NORTH NEWTON — A Kansas police chief investigating a child torture case involving three adopted Peruvian children is alleging that “somewhere, some time, the system broke down.” The Wichita Eagle reports that North Newton police chief Randy Jordan says he’s trying to find out what happened. He says state welfare officials received around a dozen reports before the adoptive parents, Jim and Paige Nachtigal, were charged last week with three counts each of child abuse. But Jordan says none were forwarded to his department for further investigation. Some of the reports were from 2014. State welfare officials have declined to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Not much more information Monday involving a Riley County Police arrest of a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. As KMAN announced Sunday, Donnie Hill, 43, was taken into custody at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Seth Child and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. The arson charge is related to a fire at 615 Yuma St. that KMAN first reported Feb. 12th and Hill is the same man who was first found near the house with severe lacerations to his arm. Bond was set at $5,000.…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: AAUW with Mary Stamey, Barbara Gatewood, and Karen Tinkler Linda Duke with the Beach Museum of Art at K-State
A Westmoreland man is looking to help Pottawatomie county grow by running for the District 3 seat on the Pottawatomie County Commission. Travis Altenhofen, 26, graduated from K-State Polytechnic in 2013 with degrees in aeronautical technology and finance. Altenhofen, a Republican, currently serves on the Rock Creek school board. He says it isn’t as much a love for politics as it is serving his community. “I’m running because I think God gave me the talents and gifts to serve in the capacity of commissioner, if the people are willing to give me a shot to show that,” Altenhofen said. He…
Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. Donnie Hill (43) was picked up in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. Hill was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
No one will ever know how a court-storming would have turned out this time around. The Kansas Jayhawks decided to make that discussion irrelevant. Paced by Frank Mason’s 16 points, No. 2 KU built a 17-point lead over its in-state rival, then held on to win 72-63 after K-State cut the deficit to three. “I was proud of the way our guys battled, but we came here to win and we didn’t,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “The difference was their bench and the way they took advantage of turnovers.” Similar to the first meeting, a 77-59 KU win in…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Fair officials are considering a major redesign of the fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News reports all of the current proposals are long-range ideas but the goal is to make the fairgrounds a more modern attraction. The suggestions include removing the century-old racetrack, while leaving the grandstand. The main entrance could move to a different location and the fair would be divided into quadrants with thoroughfares to make walking through the grounds easier. Another proposal is to allow private businesses to permanently move to the fairgrounds, on a type of main street promoting Kansas. Chip…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers are discussing two separate proposals for lowering the state’s sales tax on groceries. Twelve Kansas senators are sponsoring a proposal to offer voters a constitutional amendment that would reduce the sales tax to zero over three years. One of the sponsors, Democratic Sen. Tom Holland, says voters need to have a voice in how the state is handling its tax policies. Unlike many other states, Kansas charges its full state sales tax rate on groceries. The rate was increased last year to 6.5 percent. The Kansas City Star reports another proposal would reduce the grocery…
A Manhattan woman was arrested early Friday evening for drug charges. Julia Anne Kasprick, 28, was arrested in the 1900 block of Hunting Ave. for the sale and distribution of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana. She was released on a $7,000 bond. A Topeka man was arrested by the Riley County Police Department late Friday afternoon for theft. Clinton Michael Thompson, 27, was arrested in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Rd for theft by deception under $100,000. Thompson remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report with a bond of $7,000.
Two local community members were honored at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce’s 91st Annual Meeting and Banquet Friday night in the Manhattan Conference Center inside the Hilton Garden Inn. The chamber awarded Rod Harms as its 2015 C. Clyde Jones Volunteer of the Year and Jan Miller was honored as the 2015 Lud Fiser Citizen of the Year award winner. Miller owns Steve’s Floral, a business originally began by her brother, opened in Marysville in 1983. While she was attending classes at Cloud County Community College and K-State, she did design work for the shop. In 1987 the store…