Author: KMAN Staff

Riley County Police issued a press release Wednesday morning regarding a search warrant that was executed at 717 Riley Lane here in Manhattan, on Tuesday morning, in reference to a series of recent motor vehicles thefts and burglaries. At the conclusion of the search warrant, Jeremy Spaur (30) and Nicole Holt (20), who both reside at the residence, were placed under arrest for numerous property and drug offenses. Spaur’s was arrested for 22 different charges, including eight counts of motor vehicle theft, seven counts of burglary, and three counts of criminal damage to property. Holt was arrested on 13 different offenses. …

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On Tuesday night the Manhattan city commission wound up for a longer night of tackling issues within the community. Some good news came from the Flint Hills Discovery Center foundation as the commission approved an anonymous donation to the facility of $750,000.  According to Bruce Snead the donation is the first of its kind, and he hopes it heralds others following in its wake.  The donation will be given over a five year period, and Snead says it shows the added value the Flint Hills Discovery center brings to the community and the greater Flint Hills region. A new…

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Haley Texada scored 22 points in her final regular season home game and Kansas State overcame a 13-point second half deficit as the Wildcats wrapped up the 2014-15 slate with a 59-55 win over West Virginia in Women’s Basketball action Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Texada along with Ashia Woods and Heidi Brown were honored on Senior Night which became that much more special after the second half rally which resulted in the program’s first win over West Virginia in six tries. After the first five minutes of the game were even, the Mountaineers went on a 12-0 tear to…

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) School districts suing Kansas over education funding are telling the state Supreme Court that they want a lower court to still handle their lawsuit. Four districts on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to reject the state’s request that the high court handle the lawsuit instead of a three-judge Shawnee County District Court panel. The districts sued the state in 2010. The lower-court panel ruled in December that the state isn’t adequately funding schools. The state asked the panel in January to reconsider. The districts filed their own request to block legislators from tampering with additional aid to…

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Netanyahu is using the address to warn against trusting Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listen.

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On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Manhattan City Manager, Ron Fehr and City Commissioner, John Matta. Fehr and Matta-segment 1 Fehr and Matta-segment 2 Fehr and Matta-segment 3 Fehr and Matta-segment 4

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On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with retired Lt. Col. Art DeGroat, Executive Director of Military and Veterans Affairs at Kansas State University,and Special Guest Jed Dunham, freelance writer and K-State Alum-Class of 1996.  She also talked to Nathan Sage, Ellin Collin Wood, Kat Zoschke with Staley School of Leadership Studies and Konza United Way.  Lastly, she was joined by Manhattan Building Official, Brad Claussen. Military Affairs-segment 1 Military Affairs-segment 2 Staley School of Leadership Studies-segment 1 Brad Claussen-segment 1

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