The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office has asked for information regarding a stolen truck. On Sept. 28, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the Nemaha County Coop that a 1993 Chevrolet C3500 pickup had been stolen. At the time of the theft, the truck was located at the Belvue facility. The truck had a black flat-bed with a white 100-gallon diesel tank mounted in the bed. Both the driver’s side and passengers side doors have Nemaha County Coop decals on them. The keys were believed to be in the vehicle when it was taken, and it was estimated…
Author: KMAN Staff
(A separate news story is listed from fatal accident Monday night handled by RCPD) ### Officers in Riley County responded to a single vehicle collision Monday night at 7:05 which involved a road sign and private residence. Police on the scene found that a 1992 Lincoln Town Car driven Shelby Whitaker, 18, of Clay Center went out of control in the 2300 block of Anderson Ave. causing it to leave the roadway and collide with a road sign and the garage of a privately owned residence at 544 Oakdale Street. A passenger in the vehicle was transported to Via Christi Hospital…
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers have agreed to pay a firm about $2.6 million to perform a government efficiency study although another firm offered to do the job for less than $1 million. The Wichita Eagle reports lawmakers signed a contract Monday with Alvarez & Marsal, which would be paid $2.6 million to perform the study. Another firm, McGladrey, bid the job for less than $1 million. Another firm, Deloitte, submitted a bid for $2.5 million, and the Boston Consulting Group submitted a bid for $2.8 million. Rachel Whitten, spokeswoman for House Speaker Ray Merrick, says lawmakers considered expertise before cost…
TOPEKA — Kansas is set to outsource vehicle title work for automobile dealers next year to save about $200,000. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports officials said Monday that the bulk of dealer transactions handled by the Kansas Department of Revenue’s office in Topeka would be managed by the Kansas Automobile Dealers Association. General title services will continue to be available to individuals in county offices. The trade organization set up a limited liability company to begin processing thousands of transfers in January. Lisa Kaspar, the state’s director of vehicles, says the five-year contract won’t result in layoffs at the revenue department.…
A Fort Riley soldier has been convicted in sex crimes which involved an eight-year-old girl. KMAN has been following the case of James Henning since last November. Henning had been serving as a military police officer at Fort Riley. Henning’s conviction on 10 counts came Monday during a bench trial in Geary County Court, including 2 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 13, 3 counts of aggravated criminal sodomy with a child under 13, 4 counts of manufacturing child pornography or sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of rape of a child under the age of 13.…
Guests on Tuesday’s In Focus were Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Manhattan Mayor Karen McCulloh.
The good news is there are plenty of viable options but the bad news is it’s a tough decision. That was the verdict of BG Consultant experts, who presented their initial findings on space needs for Pottawatomie County Monday. Project Manager/Architect Clint Hibbs shared that and other findings with County Commissioners in Westmoreland Monday, adding an estimated 4.4 million dollars would be needed both for renovations of current county buildings or if they want to replace older buildings with a new one. In fact Hibbs mentioned two options for two-story new facilities, two options for single-story facilities, and wall-to-wall options for renovations…
UPDATE, 9:42 a.m.: A 6-year-old girl is dead after injuries suffered in an accident on Tuttle Creek Boulevard Monday night. Officers with the Riley County Police Department as well as area emergency responders were called to a serious and fatal vehicle collision in the 2400 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. Monday night at approximately 7:20 p.m. This collision occurred north of the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Northfield Road in Manhattan and involved a 2001 Ford Ranger containing two occupants. Officers arriving on scene were able to determine that the Ford Ranger had lost control and collided with a…
After a week of steady rain, the showers tapered off Monday and an inundated South Carolina turned to surveying a road system shredded by historic flooding.
An Amtrak train headed from Vermont to Washington, D.C., derailed in central Vermont on Monday after apparently striking rocks that were on the tracks. No life-threatening injuries were reported.