A body found Wednesday at a Junction City park has been identified by law enforcement. The Junction City Police Department said in a press release sent to KMAN Thursday that a man found deceased from a gunshot wound was 21-year-old Joseph Michael Nelson. The JCPD said a citizen alerted authorities Wednesday just after 1 p.m. that a man was found unresponsive near the walking paths of Helland Park near the area of Rucker Road and 8th Street. Police believe Nelson’s death was not criminal in nature, but did say a complete investigation is being conducted. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday.
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guests were Director of Partnership Development with Homeland Security and NBAF Marty Vanier and U-S Army corps of Engineers with Melissa Bean and Brian McNulty. Marty Vanier: Melissa Bean and Brian McNulty:
The agenda was rather light in this week’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting, with only two main discussions. County offices came into conversation again, this time with the attendance of BG Consultants, the firm chosen by the county to carry out a life-cycle cost analysis of the county buildings. The purpose of the life-cycle cost analysis is to determine the most cost efficient way to meet the building needs for county departments such as the appraiser’s office, GIS office, and treasurer’s office. The analysis sets out to determine whether current buildings such as the former Rock Creek elementary school that many…
Emotion and energy were abundant last night in Manhattan high school’s Rezac Auditorium. After months of conversation and rhetoric, a public input session gave more than thirty community members a chance to address the board of education regarding their personal feelings about the indian mascot which has represented the school since 1940. 2016 is not the first time the controversial mascot has drawn the ire of community members, as attempts to change the mascot in 1970, 1991, and 2001 fell short. Manhattan had been buzzing with new conversation since earlier in the year when a group known as ReImage MHK…
Kansas State got the bad taste of its first loss out of its mouth with an 80-61 victory over Green Bay Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Barry Brown’s 18 points led the way, but it was a balanced scoring effort throughout for the Wildcats, who never trailed. On the heels of a 69-68 heartbreaker to Maryland in the Barclays Center Classic, K-State (6-1) opened the game with focus and intensity. The Wildcats shot 55 percent in the opening period and led by as many as 16. “I challenged them to come ready to play and they did,” K-State coach Bruce…
AP-KS–LawrenceSewage LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Officials say close to 2 million gallons of raw sewage overflowed from a manhole in south Lawrence, prompting a health and stream advisory. The Lawrence Journal World reports the overflow happened after a bypass pump failed Monday evening. Officials say sewage overflowed the manhole for about 12 hours and went into the nearby Naismith Creek. The city wasn’t aware of the overflow until Tuesday morning, and the flow of sewage was stopped about an hour after it was reported. Officials say the sewage could result in elevated levels of bacteria and contaminants in the creek, which…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man charged with shooting and injuring a Topeka police detective has a criminal record, including a sex crime case and a case involving another law enforcement officer. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Curtis Harris appeared in court Monday on charges of attempted capital murder, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated robbery and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. It wasn’t clear if Harris has an attorney. Harris and detective Brian Hill exchanged gunfire Nov. 5, while Hill was trying to apprehend the suspect after a convenience store robbery. Hill is expected to make a…
A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time on rape, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated burglary charges in Geary County has apparently been passed over for parole. Ronald Smith, 48, was sentenced to the KDOC in May of 1990. Smith was up for public comment sessions and possible parole this past summer but the KDOC website indicates his earliest possible release date is now November of 2018. Smith is currently being held in El Dorado.
Today’s edition of In Focus was Open Phones with Cathy and Dave.
WICHITA –A spring trial date has been set for three Kansas men accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex where Somali immigrants live, with one of the three originally from Manhattan. . U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren scheduled on Wednesday the jury trial for April 25 at the federal courthouse in Wichita. Prosecutors say Patrick Stein,47, Gavin Wright,51, formerly of Manhattan, and Curtis Allen,49, were part of a militia group called The Crusaders. The government alleges they conspired to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the meatpacking town of Garden City.…