The Kansas Court of Appeals has vacated a Riley County sentence and remanded it back to the local court with directions, in a case involving alleged battery against a law enforcement officer. In State of Kansas v. Tracey Jerome Toliver, the state court reversed Toliver’s felony conviction and his sentence was vacated. And the seven page opinion concludes “Since this felony conviction was designated by the district court as the primary crime for purposes of calculating Toliver’s base sentence, this case is remanded for sentencing with directions to recalculate the sentence by using the next highest severity level conviction to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Local officials had plenty to talk about recently as Riley County Commissioners, Manhattan city leaders and Pottowatomie County commissioners discussed the future of transit in the region during their joint city/county/county meeting. Stephanie Watts, the senior transportation manger for the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization, presented leaders with research gathered that shows long-range plan for getting place-to-place in the region. “I think it gives everyone a sense of the needs over the next 25 years, as far as transportation goes,” Watts said after the meeting. “It gives people an idea of what we can look towards and what projects we…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita city officials have chosen Duluth, Minnesota’s police chief to lead the largest police force in Kansas. The city announced Friday that 43-year-old Gordon Ramsay will become Wichita’s new police chief on January 28th. He will be paid $170,000 a year. The famous chef and Kitchen Nightmares star by the same name, was full of jokes regarding Ramsay’s new position. https://twitter.com/GordonRamsay/status/678035468706054144
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters during the first half of the school’s upcoming men’s basketball game. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the attempt will happen during Saturday’s game. University officials say the current record belongs to Loughborough University in Loughborough, England. They say 1,175 people gathered in holiday sweaters on December 10th, 2014.
A wamego man has been arrested on drug charges. Riley County Police arrested 23-year-old Anthony Michael Brazzle at the Riley County Police Department on Friday afternoon. Brazzle was arrested on five counts, two of which included the intent to sell and distribute stimulants. As of Saturday morning, Brazzle was still being held at the Riley County Jail on a bond of $19,000.00 Riley County Police have arrested an Alta Vista Man on several counts of failure to appear in court. 38-year-old Jake Fechner was arrested Friday morning at the Riley County Police Department. As KMAN reported earlier this year, Fechner…
The Manhattan High girls and boys basketball teams will head into the holiday break undefeated after sweeping the Blue Jays at Junction City High School. The MHS girls (5-0) dominated from start to finish with a wire to wire 63-27 win over the Lady Blue Jays (0-5). Manhattan was paced by three in double figures with Garrin Williams leading the Tribe with a career high 13 points. Gigi McAtee and Madison Mittie each finished with 10 points. Manhattan forced 21 JC turnovers and shot 45% from the field in the victory. The MHS boys (5-0) had to gut one out…
Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager said Friday it will take the DNC to court if it does not reverse its decision to block the Sanders campaign access to a database that holds records about potential voters.
The scene of a fatal shooting last week has now been listed for sale on the housing market. 21-year old Tyler Nelson died of a gunshot wound to the chest after unlawfully entering the home of 62-year old Richard Lee Smith shortly after midnight last Friday. KMAN received a tip through social media indicating the home where the shooting occurred is now listed for sale on realtor.com. Website records indicate it was listed on either Tuesday or Wednesday. The duplex located at 1004 North Eighth street is now on the market for roughly $140,000 dollars. Smith has not been charged in the death of…
Riley County and K-State Police Departments are working in conjunction to identify a suspect wanted in connection with a series of lewd acts on campus and in the community. A picture of the individual in question can be viewed here. Two arrests were made in Manhattan on December 17, 2015 as a result of a longterm and ongoing investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine in the Manhattan and Riley County community. This investigation included uniformed patrol officers, detectives, undercover special investigation detectives, and support staff with the Riley County Police Department. Their combined investigative work culminated in a search warrant…