On March 9 and March 10, 2017, officers responded to 2 separate calls from local gas stations reporting they had found “skimmers”, or devices that can be used to obtain credit or debit card information from customers paying at the pump. Both devices found were located inside the pump, and were undetectable without opening the pumps. The gas stations in question are the Shop Quick at 529 Richards Dr. and the Shop Quick at 430 Fort Riley Blvd. If you used either gas station to purchase gas from the pump, please review your bank statements for any fraudulent activity. If…
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Raelene Wouda, Asst. Professor of Oncology with K-State College of Veterinary Medicine Nancy Knopp and Nancy Farrar, members of Little Apple Pilot Club Gwen Mikinski on the upcoming Jackie Joyner Kersey event Jennifer Edwards and Juanita McGowan on “Conversation on Race and Reconciliation: A Faith Based Dialogue”
Updated Wednesday, March 15: The Riley County Police Department has issued the following news release regarding Fake Patty’s Day– During the 2017 celebration of “Fake Patty’s Day” the Riley County Police Department, with assistance from 1st Infantry from Fort Riley, Emporia Police Department, Geary County Sheriff’s Department, Junction City Police Department, Kansas Alcohol Beverage Control, Kansas Bureau of Investigations, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas State University Police Department, Kansas Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, Lyon County Sheriff’s Department, Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department, as well as others responded to a significant number of calls for service generated by both police officers and community…
Bid ends two-year postseason drought for Wildcats Kansas State is back in the NCAA Tournament after a two-year hiatus. But its path to the Final Four has an additional stop on the schedule. The Wildcats were one of the last four at-large teams selected to play in the tournament, sending Bruce Weber’s team to Dayton, Ohio for a play-in game against Wake Forest at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday night. The bid comes as a hard-earned reward for a team that navigated the Big 12 with an 8-10 record, and 20-13 overall. K-State beat No. 9 Baylor to solidify its case in…
Lady Indians defeat Derby, 44-42, Saturday afternoon to clinch the school’s first state championship in basketball A decades-long wait is over, and not a moment too soon. Led by junior guard Chrissy Carr, Manhattan High raced past the Derby Panthers in the first half, then survived a furious Derby rally that saw an 18-point MHS lead evaporate in the final minutes. Kennedy Wilson hit a layup with 13 seconds left to give her team the 44-42 advantage, and Derby’s three-pointer at the buzzer was no good, completing the transformation from blowout to instant classic at Koch Arena in Wichita. “These girls said…
A Manhattan man waived his preliminary hearing and plead guilty to aggravated battery Friday. Joshua Foster, 23, was arrested in July after he physically battered a 48-year-old male from Topeka and attempted to force the man to withdraw funds from an ATM. Prior to reaching an ATM the man was able to flee from his attackers and contact police. Foster’s sentencing is scheduled for March 27. In other court news, Dylan Binnick of Beatrice, Neb., was sentenced in the Geary County District Court to 59 months in the Department of Corrections. Binneck must also register as a violent offender per state law. Binneck was shot…
TOPEKA — A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a measure that would let doctors and physicians prescribe and dole out what’s described as “non-intoxicating” medicine derived from a marijuana chemical compound. The Wichita Eagle reports that senators initially were supposed to vote on a measure that would legalize the use of cannabis for certain medical conditions. But an amendment stripped out that measure and replaced it with another that would allow medical professionals to prescribe and dispense “non-intoxicating cannabinoid medicine.” The bill does not define non-intoxicating. The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee approved that bill Thursday. The measure now…
Unemployment numbers remain fairly low for the Manhattan area, with 3.8 percent in the Manhattan and Junction City metropolitan area. Friday numbers from the Kansas Department of Labor indicate January numbers for the city of Manhattan with just the Riley County part is 2.8 percent. Area county numbers for January included Riley at 3.2 percent, Pottawatomie at 3.9, Geary County at 5.6, and Clay County at five percent
Riley County officers filed a report for criminal sodomy in the southwest part of Manhattan yesterday. Officers listed a 15 year old male as the victim when it was reported that a 16 year old female performed oral sex on him. Due to the nature of the alleged crime and the ongoing nature of the investigation, no additional information was released. Officers responded to a report of an injury accident occurring at Fort Riley Blvd. and Miller Parkway yesterday morning. When officers arrived on scene, they found that Kelley Goss, 54, of White City, lost control of her blue Cadillac passenger car, which…
Today’s guests on In Focus included State Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan, USD 475 Executive Director of Communications Matthew Droge and Master Teacher Joanie Hayden, the 2017 Elizabeth Dole Foundation Dole Caregiver Fellow Carolyn Toliver-Lee from Manhattan, as well as US Senator Jerry Moran of Manhattan. Hawk: Droge & Hayden: Toliver-Lee: Moran: