A prominent Manhattan businessman and former K-State back-up quarterback Zachary Burton was in the Riley County District Courthouse for a status hearing Tuesday afternoon. Burton, who owns Fieldhouse Development, Inc., was arrested on four counts of unlawful sexual relations with a female student on June 7. Burton, 38, will return to court Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. for a preliminary hearing in front of Judge William Malcolm. Burton was an assistant boys’ basketball coach and substitute teacher at Riley County USD 378. All four of his charges begin Dec. 1, 2015 but each with different ending dates of Dec. 31, 2015, Jan.…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Kaw Valley Rodeo Association’s 10th annual Tough Enough to Wear Pink Rodeo will be at 8 p.m. Friday, July 22, at Wells Arena in Manhattan’s CiCo Park. The event honors cancer survivors and raises awareness and funds for Kansas State University’s Johnson Cancer Research Center. The Tough Enough to Wear Pink Rodeo is part of the three-day Kaw Valley PRCA Rodeo, July 21-23. The rodeo is in conjunction with the Riley County Fair, July 21-25. A portion of Friday night’s rodeo ticket sales will go to the cancer research center. “We want rodeo fans to pack the arena with…
WICHITA — A Dodge City woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for creating a video of herself engaged in a sex act with a child under 5 years old and uploading it to the internet. The sentence was handed down Monday for 25-year-old Ashley Marie Kelly, who pleaded guilty in March to one count of producing child pornography. She admitted using a smartphone to record the sex act and posting it to her Google Drive account. Google discovered it and notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
TOPEKA — The former Kansas transportation secretary will be a regional director for a John Deere construction equipment dealer. The Wichita Eagle reports that Mike King has joined Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s office announced King’s departure last month. King had worked in the construction industry for more than three decades and was owner of a McPherson company when Brownback named him transportation secretary in March 2012. During his tenure, King ran a department with about 2,500 employees and an annual budget of well over $1 billion. But also during his tenure, the state has repeatedly diverted highway…
DALLAS — Half of the action from Big 12 Media Days is now complete. Monday included everything from controversial comments by league commissioner Bob Bowlsby to an impromptu mascot dance-off. But Tuesday’s lineup includes the more significant 2016 storylines, with Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State and West Virginia at the podium. Here’s a list of top things to follow. Will Bill Snyder tip his hand? It was mildly surprising that Kansas State quarterback Jesse Ertz was listed as a Media Days attendee, given that the Wildcats’ competition at that position is ongoing. Does this mean it’s Ertz’s job to lose? Or is he…
Today’s edition of In Focus was “open phones,” Dave and Cathy chatted about current events alongside KMAN listeners.
Use of force was a topic at Monday’s Riley County Law Board meeting, with a last minute presentation at the request of law board member Karen McCulloh, who asked for the information the end of last week. In light of recent events nation-wide, Lieutenants Tim Schuck and Greg Steere talked about training used, with some numbers presented by Lt. Steere. Lt. Steere told the group in 2015 there were about 57,000 calls for service, which doesn’t include other contacts that don’t generate a call for service. 75 separate use of force incidents occurred for that same time frame, which Steere…
Many annual events say they are bigger and better every year, but with the 41st Annual Kaw Valley Rodeo in Manhattan, it’s not just lip service. “We’re up about 100 more contestants than last year,” said Kaw Valley Rodeo Association representative Steve Frazier during Monday morning’s Riley County Commission meeting. The rodeo kicks off Thursday night in conjunction with the Riley County Fair in Wells Arena inside the Riley County Fairgrounds. Frazier told commissioners an approved tweak in the rules through a request he submitted to the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) two years ago allowed the Great Lakes Division…
WICHITA — What was originally planned as a protest march turned into a barbecue in which Wichita police and a diverse group of residents broke bread together. The Wichita Eagle reports that organizers of the protest met with Police Chief Gordon Ramsay for several hours, ending with an agreement for the barbecue, which took place Sunday at McAdams Park. Several Wichita police officers took part. The goal was to open lines of communication and build trust between police and the communities they serve. The crowd at the barbecue included people who were white, black and Hispanic.
COPELAND — Five people are injured after a tractor-trailer struck an all-terrain vehicle in western Kansas. The Garden City Telegram reports that the accident happened Saturday night at the intersection of U.S. 56 and a county road near Copeland. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Andrew Dean Yost of Copeland tried to make a left turn and was struck by a 2015 semi driven by William Bartz of Portales, Florida, who was trying to pass the ATV on the left. The semi drove into a ditch and rolled over. Bartz was taken to a hospital in Dodge City. Yost and three passengers,…