The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a burglary to a residence near Savannah Road and Havensville Road in rural Havensville on March 5th. A press release was finally issued Tuesday afternoon regarding this incident. The property owner reported that sometime between February 1st and March 5th, an unknown person or persons forcibly entered a home and stole an antique stove. The stove has “Royal Charter Oak” printed in the center, has four burners, a hood on the back, and is wood burning. It is blue in color with black legs and chrome trim. The stove is valued at over…
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan High pole vaulter Alex Stenberg has signed a letter of intent to continue her track career at Bendictine College. Stenberg chose Benedictine over a handful of other Catholic colleges. She explains why it was Benedictine in the end. She is working her way back from a torn ACL suffered at the end of last track season. The first meet of the Manhattan High track season is March 26th at the Topeka West Invitational.
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education heard proposals and bid openings at Monday’s meeting. Board President Richard Weixelman opened the meeting with presentations from three different companies for the school security cameras. The presentations were from Topeka based Alexander Open Systems, Manhattan based Redi-Systems, Inc. and Wamego Telecommunications Company. The board will study the proposals and make a decision at the April meeting. In other business, Director of Operations Larry Hannan went over the four bids received for roof repairs needed on the different school properties. Hannan said he broke the bids down into four options with four vendors…
The Riley County Police Department Dispatch Center received an emergent call for service regarding an apparent gunshot wound, near the 500 block of Riley Avenue in Ogden at approximately 2:10 a.m. Tuesday morning. The victim was transported to Mercy Regional Health Center and was ultimately life-flighted to a medical care facility in Topeka for further treatment. No arrests have been made, but RCPD believes this to be an isolated event and has no evidence to suggest the general public is in danger at this time. According to Riley County EMS Director, Larry Couchman, the victim is listed in critical condition. Police…
High School football star Jean Delance decided not to attend Oklahoma University, after fraternity members were videotaped chanting racist slurs. Delance says he learned about the incident on TV, without OU coaches warning him.
The uncle of 19-year old Tony Robinson who was shot by a white Wisconsin police officer says he has confidence in the police department to investigate the teen’s death.
Chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes, took the stage to loud applause in McCain auditorium on Monday night. Forbes touted some of the same themes from his previous presidential run including flat taxes, using the gold standard to set the value of the dollar, and removing excess regulation. Forbes blamed the recession on the volatility of the dollar, and made mention of monetary policy as being one of the roots of instability within the nation’s economic system. Forbes believes many of these issues will be resolved in the upcoming election for president, but declined to comment…
Demonstrators protest the shooting of Tony Robinson at the state Capitol Monday, March 9, 2015, in Madison, Wis. Robinson, 19, was fatally shot Friday night by a police officer who forced his way into an apartment after hearing a disturbance while responding to a call. Police say Robinson had attacked the officer.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma on Monday, March. 9, 2015 in Norman, Oklahoma. The SAE fraternity has been banned from campus after a video surfaced of members shouting and singing racial slurs. President David Boren of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on-campus house be shuttered after several members took part in a racist chant caught in an online video.
A Manhattan man accused of first-degree attempted murder appeared in Riley County District Court for his arraignment on Monday, March 9. Samual Dartez, 30, is facing charges in connection with a November incident in which he allegedly stabbed a woman about the face and neck. However, upon arrival in the court room, Dartez stated a request for a new lawyer on his case, delaying the scheduled arraignment. Due to the short notice and lack of reasoning provided for the request, Judge David Stutzman decided to give Dartez and his attorney 1 to 2 days to discuss the issue, saying he wanted Dartez to “have some time to…