Author: KMAN Staff
KMAN’s AJ Shaw is joined by USD 323 Rock Creek Schools superintendent Joan Simoneau and Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt.
Jonathon White, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested on August 13, 2024, at approximately 11:04 PM in the 800 block of Dondee Drive. White was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Total bond was set at $10,000. White was confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report of fraud in the 300 block of Stockdale Drive in Randolph on August 13, 2024, at approximately 7:09 PM. Officers listed the City of Randolph as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect posed as a consulting group and defrauded the City. Total…
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the Riverchase Mobile Home Park public water supply system located in Riley County. The advisory took effect Tuesday afternoon and will remain in effect until the conditions are resolved. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a power outage causing pumping failure resulting in low pressure in the distribution system. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may put the system at risk for bacterial contamination.
Manhattan city staff has changed their approach to the 2025 budget after commissioners last month indicated they would not support the proposed $2 million worth of reductions which would primarily be personnel cuts. Commissioners deliberated Tuesday on ways to decrease costs for 2025 and beyond in order to reduce expenditures and increase its general fund balance. The city is looking to do this through a combination of personnel reductions, increasing cost recovery, finding operational efficiencies, and utilizing alternative funding sources where possible.
More than 15,000 fans cheered for the entry of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard from Fort Riley recently at the “Daddy of ‘Em All.” Fort Riley’s mounted color guard attended the 127th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days at the end of July to give displays of cavalry horsemanship and military tradition. Cheyenne Frontier Days bills itself as the world’s largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration with an annual attendance of 200,000 people. More on this story can be found at The Mercury.
by Cole Bertelsen K-State alum Derrick Mein returned from Paris Friday, though it wasn’t from any regular vacation. The Paola native took fifth place in trap shooting at the Olympic Games late last month, his second time representing Team USA in the international competition. “I thought I had a pretty good performance,” Mein said. “I would have liked to have made it just a little bit farther and brought home a medal, but I got closer than anybody’s been from the U.S. in 20 years in my event.” Read the full story at themercury.com
KMAN’s AJ Shaw is joined for the full hour by Riley County commissioner Greg McKinley and deputy county counselor Bryant Parker.
A Junction City man was arrested on Monday afternoon after it was reported he committed a theft in Riley County. RCPD arrested 22-year-old Gage Ireton just before 2:15 p.m. in the 300 block of Kearney Street on probable cause charges of theft of property of services with a value of $1500 and $25,000, possession with the intent to use drug paraphernalia, possession of an opiate and possession of marijuana. He was booked into Riley County Jail and is confined at the time of this report on a bond of $12,000.
Gage Ireton, 22, of Junction City, was arrested on August 12, 2024, at approximately 2:14 PM in the 300 block of Kearney Street. Ireton was arrested on probable cause offenses of theft of property or services ($1,500- $25,000), use/possession with the intent to use paraphernalia, possession of opiate/opium/narcotic/certain stimulant, and possession of marijuana. Total bond was set at $12,000. Ireton was confined at the time of this report.