The Riley County Appraiser’s Office has begun the annual 2016 Final Review process for property values. County appraiser Greg McHenry told county commissioners Thursday morning he hopes to complete those values by Feburary. During the Final Review process, values are chosen for all the approximately 24,000 real estate parcels in the county. McHenry said appraisers will be choosing 2016 values based on each property’s Jan. 1 status and that his office is scheduled to mail the Change of Value Notices on Feb. 12. “March 1 is the mandated deadline to mail those and as you all know, we try to mail those…
Author: KMAN Staff
A Manhattan man has been arrested in the case of his wife’s stabbing death in Mississippi. Riley County police took 34-year-old Edward Alexander Broom, into custody Tuesday on a warrant for extradition to Leflore County, Mississippi. Broom was indicted there Monday on a capital murder charge in the death of his wife, 29-year-old Lakeyla Broom who was found dead in her Greenwood, Mississippi when a man called 911 saying that he had been tied up and stabbed. Police then found Broom tied up in a bedroom, his wife’s body in another. Greenwood Police Chief Ray Moore says authorities believe the…
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We’ve been telling you lately about a scam that’s been running in both Riley and Pottawatomie Counties where a caller tells a victim that a family member has been kidnapped and another incident took place this morning in Pottawatomie County. Sherriff Greg Riat tells KMAN a victim received multiple calls this morning that a family member had been kidnapped which begain an investigation. Because the calls were placed in an area that was close to St. George Elementary School, the Sheriff’s Department notified the school of what’s happening and the building was placed on lockdown for a short time. Authorities…
Senator Tom Hawk says he’s running for re-election. According to a press release, the senator from Manhattan filed with the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office for re-election to the 22nd District of the Senate, on Thursday. In the release, Hawk says, “It is a privilege to serve the people of the 22nd district in the Kansas Senate.” Prior to becoming a senator, Hawk spent 33 years working in the Manhattan-Ogden school district, working his way up from a junior high math teacher to superintendent. In seeking re-election, Hawk notes that education is one of his main priorities, saying, “Unfortunately, the mismanagement of the…
A man who was arrested after a series of thefts that caused an hours-long lock-down on the K-State campus in September has reached a plea deal. According to the Associated Press, 20-year-old Johnathon Ryan Elliott pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated robbery after reaching an agreement with prosecutors to drop five other counts. Authorities say that Elliott admitted he was a part of planning the robberies, provided transportation during them and that he had kept a portion of the stolen goods. In addittion, prosecutors agreed to seek the standard sentence for Elliott, ranging from 5 to 19 years behind…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Wesley Moore, 25, of Junction City, Kansas on January 6, 2016 at approximately 7:30 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Moore was arrested on a warrant from 2015 for the offenses of burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, and theft in Riley County. He was given a bond of $5,000.00. Detectives with the Riley County Police Department executed a search warrant in the 200 block of Main Street in Riley, Kansas and arrested David Dortch as a result. Dortch was arrested on the offenses of possession of opiates, opium, or…
BALDWIN CITY — Fourteen dogs have died in a northeast Kansas house fire that their owner narrowly escaped. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Kevin Matthews awoke Tuesday morning to smoke filling his room. He broke through a bedroom window of his home near the Douglas County town of Baldwin and jumped out. Matthews says he then flagged down a driver, who helped him call 911. The fire was under control within an hour, but the house is considered a total loss. Willow Springs Fire Department Assistant Chief Clint Hornberger says the cause appears to be accidental. Matthews says nine adult dogs and…
The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Board of Education gathered for the first time in 2016 on Wednesday night at the Robinson Education Center to prime themselves for what appears to be a busy next few weeks ahead. With the retirement of Bob Shannon just over the horizon, candidates for the Superintendent position will be in Manhattan next week for interviews. While in Manhattan, the candidates will be available to the public at meet-and-greet sessions at the Manhattan High West Commons Area and Little Theatre on Wednesday from 3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. In new business, the district voted to approve the…
Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama’s desk repealing his signature health care law. The president will surely veto it, but it marks the first time such a bill will actually make it all the way to the White House.