Hannover’s police chief says authorities have canceled a friendly soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands because they had “concrete information” about a bomb threat.
Author: KMAN Staff
A Manhattan man was taken into custody by Riley County Police Monday afternoon on a bond forfeiture warrant. Donnie Hill, 42, was arrested at approximately 3:57 PM while in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza in Manhattan. The original warrant was related to Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute. Bond was listed as $7,500. ### A 21-year-old Ogden man faces a probation violation warrant following his arrest Monday morning. Travis Rock was taken into custody at about 11:13 while in the 100 block of North 4th Street in Manhattan. Bond was listed as $5,000. ### Riley County Police responded to a report…
A Manhattan man charged with attempted first degree murder sat through the second day of his jury trial Tuesday morning in the Riley County District Courthouse room of Judge David Stutzman. Samuel Dartez, 31, allegedly stabbed a 27-year-old woman multiple times on Nov. 13, 2014, near the intersection of Juliette and Yuma streets. An earlier preliminary hearing heard from an eye witness who saw the altercation and called 911. Dartez fled and was arrested in Morris County after a stand-off with police. Riley County Police Department Crime Scene Investigator Allen Riniker took the stand Tuesday morning and identified clothing obtained…
I-70 from Goodland west to the Colorado border has been closed as of 10 a.m. CST because of winter weather conditions. For up-to-date information on road closures and road conditions, call 511 in Kansas or 866-511-5368 outside Kansas, or check travel information online at www.kandrive.org or http://511mm.ksdot.org on your mobile device.
WICHITA-Wichita State University has named an assistant dean to a new position for diversity. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1YeFcSo) WSU President John Bardo on Monday named Marche Fleming-Randle, assistant dean of the university’s Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Science, to become assistant to the president for diversity. University spokesman Lou Heldman says Fleming-Randle, who was also appointed recently as adviser to the student governing association, has considerable credibility with students. Fleming-Randle says in a prepared statement that her job is to move the university “forward on diversity.” The announcement comes amid several student concerns, including lack of staff diversity.…
LAWRENCE- University of Kansas student leaders who are facing an attempt to oust them have outlined proposals for increasing diversity within student government. Student Body President Jessie Pringle, Vice President Zach George and Chief of Staff Adam Moon issued a joint statement Monday night outlining 11 proposals. A student government committee is pushing for their resignations or impeachment, based in part on what members see as an inadequate response to demands to the university from a campus protest group called Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk. Their proposals include increasing the number of student senators from the current 86 to increase the…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes speaks with Manhattan Mayor Karen McCulloh and City Manager Ron Fehr:
In the last 24 hours, the Junction City Police Department has received information that two local businesses have been contacted by unknown persons, who advised they represented the City of Junction City and that the business had an outstanding balance on their water account. The unknown caller then attempted to get the victim businesses to pay those outstanding balances by wiring money to satisfy the unpaid amount. These calls are a scam and no representative from the City of Junction City would attempt to have a customer submit payment by wire for an outstanding water bill. Anyone getting one of…
Entering the season, Kansas State wasn’t sure who it would be able to turn to when the Wildcats really needed a basket. The season is very young, but that issue may have found some clarity in K-State’s 81-71 victory over Columbia on Monday night. True freshman Dean Wade and veterans Wesley Iwundu and Justin Edwards all came up big for the Wildcats at various points as the Wildcats moved to 2-0 on the season. “This was a good win,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “If you know anything about basketball, you know Columbia is a good team. I thought we…
A Wamego optometrist has died in a one vehicle roll-over crash in Cayman Brac. Dr. Mark Bettencourt, 54, had been visiting since Friday but was not found at the accident scene Sunday right away. His body was later found underneath the vehicle. The crash also killed Topeka construction company owner Douglas Carney, 50 and critically injured longtime Cayman Brac resident Robert “Bob” Barbera, 48. Authorities indicate the Honda Odyssey van ran off the road at about 5:15 p.m. Sunday although Bettencourt’s body wasn’t found until 8:45. It wasn’t known until later that Bettencourt had been with the other two.…