley County Police Officers filed a report for burglary in the 2500 block of Farm Bureau Road Monday at approximately 4:05 PM. Officers listed 30 year old David Hernandez Guzman of Manhattan, as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect entered a shed on his property and took an air compressor, 5 nail guns, a compound bow, and other miscellaneous tools. The total loss associated with this case is approximately 42-hundred dollars.. Police ask anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. A Manhattan man was arrested for probation violation. Charles Champion of Manhattan was…
Farmers and ranchers affected by recent wildfires will receive some relief. U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated $6 million in aid to help farmers and ranchers affected by recent wildfires in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. “I am pleased USDA has acted swiftly to aid producers recovering from the largest wildfire in state history,” said Roberts. “For many Kansans, the impacts are devastating because the fires not only consumed livestock, grazing lands, and fencing – but in some cases, homes, machinery, and…
OVERLAND PARK — Firefighters are mopping up after a huge fire spread from a suburban Kansas City apartment complex that was under construction to more than a dozen homes. KCTV-TV reports that Overland Park Fire Department spokesman Jason Rhodes says crews have put out the fire at the multimillion-dollar CityPlace development in Overland Park. He says the crews will focus Tuesday on investigating each fire and making sure all flames have been extinguished. Firefighters battled at least 17 house fires after the fire started Monday. Rhodes says eight to ten of those homes were “significantly impacted.” Three firefighters were transported to…
WICHITA — The latest snapshot of Kansas crop conditions shows the lack of rain is hurting the state’s winter wheat crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that remained dry with limited precipitation in a few eastern counties this past week. The agency says 24 percent of the wheat crop is in poor to very poor condition in the state. About 38 percent is rated as fair while 36 percent is in good and 2 percent is in excellent condition. About 10 percent of the state’s wheat crop has now jointed. That is well behind the 18 percent at this…
Wildcats bow out of Big Dance with 23-11 final record Kansas State needed more than a home court advantage to beat Stanford, apparently. Looking for its first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 15 years, the No. 7 Wildcats were no match for No. 2 Stanford, who used a 13-0 run in the second quarter to grab control in a 69-48 victory Monday evening. The Cardinal (30-5) were one of the first teams K-State has faced this year that had the size and athleticism to compete with star center Bre Lewis, who picked up two fouls in the first quarter and was…
A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison for the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. Reginald Eugene Newman, 30, Topeka, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. In his plea, he admitted that on March 21, 2015, he and his wife, co-defendant Tiara Jade Newman, took a 17-year-old girl from Topeka to Junction City, Kan., for the purpose of prostitution. The Newmans rented two rooms at a Value Place motel in Junction City. They used one room for performing commercial sex acts and slept in the…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Flint Hills Volunteer Center/RSVP Executive Director Lori Bishop and Ava Reese on Youth Volunteer Corps Vern Henricks, President and CEO of Manhattan Community Foundation Manhattan Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes