Author: KMAN Staff
The Wamego City Commission adopted its 2016 budget as presented on Thursday. The Commission opened the Budget Public Hearing for 2016 with no one in attendance. City Manager Merl Page presented a Resolution for adoption, stating new requirements require the governing body to establish a policy if the 2016 mill levy increase is greater than 2015’s. The 2016 Mill Levy increase is 1.027. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 4 to 0, with Commissioner Bill Ditto absent. The Commission adopted the 2016 budget as presented after being published in the Wamego Times as prescribed by state law.
Police in Riley County made several drug related arrests and seized a sizable amount of methamphetamine on Thursday, August 13, 2015, after an investigation into the distribution and use of narcotics led to probable cause and initiated several search warrants. RCPD served a total of 5 search warrants and made the following arrests in Leonardville and on Bala Road located north of Manhattan, Kansas. Two additional search warrants were served outside of Riley County with assistance from neighboring and federal jurisdictions. Bryce Williams, 33, of 107 S. Nevada Street in Leonardville, Kansas was arrested for the offenses of possession of…
What started as a drug search Thursday in Clay Center resulted in the discovery of bombs and bomb-making materials. KCLY Radio in Clay Center tells KMAN Law Enforcement officials from Clay Center, Clay County, and Riley County… cooperated in the search of a residence near 8th and Lane. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says Riley County was the lead investigator on this case. Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer Matt Droge says he will have a lot more on this case today, as the drug search involved other communities as well. It’s not known is this is connected…
Several drug-related arrests are listed on Friday morning’s Riley County Police media arrest report with a news release anticipated a bit later in the morning regarding area drug distribution search warrants. At least eight arrests appear to be involved with bond amounts ranging from $4,000 to $20,000. The warrants were issued in Riley and Leonardville. KMAN will provide more information when the news release comes out. However, listed on the report are Tony Dugan, 35, of Leonardville with a $20,000 bond; Sara Boatman, 24, of Leonardville with a bond of $10,000; Cody Brown, 29, of Leonardville with $10,000 bond; Bryce Williams, 33, of Leonardville…
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP)– C.J. Cron and Kole Calhoun each drove in a pair of runs in the ninth inning Thursday night, rallying the Los Angeles Angels past Kansas City and its stout bullpen for a 7-6 victory and an end to their seven-game skid against the Royals. Kansas City had built a 5-1 advantage heading to the eighth, but All-Star reliever Wade Davis coughed up two runs in his first appearance since Aug. 6, when a stiff back put him on the shelf. Greg Holland (3-1) entered in the ninth and gave up a leadoff single, a walk and threw…
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It’s not easy being a county commissioner in the state of Kansas these days. Riley County Commissioners made the final approval for the county’s 2016 budget Thursday morning, but not before a public hearing saw an audience of nearly 20 observers in attendance. That, of course, is a substantial increase in the normal attendance by everyday citizens, which is usually just one or two people during meetings that happen twice a week every Monday and Thursday morning in the Commission Chambers in downtown Manhattan. The concern from Thursday’s suddenly active peanut gallery was mixed. Neither of them want an increase…
The Riley County Corrections Training Officer Program held their second community presentation as three of their new officers demonstrated their knowledge of core competencies and solutions to unique problems commonly found in corrections systems. Training Corrections Officers Iulia Osipova, Hope Burke, and Charminix Walker presented their fresh ideas and comprehensive solutions to a crowd of community members, Riley County Corrections and miscellaneous law enforcement officials. CO Jason Deehr, a training officer with the Riley County Jail told KMAN that this recruit presentation provides the public with a learning experience, as well as a productive way to train new officers. “We…