By Kenny Lannou, K-State Athletics Communications For the third consecutive season, all available K-State football season tickets have been sold as department officials announced that public season sales for the 2015 season at Bill Snyder Family Stadium have surpassed the 36,000 mark, while three contests are already sold out of contiguous seats. Fans who ordered season tickets but did not receive a ticket location during the priority seating process will be refunded and placed on a waiting list for the 2016 season, which currently sits at more than 250 accounts with 1,000 tickets requested. Those fans will also receive a…
Author: KMAN Staff
Troy Boyd transports sandbags to a house that is trying to protect itself from water caused by the flooding of the Red River, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Shreveport, La. Flooding from the swelling river put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said Thursday that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for residents.
New York State Police prepare their equipment during a search for two escaped prisoners near Dannemora, N.Y., Thursday, June 11, 2015. Police have blocked off the main road outside a northern New York village as authorities concentrate their sixth day of searching for David Sweat and Richard Matt on a swampy area just a couple miles from the prison the convicts broke out of last weekend.
A Belvue man apparently had second thoughts as what was listed as a plea on the Pottawatomie County Court Docket ended up being a request for a jury trial in a first degree murder case. Judge Jeff Elder asked defendant Christopher Arand’s attorney, Richard Lake, the status of the case from his client’s perspective. Lake indicated his client did not fully comprehend or understand the effect of the hard 50, saying it had come as a shock to him and he now was requesting a jury trial. Judge Elder set the week of October fifth for the trial, with a September…
Riley County Police Officers Thursday afternoon were investigating and looking for a suspect in the 700 block of Yuma, described as a white male, six feet tall, and weighing 190 pounds after elderly victims reported they had money taken from them. The subject stated he was an employee of a gas company. No injuries were reported and no further information is being released at this time. In addition, RCPD announced Thursday they are looking for a third suspect in an earlier report regarding area vehicle burglaries. His picture can be viewed on twitter @1350kman.
A pattern of normalcy has taken hold of the Flint Hills during the last couple months. For each new thunderstorm that passes over the region seemingly everyday, there’s also the expectation each morning that the state legislature isn’t going to have a tax plan approved — even though it is 22 days over session. Crunch time is coming, though, for Topeka lawmakers and the governor, and county departments that depend on the state passing a budget and allocating funds by the end of the month are getting nervous. Thursday morning state legislators in the House voted down another attempt at…
A Manhattan man has been sentenced to more than seven years with the Kansas Department of Corrections on drug-related charges. Matthew Sundgren was sentenced Thursday morning in Pottawatomie County to 87 months. Sundgren had entered a no contest plea last month to manufacturing methamphetamine. He was arrested in September of last year in the 7600 block of Cedar Creek Road in Manhattan, which is located in Pottawatomie county. Other original charges included possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful use of a telecommunications device. The arrest was a result of a joint investigation conducted by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s office and…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with officials from Fort Riley’s Public Affairs Eric Zenk and Bob Everdeen: Flint Hills Christian School Administrator Tim McDonald and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Hulshoff:
The Junction City Police Department is attempting to locate three juveniles, who may be involved with vehicle burglaries reported since Wednesday night. JCPD received a report the three juveniles had fled placement at New Directions on West 14th St at approximately 7:46 p.m. Wednesday. They are identified as Caleb Bingham, 17,described as a white male 5’9″ tall, weighing 168 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes; Aaron Cellers, 16, a white male, 6’2″ tall, weighing 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes; and Gage Trager , 15, who is 5’11” , weighing 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Over the night…
Riley County Police officers arrested Ross Meuli, 27, of Ogden for the offense of criminal threat on Wednesday. Meuli was arrested in the 300 block of Walnut Street in Ogden, after he made comments threatening harm to city employees. Meuli was given a bond of $7,000.00 and is no longer confined.