Today’s guest on In Focus was: Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler
Author: KMAN Staff
After a month long investigation, the Geary County Sheriff’s Office announced that formal criminal charges of Burglary and Felony Theft are being filed and submitted to the Geary County Attorney’s Office against Raymond Lee Wood (Wamego), Ciara Carroll (Wamego), Logan Hardie (Riley) and a juvenile. The investigation regarded a residential burglary that occurred on May 1, 2016 at 1012 Lakeview Street in Milford, Kansas. During the investigation, the Geary County Sheriff’s Office conducted search warrants in Wamego, St. Marys and Topeka where some of the stolen property has been recovered. Several firearms were stolen during the Burglary and have not been recovered,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals won six straight games to take the AL Central lead, then dropped eight straight to lose it. Now, they’re riding another five-game winning streak. “Yeah, to say we’re streaky — it’s kind of crazy how it’s going,” said Ian Kennedy, who pitched Kansas City to a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night to polish off a three-game sweep. The Royals have won nine straight at home, their best stretch since 2003. Salvador Perez hit a three-run shot during a go-ahead fifth inning against Corey Kluber (6-7), while Eric…
TOPEKA — Kansas’ governing board of the state’s universities has signed off on requests to raise tuition higher than first proposed by many of the campuses. The Kansas Board of Regents’ Wednesday in Topeka came weeks after Republican Gov. Sam Brownback cut higher education spending by 4 percent. That was one percent more than the state’s universities had expected. Many of the campuses responded by pushing their tuition requests upward. The University of Kansas’ tuition will rise by 5 percent. That’s one percent higher than the school sought last month. The state’s other universities’ tuition boosts range from 4.9 percent at Emporia…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: MATC President Jim Genandt, David Baker and Eric Martin with Juneteenth
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the Riverchase Mobile Home Park public water supply. This advisory took effect Wednesday and the KDHE says this advisory will remain in effect until conditions which place the system at risk of contamination are deemed to be adequately resolved. Customers living in Riverchase Mobile Home Park should do the following: Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation. Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household ice machine. Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one…
Two students at Junction City high school are getting the word out about a great comeback story from this past winter. Auh’shay Sanchez and Dominic Jones produced the documentary “The Comeback Kid” about Blue Jay junior Aryus Jones’ journey back from a gruesome leg injury to a state wrestling championship. Aryus Jones broke his tibia and fibula in football practice and was expected to miss the entire winter sports season after the injury. He was able to come back to the wrestling mat just a month after his injury. His season ended with an undefeated record and a 6A state title…
The affidavit in the Riley County Court case of Zachary Burton requested by Manhattan Broadcasting has been sealed. It’s been almost two years since the Kansas legislature passed a law making affidavits, which support the arrest of a defendant, available to the media. But in this case, which involves the June seventh arrest of Burton on four counts of unlawful sexual relations with a female student, the 21st Judicial Court of Riley County is informing KMAN the state’s motion to seal the affidavit is ordered to be sealed. In a brief order, the court indicates it found the disclosure of…
The Riley County Police Department filed a report for the offenses of aggravated battery, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault on June 14, 2016 at approximately 11:45 AM in the 1100 block of Ratone Street in Manhattan. Police were notified of an incident involving a 33-year-old male suspect and a 56-year-old female victim who were known to each other. Police were told that a knife was brandished during the incident inside of the victim’s vehicle and investigators continue to look into the matter. No arrests were made and no injuries were listed. Joshua Foster, 22, of Manhattan was arrested while at…
The Manhattan City Commission met Tuesday for its second 2017 Budget work session. As is custom during budget season, the proposed mill levy (2.119 this time around) was a main focus during Tuesday’s meeting. “We could have a zero mill increase if we get rid of the ‘wants’ and focus on the ‘needs’ but nobody’s looking at that,” said Wynn Butler, commissioner. Butler pointed to the 1.9 million dollars allocated to the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau as an example of an inefficient use of tax dollars. “Everybody says, ‘well we need to give that to CVB so we can get…