Joseph Brown, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday morning. Brown was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Brown’s bond was set at $5,000.00 and he was not confined at the time of this report. Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for vehicle burglary in the 800 block of S. Seth Child Rd. yesterday at approximately 11:15 AM. David Guzman, 41, of Fort Riley, was listed as a victim when an unknown suspect entered his vehicle and took his Apple iPhone 6 Plus and a diaper…
Author: KMAN Staff
Highlighted by a shift of the September 23 game with Charlotte to September 9, K-State’s 2017 football schedule is now complete with the Wildcats hosting seven games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium beginning September 2. In all, the Wildcats will face six teams that appeared in bowl games this past season, four of which will travel to Bill Snyder Family Stadium. “We appreciate the patience of the Wildcat Nation and the help of the Charlotte administration as we worked to adjust our open date and complete the 2017 schedule,” Athletics Director John Currie said. “K-State Nation will be in full…
Commissioner’s discussed a new foyer design for the Peace Memorial Auditorium. Budget and plans for the project were discussed, with donations from the city, county, and private donors raising over $400,000. Commissioners approved the initial design of the foyer and gave authorization to elicit bids on the project. Manhattan Senior Planner, Chad Bunger, presented an ordinance rezoning the Highlands at Grand Mere for further housing development. The development will extend housing on an additional 64 acres over the next few years and will extend Grand Mere Parkway closer to Marlatt avenue. Ground-work has already started on the site. Schultz Real…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal regulators say movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. can buy smaller rival Carmike Cinemas Inc. for $1.2 billion if it sells some theaters. The deal will make AMC the biggest U.S. movie theater operator. The U.S. Department of Justice says its approval hinges on AMC selling theaters in 15 markets where it competes with Carmike. The Leawood, Kansas, company also has to sell most of its holdings in National Cinemedia, a cinema advertising company, and transfer 24 theaters to a rival theater ad company, Screenvision LLC. The Justice Department says the deal would lead to…
A former K-State student cited in a federal court lawsuit filed against the university who allegedly raped two different women in 2014 and 2015 will be arraigned on Jan. 3 at 9 a.m. in Riley County District Court. The arraignment for Jared Gihring was originally scheduled for Monday, but his defense was granted a continuance. The lawsuit, filed by the two women, argues KSU failed to perform its due diligence in investigating Gihring. The lawsuit claims little action was taken against Gihring after one of the women brought Gihring to K-State’s attention in May 2014 after she told the university’s…
Riley County Police Officers responded to an injury accident that occurred at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Seth Child Rd. on Monday afternoon. 74-year-old Allen Frazier of Manhattan was driving a Lincoln passenger car east on Tuttle Creek Blvd. when he struck a Ford SUV on Seth Child Rd driven by 31-year-old Kyle Work of Parkville, Missouri. Allen was transported to Via Christi for treatment, while Work was cited for failure to yield at a stop sign. The intersection was closed for about an hour. Riley County Police filed a report for theft in the on Monday evening at…
Today’s guests were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr.
WICHITA — State analysts say Westar Energy is putting shareholder enrichment ahead of reasonable electric rates for customers with its proposed sale to Kansas City Power & Light. The Wichita Eagle reports that analysts representing the staff of the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board raised the concerns in hundreds of pages of testimony filed late last week. Also expressing concerns were several consumer intervenors in the case. A Westar spokeswoman says the company remains confident of completing the merger next spring. KCP&L’s parent company, Missouri-based Great Plains Energy, is seeking to buy Westar. The $12.2 billion…
Today’s edition of In Focus was open phones.
Riley County commissioners agreed to hold off on advisory board appointments and reappointments Monday. The commission will wait till after it swears in Marvin Rodriguez on Jan. 9. Rodriguez, a Republican, defeated District 2 commissioner Robert Boyd in the August primary. “It’s different, this year, of course,” county clerk Rich Vargo said. “Because not all years you have a new commissioner transition.” Several advisory board terms end Dec. 31. “Whatever you two guys want to do,” Boyd answered when chairman Ben Wilson asked him about the proposal. “I’m comfortable making a decision, but if you want to wait for Marvin,…