The Wamego City Commission held a special recognition for a retiring firefighter. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page read the proclamation in recognition of Firefighter Darrin Stewart for his 25 years of exemplary service as a Volunteer Firefighter. Mayor Cliff Baughman made the presentation to Stewart, who is retiring from the City’s Fire Department. In addition, Fire Chief Phil Stultz presented Stewart with a Commemorative Bell as a gift representing and acknowledging the accomplishments and contributions he made to the community and the Wamego Fire Department. Stultz added that Stewart’s dedicated hard work has contributed to the growth of…
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Another offensive lineman has made his commitment to K-State for the class of 2017. Josh Rivas, a 6-6 335 pound OL, from Hutchinson made his oral commitment on Tuesday. Rivas turned down offers from Arkansas, Virginia Tech and Purdue. His final three schools came down to K-State, KU and Mizzou. Rivas now becomes the sixth member of the 2017 recruiting class, which now includes four kids from Kansas.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bartolo Colon’s early injury put the Mets in a major bind, but they won a battle of bullpens against the best relief corps in baseball and edged the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Tuesday night in a World Series rematch. Yoenis Cespedes hit his 18th home run and Asdrubal Cabrera also connected for New York, which had lost three straight and six of eight. The 43-year-old Colon was hit on his pitching hand by a line drive and left after one batter with a bruised right thumb. Yet a gritty Hansel Robles (1-3) and four other relievers bailed…
After three years of sitting next to each other outgoing Mayor Karen McCulloh and Mayor Elect Usha Reddi are switching places. The Manhattan City Commission meeting reorganized; electing Reddi as Mayor and Linda Morse as Mayor Pro-Tem. “To see three women in this process, in our leadership roles. Karen was the first, I’ll be in the middle, and Linda’s gonna be next, and I think that says something for Manhattan. We are a diverse group of people, and we do look at competent people to get elected, ” said Mayor Reddi in her remarks for the upcoming year. Mayor Elect…
A man charged for domestic battery, aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling plead no contest in Pottawatomie Court Tuesday. He also plead no contest to the aggravated endangering of a child. Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck told KMAN Jarvis Clark, 26, is set for sentencing on July 21 at 9 a.m. He was advised of his duty to register pursuant to the Offender Registration Act. Clark was arrested on April 22 after a domestic disturbance in which a caller reported gunshots had been fired at a home on East Webster Street in Louisville. Clark’s bond…
A Manhattan man charged with criminal possession of a firearm by a felon entered a no contest plea Monday, and sentencing has been set for August first. Richard Smith, 62, received a lot of attention after his December arrest, in which Tyler Nelson, 21, was shot and killed. As KMAN reported at the time, Nelson was found inside Smith’s residence on North Eighth Street after Riley County Police received a report of an apparent intruder at that address. KMAN has had several interviews with Nelson’s family members who recounted how after a night of drinking in Manhattan’s Aggieville district, it’s…
A popular Topeka/Kansas City area restaurant is coming to Manhattan. Blue Moose Bar & Grill will open another location this fall in Manhattan. The newest and fifth Blue Moose restaurant features two stories with 6,300 square feet and will be located downtown at 100 Manhattan Town Center. The Blue Moose Bar & Grill originally opened in 2002 in Prairie Village, Kansas. Its fresh-ingredient menu offers a variety of small plates, salads, gourmet pizzas and sandwiches, steaks, chops and seafood. The new Blue Moose location will also feature 50 beers on tap. The new restaurant is going in at the former Old…
The Geary County Sheriff’s Office is looking into a cold case that will require the public’s assistance. On April 2, 1989 skeletal remains were discovered in Geary County on a sandbar of the Smoky Hill River near Grandview Plaza, just south of Interstate 70. Following the examination of the remains by a forensic anthropologist, it was determined that the remains belong to a white male who was between 36 and 49-years-old at the time of death. The deceased was approximately 5’5” and died sometime between 1985 and 1989. The help of a facial reconstruction expert was enlisted who was able to provide a clay molding…
A Manhattan man and former USD 378 employee facing four counts of unlawful sexual relations with a female student is set to have his first appearance in Riley County District Court Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Zachary Burton, 38, was arrested June 7. Little information has been released in the case. An affidavit requested by Manhattan Broadcasting was sealed by the court. The court alleged the disclosure of the affidavit has the potential of jeopardizing the well-being of the victim in the case. In addition to his former position as an assistant boys’ basketball coach at Riley County High School, Burton owns Fieldhouse Development in…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Johnathon Shuck, 33, of Manhattan while in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza on June 20, 2016 at approximately 2:05 PM. Shuck was arrested on the offenses of making false information and theft of property or services. These offenses were listed on a warrant from Riley County District Court and were associated with a bond of $8,000. At the time of this report Shuck was confined at the Riley County Jail.