Keisha Gaither, left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is comforted during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest in the reported abduction of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. The Fraternal Order of Police added its own $5,000 reward Tuesday to the $10,000 the city approved Monday for information on the disappearance of 22-year-old Freeland-Gaither. Detectives say a witness reported seeing a woman identified as Freeland-Gaither yelling for help as she was forced into a dark gray four-door vehicle at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday in Germantown.
Author: KMAN Staff
Kansas Independent Senate candidate Greg Orman, and his wife Sybil leave a polling location after voting near his home in Olathe, Kansas, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – Kansas Federal Court Judge Daniel Crabtree today overturned the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The decision strikes down the 2005 Kansas Marriage Amendment that defines marriage as a “civil contract between one man and one woman only” in the Kansas Constitution, declaring any other definition of marriage as void. The ruling is temporarily stayed, putting the effect of the ruling on hold until November 11. “We are immensely pleased that the freedom to marry has finally come to Kansas,” said Susan Estes, President of the Board of the ACLU of Kansas. “Today’s decision…
Early Tuesday morning, the power went out in Wamego. According to City Manager Merl Page, this was a scheduled outage for adjustments with Westar, but they did not anticipate a complete outage. He said there was a switching problem that caused damage to an insulator, causing a complete outage for about 2 hours.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Manhattan Mayor, Wynn Butler and City Manager, Ron Fehr.
Updated 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by Cathy Dawes: The defense attorneys in the Howard Barrett second degree murder trial in Riley County District Court began calling witnesses Tuesday afternoon. Leonardville State Bank Executive Vice President Anita Bassett was the first witness called by the defense, and talked about the approximate four years she had known Barrett, whose apartment was near their bank. She described him as different, recounting his allegations he was with the Kansas Highway Patrol and had been a child opera star the first time she met him. Bassett also recounted Barrett later being mad at the Highway Patrol,…
Riley County Police executed a search warrant and made an arrest related to drugs in the 1300 block of Yuma Street in Manhattan on Monday at approximately 9:30 AM. Richard Smith, 40, of Wichita, Kansas was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond wasset at $7,500. ### Also taken into custody Monday was Anthony Murphy, 49, of Manhattan on a probation violation, with no bond set. While the original offense is not listed, KMAN records indicate Murphy was arrested more than a year ago in an aggravated robbery and battery case. According to…
The K-State women’s basketball team opened up 2014 with a sluggish win against Emporia State 54-50. Emporia State led at the half 22-21 but the Wildcats would outscore ESU 33-28 in the second half. Bre Lewis was the only Wildcat in double figures with 14 points on 5 of 12 from the field. She also had eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals. Ashia Woods provided eight points and three steals. K-State will host its final exhibition game on Monday as the Wildcats welcome in Newman for a 7:00 p.m. tip off. The K-State men will open up their season…
Voters are heading to the polls as election day is underway. The big prize up for grabs is control of the US Senate.
Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship broke apart during a test flight. But they still don’t know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash.