After a lackluster offensive performance in its season opener at Stanford, Kansas State wanted to prove that the Wildcats are an improved team on that side of the ball. There are still some kinks to work out, but in large part, it was a mission accomplished. K-State ran for 336 yards as a team and the defense helped the cause with three first-half takeaways as the Wildcats routed Florida Atlantic, 63-7, in their home opener. It wasn’t enough to impress the coach, however, who was on the K-State sideline for his 25th opener at the stadium that bares his name.…
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TOPEKA — Kansas says its unemployment rate rose in August for the third consecutive month to 4.3 percent. The state Department of Labor reported Friday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate last month was up from 4 percent in July and also higher than the 4.1 percent recorded in August 2015. The unemployment rate dropped during the first part of this year until it hit 3.7 percent in May, and it’s been inching back up since. The department said that the state had 8,300 fewer people employed in nonfarm jobs in August than in August 2015, a decrease of 0.6 percent. About…
LAWRENCE — A former Lawrence police officer is facing a misdemeanor charge after authorities say he punched a man during a domestic disturbance investigation. Douglas County Attorney Charles Branson announced Friday that he has charged Frank McClelland with misdemeanor battery. Police Chief Tarik Khatib said Friday that another Lawrence officer reported the incident, which occurred Aug. 16. The Lawrence Journal-World reports officers were trying to break up a fight between two men when one of the men refused McClelland’s commands to sit on the ground. Branson says McClelland swept the legs out from under an uncooperative man and then punched him in…
EDSON — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a trooper shot a man who was armed with a machete in northwest Kansas. The patrol was notified early Friday that a man standing near a vehicle on Interstate 70 in Sherman County was armed with a baseball bat or machete. A trooper found a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road about two miles east of Edson. The patrol says in a news release that the man, armed with a machete, rushed the trooper. When the man ignored commands to drop the machete, the trooper shot the suspect. The subject was…
A driver of a pickup truck lost control of the vehicle, crashed through a sign and ended up in the backyard of a residence overturned Friday afternoon. The accident took place near the intersection of Kimball and Avery Avenue in Manhattan — just across CiCo Park and the Riley County Fairgrounds. Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer Matthew Droge told KMAN the condition of the driver is not known at this time, only that there was no fatality in the accident and that it was a single-vehicle incident. Droge did say the pickup overturned after striking either a telephone or…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for the offense of burglary to a vehicle which occurred overnight between Wednesday and Thursday. Police listed Mary McMullen, 29, of Manhattan, as the victim after her unsecured vehicle was entered by an unknown suspect(s) and items were removed. These items included a handbag, a wallet, identification, and financial cards totaling approximate loss of $727. This crime occurred in the 200 block of Highland Ridge Drive in Manhattan and currently officers are asking that anyone with information contact the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. On Thursday the RCPD filed a report for aggravated…
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ELLSWORTH — Authorities are investigating after a law enforcement officer was involved in a shooting in central Kansas. KWCH-TV reports that a Kansas Highway Patrol dispatcher says the shooting happened Thursday night along Kansas 156 between the towns of Holyrood and Ellsworth. No details were provided on who was wounded or the extent of that person’s injuries. The patrol didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press. Ellsworth County Sheriff Tracy Ploutz declined to provide details Friday morning to the AP. He referred questions to the county prosecutor, whose phone rang unanswered early Friday. The Ellsworth Police Department said on…
Editor’s note: KMAN originally reported this case as a loss for the fired K-State employee. That was incorrect. Instead, the case continues and will return to district court. A woman fired by Kansas State University after she made complaints about the ventilation system in her building will return to district court. The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals’ decision Friday, reversing the Riley County District Court’s dismissal of Rachel K. Platt v. Kansas State University. Platt, a probationary employee of the university, sued her employer alleging she was fired as a result of her potential workers compensation claims…