Many annual events say they are bigger and better every year, but with the 41st Annual Kaw Valley Rodeo in Manhattan, it’s not just lip service. “We’re up about 100 more contestants than last year,” said Kaw Valley Rodeo Association representative Steve Frazier during Monday morning’s Riley County Commission meeting. The rodeo kicks off Thursday night in conjunction with the Riley County Fair in Wells Arena inside the Riley County Fairgrounds. Frazier told commissioners an approved tweak in the rules through a request he submitted to the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) two years ago allowed the Great Lakes Division…
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WICHITA — What was originally planned as a protest march turned into a barbecue in which Wichita police and a diverse group of residents broke bread together. The Wichita Eagle reports that organizers of the protest met with Police Chief Gordon Ramsay for several hours, ending with an agreement for the barbecue, which took place Sunday at McAdams Park. Several Wichita police officers took part. The goal was to open lines of communication and build trust between police and the communities they serve. The crowd at the barbecue included people who were white, black and Hispanic.
COPELAND — Five people are injured after a tractor-trailer struck an all-terrain vehicle in western Kansas. The Garden City Telegram reports that the accident happened Saturday night at the intersection of U.S. 56 and a county road near Copeland. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Andrew Dean Yost of Copeland tried to make a left turn and was struck by a 2015 semi driven by William Bartz of Portales, Florida, who was trying to pass the ATV on the left. The semi drove into a ditch and rolled over. Bartz was taken to a hospital in Dodge City. Yost and three passengers,…
DALLAS — In a difficult and sometimes uncomfortable media day appearance, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby spent much of his time addressing the Baylor rape scandal and the future of the league. How much the league does or doesn’t know about the goings-on in Waco was more uncertain when Bowlsby finished than when he started. In his opening statement, Bowlsby praised the school for its transparency this summer. “Baylor has been very forthcoming and I don’t have any doubt that they will continue to be forthcoming,” he said. Just minutes later, however, his tune changed; he denied using the word “forthcoming” and…
A Topeka woman was arrested on Friday Marie Berryman, 37, of Topeka was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department. Berryman was arrested on the offense of failure to appear which was listed on a warrant with “no bond.” This warrant originated in Pottawatomie County. A Junction City woman was arrested on Friday. Police also arrested Courtney Vieyra, 30, of Junction City. Vieyra was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on the offense of failure to appear which was listed on a warrant from Geary County. This warrant had a bond amount of $50,000.
DALLAS — The Big 12 Conference’s annual football media days are set to begin Monday morning and continue through Tuesday at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas, with half of the league’s schools meeting with members of the media on each day. It’s likely that Tuesday will be more intriguing, with title favorite Oklahoma, scandal-ridden Baylor and Kansas State all at the podium. But here is a breakdown of what to follow closely on Day 1. What does the commissioner have to say? Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby will hold an address and press conference at 9:05 a.m. to begin…
Friday’s guests on In Focus were: Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson talking about the Riley County Fair Melissa Colby, Program Coordinator with Riley County Senior Service Center Linda Puntney, Advisory Board Chair, and Judy Regehr, Co-Chair of Grants Committee with Fairy Godmothers
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on the shooting of law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Police say there is no active shooter in Baton Rouge where three police officers were killed Sunday morning. Col. Mike Edmonson told media, “We believe that the person who shot and killed our officers that he was the person that was shot and killed at the scene. 3:45 p.m. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, responding to the police shootings Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, says there is no place in the United States for such appalling violence. In a statement…
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) told a crowd of nearly 100 people in the Manhattan Public Library Friday evening that he hates the sort of politics that seem to have taken hold in the country. Moran, who has a home in Manhattan and made his 90th stop for his town hall tour across the state so far, told the crowd he grew up as a rural Plainville kid engrossing himself in politics, but admitted it’s been difficult to hold that same youthful enthusiasm. When one member of the audience asked Moran his thoughts on his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a call Thursday from a citizen in the rural Manhattan area in Pottawatomie County describing a phone scam, according to release sent to KMAN from the sheriff’s office. The citizen reported that he had received a call from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, informing him that he had a warrant for his arrest. The victim reported that a female voice identified herself as Kelly Smith and stated she was with the sheriff’s office. The female informed the victim that he had a warrant and instructed him to turn himself in at by 2 p.m. on Friday. The female then provided him…