Police say they have made an arrest in the death of a 7-year-old Kentucky girl whose body was found in a creek during a football game.
Author: KMAN Staff
Bruce Weber wasn’t sure when Kansas State would face its first adversity of the season, nor how his team would handle it. It came Friday night against South Dakota, when K-State found itself ice cold from the field and trailing by as many as eight points in the first half. The Wildcats passed the test with flying colors, defeating the Coyotes 93-72, thanks to Justin Edwards’ aggressiveness and solid play from freshmen Barry Brown and Dean Wade. “We were worried about this game as a staff,” Weber said. “We put a lot of energy into that Columbia game, and we…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from prison Friday, saying he wished him well in this new chapter of his life. Many shoppers at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market agreed.
Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning, killing multiple and taking numerous hostages, authorities said.
A couple of status hearings were set in Geary County Court recently–including a December 22nd date for Richard Tilton, who faces charges of aggravated indecent liberties and sexual exploitation of a child charges. Manufacturing child pornography is reportedly involved, as part of a multi-jurisdictional investigation, with at least four counties. Tilton was arrested in September. And a December eighth status hearing was set Thursday for Scott Wayne Aldrich Jr., 28, who was arrested last month for aggravated battery and criminal use of explosives. Aldrich was taken into custody after the Geary County Sheriff’s Investigations Division found Mark Ayers, 25, had…
The unemployment rate in metropolitan Manhattan has gone down since both the month and year before, with a 2.6 rate in October. According to Kansas Department of Labor numbers released Friday, the 2.6 is lower than September’s 2.9 and the three percent recorded in October of last year. Manhattan combined with the Junction City micropolitan area had a 3.2 percent rate, also lower than the month and year prior.Manhattan’s numbers for just Riley County is 2.3 percent–again the lowest in the last month or year. Junction City and Geary County had a 5.5 percent rate in October, the same as September but…
Alto Johns, 44, of Topeka, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on November 19, 2015 at approximately 5:20 PM. Johns was arrested on a warrant from Riley County for the offense of failure to appear. The original offense listed on this warrant was motion to revoke parole for the offense of driving while suspended. He was given “no bond” and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. RCPD is investigating a report of burglary to a home in the 1300 block of Knox Lane in Manhattan. Police found that David…
EMPORIA — Emporia State University excluded media from a public forum on race but later allowed reporters back into the event. The Emporia Gazette reports that reporters on Thursday were asked to leave the forum, which the university had announced earlier in a press release. Emporia State officials allowed reporters back into the event after discussing the issue with the university’s general counsel. Emporia State’s Interim President Jackie Vietti said the reporters were asked to leave the event because students thought the forum would not be open to the media. She said the university would work to avoid that confusion in the…
WICHITA — A Muslim group wants Kansas political and religious leaders to repudiate views expressed by Sedgwick County Commissioner Karl Peterjohn at a county commission meeting. The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Thursday condemned the Republican commissioner’s remarks a day earlier saying he was providing “a public warning for citizens.” Peterjohn put on a slide show at the session of people named “Mohammed,” or some derivation of that name, who committed crimes. Commissioners also passed on a 4-1 vote two resolutions offering condolences to Russia and France for the recent attacks, while condemning U.S. leaders for not calling…
Manhattan Regional Airport has opened two new temporary parking lots in preparation for increased travel demand expected from holiday traffic. Previously, overflow parking was available on the military ramp, but that area is currently unavailable due to construction at the airport terminal. “With terminal construction activities impacting our operations, we were in a position where we had to re-arrange some of our parking,” said Airport Director Jesse R. Romo. “We’re excited to have these new temporary lots open in time for our holiday traffic.” One new lot is located on the east side of the existing parking lot. It can…