Monday’s guests were Riley County Historical Museum Director Cheryl Collins and Doug Tippin, author of “150 Years of Education: Manhattan, Kansas.”
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA — The Dickinson County sheriff says two men are dead after a golf cart they were using collided with a pickup truck. The crash Saturday night killed Lucas Hicks, of Herington, and Casey Schardein, of Hope. Both men were 28. Undersheriff James Swisher says the crash occurred on a country road about 3 miles southeast of Hope in rural Dickinson County. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports a preliminary investigation indicates the golf cart turned abruptly in front of the truck for an unknown reason. Hicks and Schardein were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck, 27-year-old…
WICHITA — A Wichita police captain who was recorded shoving a teenage referee during a youth basketball game earlier this year is no longer with the department. Officer Paul Cruz tells the Wichita Eagle that Kevin Mears’ employment with the Wichita Police Department ended Monday. Cruz didn’t say whether Mears was fired or resigned. Mears was found guilty in July of misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, sentenced to six months’ probation and ordered to pay $450 in fines. Mears was placed on leave shortly after video of the January game in Augusta appeared to show Mears shoving the 17-year-old female…
WICHITA — The state of Kansas will offer one day of amnesty for people who have bench warrants for not paying child support. The Department of Children and Families says the warrants will be lifted on Aug. 31. People must pay either $500 or two months of support, whichever is the lesser amount. The agency says more than 1,100 Kansans have warrants for failing to pay child support. Agency spokeswoman Taylor Forrest says more than 100 non-custodial parents went to DCF offices last year on amnesty day to discuss their cases but some of them didn’t have active bench warrants.…
TOPEKA — Authorities say two men have been arrested in the death of a man who was shot several times in a Topeka alleyway. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that that first arrest was made early Sunday when officers spotted a suspicious car. The second suspect was arrested later in the death in the death of 20-year-old Gianni Sabastian Noriega. Officers found Noriega unresponsive Thursday night while responding to a report of a shooting. He died later at a hospital, marking the city’s 13th homicide of the year.
Officers filed a report for theft in the 5500 block of Skyway Dr. in Manhattan on August 17, 2018 at approximately 11:05 AM. Officers listed Hertz Rental Car as the victim when it was reported a known suspect did not return a vehicle he rented. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $24,836.00. Diedre Hogan, 29, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 1400 block of Pillsbury Dr. in manhattan on August 18, 2018 at approximately 2:50 PM. Hogan was arrested on offenses of violate protection order and criminal tresspass. Hogan was issued no bond causing her…
Cole Manbeck of Powercat Gameday is in town today and sits in for the hour long show with John and Mason. The Game kicks off with Mason’s unpopular thought of Colorado state, Cole’s KSU hot takes and the Match Game makes its way into the short show today. 0:00 – Cole-orado 12:52 – Match Game 25:56 – Cole’s hot take on KSU football 33:26 – YCBS
In the first half-hour, Riley County 4-H Extension Agent John Jobe and Riley County Seniors’ Service Center Director Jami Ramsey were in studio. Finally, K-State Dean of Libraries Lori Goetsch and K-State Vice President for Communications and Marketing Jeff Morris stopped by to update us on the latest on Hale Library. The library suffered extensive water and smoke damage following a fire on May 22.
A threat made at Bill Snyder Family Stadium was unfounded late Thursday night. K-State Vice President for Communications and Marketing Jeff Morris told KMAN during Friday morning’s edition of In Focus that the K-State Police Department responded to a criminal threat to property call. Morris said nothing was found and that there is an ongoing investigation to see what led to the report. “Right now, there’s not anything we are deeply concerned about,” Morris said. Streets around the stadium were blocked late Thursday night near midnight while the threat was being assessed. Friday morning, RCPD Public Information Officer Hali Rowland told KMAN the…
Updated: Friday, 1:19 p.m. Authorities say a man found dead on a walking trail Thursday evening in Washington Marlatt Memorial Park near Top of the World in Manhattan was a suicide. Kansas State University Police identified the man as Steven Shawgo of Manhattan. Shawgo is listed as the Buick GMC Parts Manager at Briggs Auto in Manhattan. An employee in the body shop, who’d worked with Shawgo for over 20 years, told KMAN Friday afternoon co-workers there were shocked by the news of his passing. KSU PD said in a news release Thursday night via Facebook it was notified of…