TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A federal judge is slated to hear a change-of-plea request from a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping another man who plotted to bomb Fort Riley last year. The hearing is scheduled for Monday in Topeka. Alexander E. Blair previously pleaded not guilty to charges that he helped 21-year-old John T. Booker in his plot to plant a 1,000-pound bomb at the Fort Riley military base to aid the Islamic State group. Booker has pleaded guilty and acknowledged the plot. Authorities say Blair loaned Booker $100 for a storage space for the explosives and failed to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Hip-hop artist Kanye West was brought up not once, but twice, and the day wouldn’t be without a large public selfie. The Class of 2016 certainly did it the way only the Class of 2016 could. Over 340 seniors from Manhattan High School were honored Sunday afternoon in Bramlage Coliseum and received their diplomas to the cheers from family, friends and faculty. MHS Principal Greg Hoyt congratulated the Class of 2016 for their academic and athletic achievements, but also their tenacity. “This class has earned approximately $1.2 million in scholarship money,” he said. “But more impressive to me has been…
WICHITA — Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked a federal appeals court to stay a judge’s order to add to voting rolls for federal elections thousands of Kansans who did not provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote at motor vehicle offices. The Kansas Republican argued in a filing Friday to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that the process would be administratively burdensome and would involve thousands of hours of work by election officials. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson issued the preliminary injunction Tuesday after finding more than 18,000 eligible voters would be disenfranchised in the November federal election…
UPDATE: 4:06 p.m. The boy reported missing earlier was found safe by a Junction City Police officer about a quarter mile from his home. A Command Post had been set up and numerous volunteers along with law enforcement resources from the area to include the Junction City Police Department, Geary County Sheriff’s Office, Geary County Emergency Management, Kansas Wildlife & Parks, Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Rescue Dog Association, Fort Riley DA Police, Geary County Volunteer Fire Department, Junction City Fire Department, and a representative of the Missing & Exploited Children were en route to assist. The JCPD would thank all…
Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling six trail mix products across its eight-state region due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a press release from the grocer Friday. The products include Hy-Vee Caramel Cashew Honey Crunch Trail Mix, Hy-Vee Dark Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix, Hy-Vee Mountain Trail Mix, Hy-Vee Mountain Trail Mix To Go, Hy-Vee Berry Trail Mix and Hy-Vee Santa Fe Trail Mix. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals…
An appeal from a Manhattan man serving a sentence in a rape and aggravated sodomy case has been dismissed by the Kansas Court of Appeals. Lamont Cox was sentenced in Riley County District Court last August to 155 months in prison in the case which involved a five year old girl who was the daughter of his fiance. The higher court did not agree with Cox’s argument that the district court erred in sentencing him, adding that Cox entered into a plea agreement to receive the 155 month sentence. With the district court approving the plea agreement on the record and…
Unemployment numbers continue to be low in the Manhattan area, with Kansas Department of Labor numbers released Friday morning. The Manhattan metro area including Pottawatomie and Riley Counties had a 2.6 percent unemployment rate in April compared to three percent in March and 3.4 percent in April of last year. Those numbers continue to be the lowest in the state, with Lawrence and Douglas County having the next lowest rate at 2.9 percent. The Manhattan/Junction City combined statistical area had a three percent rate. Even the Junction City micro area with Geary County showed a decrease to 4.8 percent in…
For the second time in the history of K-State’s Landon Lecture Series, the President of Costa Rica was its speaker Thursday night. President Oscar Arias Sanchez spoke in Manhattan in 1987. President Luis Guillermo Solís acknowledged that fact early in his speech and thanked the university for the opportunity. “It is indeed a great pleasure for me, but it also a true honor for the Costa Rican president to be here,” he said. “Having been preceded by 171 orators is something I do treasure very much.” President Solis spoke on many topics ranging from international security, immigration, migration and the…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent Greg McClure Riley County Sr. Center Director Jami Ramsey Leon Havens, Vietnam veteran who is graduating from Manhattan High School at the Adult Learning/Center Open door May 26th; Meg Roe College and Career Counselor with USD 383 Adult Learning Center; Sandra Hobbs (student)
A report was filed for the offense of rape in the city limits of Manhattan, Kansas on May 19, 2016 at approximately 12:30 PM for an incident that is said to have taken place on May 17, 2016 at approximately 11:00 PM. Police were told that a suspect and victim had engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse which constituted the offense of rape. The suspect, a 54-year-old male, and the 31-year-old female victim are known to each other. No arrests have been made at the time of this report as police continue to investigate the matter.