A New Hampshire man was taken into custody by Riley County Police Tuesday after being extradited from his home state on a probation warrant. Ivan Beaulieu, 23, of Rollinsford, New Hampshire was arrested at approximately 8:47 AM at the Riley County Police Department after being extradited from New Hampshire. The original warrant was related to Aggravated Arson, Felony Criminal Damage to Property, and theft. The Riley County District Court issued this as a no bond warrant. KMAN’s records indicate Beaulieu was arrested about a year ago from an incident involving burned carpet and clothing that belonged to a roommate and…
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KMAN’s Cathy Dawes speaks with Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board member David Colburn and Asst. Supt. Eric Reid: Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram:
Chickens will now be allowed within the city limits of Wamego. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page again introduced the ordinance allowing chickens. This issue had been tabled at two earlier meetings, but was approved by a vote of 3 to 1 with Mayor Cliff Baughman opposed. Commissioner Bill Ditto was absent. The ordinance restricts chickens to only single-family detached residences, and only four (4) hens (no roosters) will be allowed at each residence. The ordinance restricts the slaughter of chickens outside, and they must be kept in a secure enclosure to be maintained and cleaned on…
Parcel relocation had Manhattan City Commissioner’s talking last night, as they dove into the tense topic of rezoning. Assistant Director of Planning, Eric Cattell spoke to commissioners as they considered the first reading of an ordinance that would rezone 142 parcels located east of City Park, from a Four-Family Residential District to a Single-Family Residential District. The rezoning discussion comes as the city works to implement the recently adopted Manhattan Urban Area Comprehensive Plan update, that identifies several areas on the west and east sides of the K-State Campus as a priority for rezoning in an effort to address the…
State investigators looking into the fatal police shooting of a black Minneapolis man during a scuffle have several partial videos of the incident but won’t release them despite demands from protesters, an official said Tuesday.
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.
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.…