As KMAN reported last month, a shooting incident took place in Aggieville, which resulted in the arrest of Dontay Tabron for aggravated battery and criminal discharge of a firearm. Tabron appeared in Riley County District Court Tuesday afternoon for a status hearing. Tabron’s attorney, Britian Stites asked Judge, William Malcolm to set the matter for a preliminary hearing. Prosecuting State Attorney, Barry Disney said he believes the prelim will take around an hour, but Stites requested an hour and a half. Judge Malcolm set the 1 1/2 hour preliminary hearing for June 5th at 3 p.m.
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After an Arizona arrest for sexual exploitation of a child charges, a Leonardville man was brought back to Riley County in March. KMAN has been following the case of John Thomas, who appeared in Riley County District Court for another status hearing Tuesday afternoon. Thomas appeared, via web cam, alongside his attorney, Lora Ingels, who recently took the case over from a different attorney. Judge William Malcolm set the matter for another status hearing, as Ingels wishes to address bond at that time. As KMAN had previously reported, an affidavit was released in late March and referenced 100 counts of…
Junction City Juneteenth & Prairie Heritage, Inc. will host “The Nicodemus Connection to a Vice President,” a presentation and discussion by Angela Bates on Wed., May 20, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, 320 W. 7th St., Junction City, Kansas. Members of the community are invited to attend the free program. Refreshments will be served. Contact the Deliliah Hamilton, 785.226.2750 or Margy Stewart, 785.539.5592 for more information. The program is made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council. Before homesteading as free men in the African American settlement of Nicodemus, Kansas, Tom Johnson and John Samuels were…
The Christopher Lyman jury recessed at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will continue deliberations Thursday morning. ### Updated Noon Wednesday: Defense closing arguments at 1:15 p.m. ### Updated 3:15 p.m. Tuesday: Jury instruction were being presented Tuesday in the Christopher Lyman case, with closing arguments set for Wednesday and the case will then go to the jury. ### Updated 2:30 p.m. The defense in the Christopher Lyman case has rested its case and the judge and attorneys are working on jury instructions and closing arguments. Lyman did not take the stand. ### A Geary County first degree murder/child abuse case…
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education heard a proposal for a soccer program at Monday’s meeting. Dr. Curtis Wolfe presented a proposal put together by a group of parents and students, to start a boys and girls soccer program for the Wamego High School. The proposal covered the rationale behind the need for the teams, the results of a community survey, the programs focus and scope, a proposed development timeline, the personnel requirements and a three-year cost analysis. The cost analysis included community donations that will completely cover the expenses for the first year. The cost to the district for…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Riley County Commissioner, Ben Wilson and County Counselor, Clancy Holeman. Wilson and Holeman-segment 1 Wilson and Holeman-segment 2 Wilson and Holeman-segment 3 Wilson and Holeman-segment 4
The Manhattan Fire Department issued a press release Tuesday morning, indicating details regarding their training session that began that day. The department will be conducting fire scenarios through May 31st. This training will be held at single family dwellings located on Kearney Street. These exercises will give personnel the ability to train in an actual structure in the community to aid them in being proficient in a variety of disciplines associated with firefighting functions and responsibilities. Firefighters will participate in scenarios that will hone their skills on fire attack, search, ventilation, MAYDAY, RIT operations and a variety of other disciplines…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)– Adrian Beltre and the Texas Rangers offense is starting to show some pop. Colby Lewis keeps giving them solid outings on the mound. Beltre homered for the second day in a row, getting the 399th of his career, while newcomer Thomas Field hit his first as the Rangers beat the weary Kansas City Royals 8-2 Monday night. “I’m feeling better,” said Beltre, who has raised his average from .140 to .244 over the past 20 games. “Offensively, everybody is doing better. No doubt that we didn’t want to start as slow as we did, but it’s a…
A major earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday, just weeks after an earthquake left thousands dead. Some buildings collapsed. At least 19 people are dead.
The NFL slapped New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady with a four-game suspension because he used deflated footballs last season in the AFC title game against Indianapolis.