Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft in the 800 block of Commons Pl Friday afternoon. Gamestop was listed as a victim, when a suspect left the store with a Playstation 4, a Playstation 4 controller, an Xbox One, and two PS4 games. Officers issued a Notice to Appear for theft to Jason Wooten, 19, of Junction City. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $670.00. Devin Field, 23, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on Friday afternoon. Field was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant…
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Manhattan has a new Community Development Director but it’s a familiar name for the city of Manhattan. Eric Cattell has been named Director of Community Development for the City of Manhattan, effective today. Cattell has been the assistant director for planning for the city for the last 18 years. As director, Cattell will be responsible for directing all long-range and current land use planning efforts for the city including the preparation of comprehensive plans, neighborhood, corridor and district plans and plan updates, and the implementation of these plans and policies through the zoning and subdivision regulations and other city ordinances.…
A Louisiana man’s Saturday morning took a turn for the worse in Wabaunsee county over the weekend. 30-year-old Brandon Perque of Marrero, Louisiana, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at mile marker 327 when he lost control of his car while passing a semi-truck. Perque’s 2015 Subaru spun out in the eastbound lane then was struck head-on by the semi. Perque was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka. According to Kansas Highway Patrol, Perque was wearing his seat belt. The driver of the semi is listed as Clint Clark, 35, of Ferriday, Louisiana. Clark was uninjured. Saturday morning’s accident in Wabaunsee county was…
DENVER (AP) — D.J. Johnson had 19 points to lead six Wildcats scoring in double figures, and Kansas State pulled away in the second half to beat Colorado State 89-70 Saturday. Barry Brown had 14 points and Xavier Sneed added 12 for Kansas State (10-1), which won its fifth in a row since its loss to Maryland on Nov. 26. Johnson, who fouled out with just under two minutes remaining, also had 10 rebounds for his third career double-double. Prentiss Nixon had 30 points to lead Colorado State (8-3). Up by seven at the break, Kansas State stretched its lead…
It’s going to be a dangerously frosty weekend in the Flint Hills. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a wind chill advisory for the KMAN-listening area in effect until noon Sunday. NWS says freezing drizzle north of I-70 will gradually diminish Friday night. An Arctic airmass will begin to surge southeast through the area tonight and will cause any wet and untreated roadways to refreeze. Light to moderate snowfall is expected to overspread the area late Friday night into Saturday afternoon and end that evening. As the cold air continues to build in, dangerously cold wind chill values…
Manhattan unemployment numbers continue to be low but have gone up a little since this same time last year. November numbers just released by the Kansas Department of Labor indicate a 3.1 percent number for the Manhattan Metro area in Riley and Pottawatomie Counties, compared to 2.6 last year. The Manhattan-Junction City area is a bit higher at 3.5 percent. The Manhattan Riley County number is 2.9 percent. Area county numbers include Riley at 2.5, Pottawatomie at 2.9, Geary at 5.3, and Clay at 3.6 percent. Junction City had a 5.1 percent unemployment rate. Manhattan has the lowest city rate…
TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has met with President-elect Donald Trump. Kobach made no comment to reporters Thursday upon arriving for and leaving his meeting at Trump Tower in New York. Kobach advised Trump’s campaign on immigration issues. Kobach is a former law professor who helped draft tough state and local laws cracking down on illegal immigration, including in Arizona and Alabama. Since Kobach was elected Kansas secretary of state in 2010, he’s also been a champion of tough voter identification laws. Kobach met with Trump in New Jersey before Thanksgiving and brought a list of immigration…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent Greg McClure, Riley County Senior Service Center Director Jami Ramsey, Training and Finance Coordinator with Thrive Jayme Morris Hardeman, and the new Miss Kansas USA Catherine Carmichael of Manhattan. McClure: Ramsey: Morris Hardeman: Carmichael:
TOPEKA — Kansas has renewed its existing contracts for three companies managing the state’s Medicaid program for another year through 2018. Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer made the announcement Thursday in a tweet. He said, “Time will bring clarity from D.C” on health care policy. President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are looking to repeal and replace the 2010 federal health care law championed by outgoing President Barack Obama. The Medicaid program provides health coverage for the poor, elderly and disabled and is funded jointly by states and the federal government. In 2013, Kansas turned over management of its Medicaid program…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Roy Cephas Jr., 18, of Manhattan, while at the Riley County Police Department early yesterday morning. Cephas was arrested on two Riley County District Court warrants, one for battery and one for failure to appear. Cephas’ bond was set at $10,000.00. Cephas was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for a motor vehicle theft in the 900 block of Denison Ave. yesterday morning. Officers listed Arthur Selman, 52, of Manhattan, as the victim, when an unknown suspect took his blue 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee sometime between…