Outgoing Riley County District Court Judge David Stutzman has ruled on pretrial motions filed in a second degree murder case involving Joshua Mall of Riley. The Judge agreed to the State’s motion to admit evidence of prior convictions and denied the defendant’s motion to suppress the blood alcohol test in the case. As KMAN earlier reported, the state alleged during the motions hearing that Mall was driving with a blood alcohol content of .13 when he collided with another vehicle and then struck a tree on the evening of October fifth 2015 in the 2400 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard…
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Police responded to multiple complaints of shots being fired in the 2400 block of Walden Lane, in Manhattan on May 30th, 2016 at approximately 10:47 PM. Reports indicated that multiple rounds may have also struck an occupied residence in the 2200 block of Griffith Terrace. Police arrested Eric Crawford, 19, and Dillon Evans, 22, both of Manhattan, related to this incident. Crawford and Evans were charged with Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm in City Limits, Criminal Discharge of a Firearm at an Occupied Dwelling and Battery. Bond was listed as $7,500.00 for each and they are no longer confined at…
Updated Wednesday evening: Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the St. George boat ramp shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a female being swept down river. When Deputies arrived, witnesses said that a row boat, occupied by three people, capsized after it hit a low-hanging branch. All three occupants jumped out of the boat and one of them knocked Latrice Douglas (27) of Manhattan off of her raft. She didn’t know how to swim and was swept down river. She was eventually pulled from the water by Gabriel Colwell (24) of Manhattan. Deputies also learned that…
Over the weekend, a 62-year-old Manhattan man was arrested for failure to appear in court earlier this month. In December, Richard Smith was arrested after shooting and killing 21-year-old Tyler Nelson, who had mistakenly entered his home. However, the incident fell within the Kansas self-defense law and Smith was arrested for being a convicted felon with a firearm and drug possession. His bond is set at 15,000.
ABILENE — The only professional theater between Kansas City and Denver is ready for a summer season in its new home. The Great Plains Theatre in Abilene has put on shows at various sites since a fire destroyed its building in July 2014. The Salina Journal reports the theater is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association, as are most of the actors, who are paid to perform. The new theater is in the former headquarters of ALCO Stores. It seats 150 and provides much more space for the former theater. Besides finding a new home, Great Plains Theatre’s finances also are…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Late-inning rallies are becoming the trademark for the Kansas City Royals. Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer after Lorenzo Cain drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning and the Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Monday night. The Royals have won four straight, matching their season best streak, and have scored 19 runs after the sixth innings in those victories. “Good teams at the end of the game find ways to do it,” Hosmer said. “We’ve been really doing it a lot of different ways, finding a way each and…
Riley County Police arrested a Junction City man early Sunday morning for a litany of drug-related violations. Matthew Schoettle (26) was picked up in the 2200 Seth Child Road shortly after midnight and charged with distribution of a controlled substance and possession of opiates among others. Schoettle was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $30,000 bond. ———————————————————————- A Manhattan woman was arrested Saturday for failure to appear. Lisa Hoofard (38) was picked-up Saturday evening in the 400 block of Stone Grove and confined at the Riley county Jail on a $12,000 bond ———————————————————————- Riley County Police also arrested…
The candidate filing deadline for the 2016 Primary Election in Riley County is Wednesday. The primary is on Aug. 2. The last day for those looking to register to vote for the primary is July 12. Voter registration closes 21 days prior to each election. The last day to register to vote for the general election on Nov. 8 is Oct. 18. More information about voting and all the forms and documents required in Riley County can be found on their website. Election and voting information for Pottawatomie County can also be found on their website.
The Kansas Supreme Court says that if its most recent education funding ruling results in public schools closing, it will be because legislators did not comply with an earlier order. The high court Friday rejected some education funding changes enacted by the Republican-dominated Legislature. The justices said in an unsigned order that lawmakers did not fully comply with an order in February to improve funding for poor schools. The court refused to separate the changes it endorsed from ones it accepted, saying they were all part of a single system. The justices said that unless the problems are fixed, the…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected some education funding changes enacted by the Legislature earlier this year and threatened to order the state’s public schools closed if lawmakers don’t act by June 30. The court ruled on a new school finance law that revised parts of the state’s funding formula but resulted in no change in total funds for most of the state’s 286 school districts. It was the third school finance law approved in as many years as Republican lawmakers hoped to keep the court from following through on the threat it made in a February…