Keats, University Park and Leonardville all need new tornado sirens, according to Emergency Management Director, Pat Collins. During Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting, Collins explained that the University Park siren needs to be replaced first, as it is the most problematic. Collins researched this topic years ago, and provided a cost estimate. Every year, the cost has increased. For this reason, the siren price now stands at $20,170.78. The commission unanimously approved the purchase of a new siren for University Park. ——————- A request was made at the end of last year to re-zone the Thomas Outdoor Advertising tract of…
Author: KMAN Staff
Updated 8:00 p.m. Thursday: The Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 3114 Gary Avenue for a report of a structure fire at about noon Thursday. Upon arrival, crews found a two-story single family residence owned by Jeanette Cukjati of Girard, with smoke and fire visible from the roof. Firefighters made entry into the structure, performed a search and attempted to control the fire from the interior of the building. With wind gusts upwards of 30 mph and the roof collapsing, crews were forced out of the building and had to fight the fire from the exterior. The fire reached a…
The Manhattan High School Thespian Troupe #941 had several honors at the State Thespian Conference in Wichita last weekend. Sponsor Linda Uthoff tells KMAN The Competitive Improvisation team placed Fourth in the state and the Technical Theatre Team placed second in Taping a Ground plan; Ethan Schmidt and Macy Lanceta represented Manhattan as State Board Members onstage at Century II, and Macy Lanceta was selected as one of 21 performers out of 150 entries to go on to International Thespian Festival next June in Acting. Manhattan Thespians were awarded the GOLD HONOR TROUPE AWARD, the highest category possible for their…
The following is an announcement from the Manhattan Regional Airport: Due to construction passengers will see a significant change to the terminal traffic flow and parking availability beginning January 15th. Vehicles entering the airport loop road are prevented from driving in front of the terminal. Instead cars are directed to the left and will face opposite direction traffic as they proceed to the temporary ticket terminal to drop off passengers or return rental cars. The Short Term Parking Lot is closed. Parking is only available in the long term lots or the temporary parking lot that was recently constructed to…
The Riley County Police Department dispatch received a call Thursday morning about an individual injured at a logging job site located in the 1900 block of Collins Lane, just south of Manhattan.When police and EMS arrived on scene, they found a deceased male who had been struck by a falling tree. The male was later identified as David G. Teske, 47, of Onaga. The Riley County Police Department, Manhattan Fire Department, Riley County EMS, and Riley County Rural Fire responded to the accident. ———— Previous Report: A fatal accident involving a logging truck in the 1900 block of Collins Lane…
Three arrests with large bond amounts are listed on Thursday’s Riley County Police arrest report. Alto Jack Robert Johns, 42, of St. George was taken into custody Wednesday night on a failure to appear warrant. Johns’ bond was set at $10,000. Richard Burke Jones Junior, 39, of Manhattan was arrested on a warrant for probation violation, and his bond was set at $5,000. Zachary Tilton, 25, of Manhattan was arrested for a probation violation warrant issued by the Riley County District Court. At the time of this report Tilton was still being held at the Riley County Jail on the…
Authorities in Elkhart, Indiana say a gunman killed an employee and a shopper in a supermarket on Wednesday night. Police say the gunman pointed his weapon at police officers, and the officers shot him dead.
Weighing national security and privacy concerns in the months since Edward Snowden leaked a trove of National Security Agency classified documents, President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Friday changes to the surveillance program.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Authorities in Sedgwick County say a Wichita man suspected of impersonating a deputy was arrested after calling 911 to say his pickup truck had been stolen. KAKE-TV reports the incident began around 1 a.m. Wednesday when a man driving a pickup truck with a siren and red-and-blue lights stopped another driver, who was a security guard. The two men got out of their vehicles and asked each other for identification. The security guard became suspicious and drove away with the phony deputy in pursuit. Real deputies chased the impersonator’s pickup at speeds up to 110 mph before he…
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) A fire in the northeast Kansas town of Oskaloosa damaged three businesses and a Masonic Lodge but no injuries were reported. The fire Monday night extensively damaged a cafe and realty office and did minor smoke damage to a bank branch. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says the Masonic Lodge about the cafe also was damaged. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but Herrig said it apparently started in the basement of the cafe. The Lawrence Journal-World reports no damage estimates were available Tuesday.