(A separate release is listed in a different report regarding aggravated robbery arrest) ### The Riley County Police Department responded to a report of an aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery which had just occurred early Thursday morning in the 3000 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Derek Macy, 45, of Manhattan reported that a suspect, who was not known to him, had entered his residence at about 12:20 a.m. and demanded items. The suspect was reportedly armed with a knife and exited the residence a short time later without taking anything. The suspect was described as a white male, approximately 20 years…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The longer Miguel Sano stayed in the batter’s box, the more confident Twins manager Paul Molitor felt that his big pinch-hitter would come through in the 12th inning Wednesday night. Sano delivered with a two-out homer over the bullpen in left field, boosting Minnesota to a 3-2 victory over the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals and a series win in their three-game set. “Sano had a really good at-bat,” Molitor said. “He did what he can do, put a run up quickly.” Sano was stuck in an 0-for-14 slump that included 11 strikeouts when he stepped…
Military helicopters plucked residents from the top floors of their homes on Thursday after raging floodwaters poured in and inundated a wide swath of a city north of Tokyo.
A new $26 million visitor center complex at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania will be dedicated and opened to the public on Thursday.
Updated 10:45 a.m.: A Manhattan man arrested Wednesday night is apparently connected with the series of robberies announced by Riley County Police last Friday. As KMAN announced earlier Thursday morning, Sean Johnson, 20, was taken into custody at about seven p.m. Wednesday while at the Riley County Police Department. Johnson’s bond has been set at 150-thousand dollars. A news release from RCPD from Thursday morning reminds us in the early morning hours Friday, a series of Robberies and a Theft were reported in the central portion of Manhattan. In two of these incidents the suspects were armed with a handgun.…
A Manhattan man charged with aggravated battery in a Pottawatomie County case is set for first appearance September 22nd. Russell Mayse was appointed counsel Wednesday in Pottawatomie County District court and will appear with his attorney on the 22nd. Mayse was arrested last month following an early Sundy morning incident at State Lake Two in rural Manhattan. A female victim was reportedly injured in that area by being struck by a vehicle. Mayse was also charged with DUI. In other area court news, a Fort Riley soldier who faces charges of sexual exploitation of a child, rape, and aggravated sodomy…
Four Manhattan High Students were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Officials with the National Merit Scholarship Program made the announcement that Catherine Lei, Nathan McClendon, Thomas Parish and Josh Schwartz were among the 16,000 semifinalists from across the country. As semifinalists, the students have the chance to continue on in the competition, for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships – worth more than $3 million.
A $10,000 grant will help students within the Blue Valley school district better understand scientific data. The district received the grant from America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, which is sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. Making use of the funds, USD 384 will purchase scientific handheld computers and sensors – to transfer data collected through student experiments to their iPads for further evaluation. The equipment will allow the district to broaden outdoor science education experiences, such as field research. High school science teacher Ruth Hutson is thrilled that district has received the funding, saying “Students will be able to think and act…