Author: KMAN Staff

Officers filed a report of burglary on May 20, 2024, at approximately 8:44 AM in the 600 block of Schurle Way.  Officers listed 67,, 53, and 33-year-old males and a 74-year-old female as the victim when it was reported an unknown subject removed the lock from their storage unit and stole various items with a total estimated loss of $3,100.  Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.

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By AJ Dome, The Mercury In what the Riley County EMS director called a rare shift, the county’s downtown EMS station recorded more emergency calls last month than the county’s main station at 2011 Claflin Road. David Adams told Riley County commissioners Monday that April data showed 479 total ambulance calls, mostly for sick people and for those who had fallen. Adams says Station 2, at 11th and Poyntz reported 154 calls, outpacing the 131 calls into Station 1 on Claflin Road. Adams linked the increase in service calls to Station 2 to a few patients who rely on EMS to help…

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Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:14 Segment 3 – 23:25 Segment 4 – 34:17 On Monday’s edition of In Focus Riley County Historical Museum Curator of Education and Design Melanie Highsmith and staff member Holly Hill, who also works with the Chapman Center discuss Historic Preservation Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month recognized in May.

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Officers filed a report of rape on May 17, 2024, at approximately 11:15 AM in Manhattan. Due to the nature of this crime, no other details will be released at this time. Horashio Pritchett was arrested on May 17, 2024, at approximately 1:41 PM in the 500 block of Stone Drive.  Pritchett was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for domestic battery. Total bond was set at $5,000. Pritchett was confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report of theft in the 1800 block of Fair Lane on May 18, 2024, at approximately 11:22 AM.…

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BY  AVERY OSEN KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Ragans allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings, Michael Massey and Maikel Garcia homered and the Kansas City Royals beat Oakland 6-2 on Friday night to extend the Athletics losing streak to a season-high six. Ragans (3-3) walked two and struck out seven, rebounding from a 9-3 loss at the Los Angeles Angels when he allowed seven runs and eight hits. He has three scoreless starts of at least six innings this season. Chris Stratton and Matt Sauers finished the four-hitter, the ninth time Oakland has been held to four hits or…

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The native of Ireland is the seventh player to sign with the Wildcats for the 2024-25 season. Pronounced Mow-B EE-kay-gah-roo-kuh MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang made another key addition to his team for the 2024-25 season with the signing of NJCAA All-American guard Chimobi (Mobi) Ikegwuruka(Galway, Ireland/Ellsworth [Iowa] Community College) to a Financial Aid Agreement on Friday afternoon (May 17). The 6-foot-6, 205-pound guard who has experience playing internationally, including with the Irish U16 National Team, arrives at K-State after a redshirt freshman season at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa in 2023-24. He averaged a…

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CARLSBAD, Calif. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State junior women’s golfer Carla Bernat carded a 4-over par 76 on Friday during the first round of the 2024 NCAA Championship held at the par-72, 6,297-yard La Costa Champions Course at Omni La Costa Resort. Bernat will begin Saturday’s second round tied for 99th place as she carded one birdie during the first round, which came at the par-4 7th hole. “Today was a tough day for Carla,” head coach Stew Burke said. “She didn’t really get the breaks that she deserved on a couple occasions. However, she fought hard, got some up-and-downs and kept herself in…

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Eleven strikeouts from Jackson Wentworth led to K-State’s eighth series win of the season, as the Wildcats defeated BYU, 2-1, Friday night at Tointon Family Stadium. Wentworth turned in his second quality start, as the redshirt-sophomore held the Cougars to one run over his career-long eight innings to earn the victory (4-4). A native of Urbandale, Iowa, Wentworth scattered five hits and punched out a career-high 11 batters, including striking out the side in the first and sixth. “That was an awesome college baseball game,” head coach Pete Hughes said.  It was clean with no errors and elite pitching.…

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17 Wildcats will compete in field events, eight on the track, including the men’s 4×400 relay MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – The K-State track and field teams will be represented by 25 athletes at the NCAA West Preliminary in Fayetteville, Ark., from Wednesday May 22 through Sunday May 25 at John McDonnell Field. The NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee selects 48 individuals in each event and 24 relay teams to compete in the first round of the Outdoor Championships, which are divided into two preliminaries – the East and West. In addition to the 25 selections, senior Urte Bacianskaite was…

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