Author: KMAN Staff

Junction City Police are investigating a shooting death reported early Saturday morning. In a news release late Sunday night, JCPD reports that at 2:31 a.m. Saturday, members of the Junction City Police Department and EMS were dispatched to the area of 618 W. 14th Street, in reference to numerous shots fired. The caller advised there was a subject lying in the parking lot at 618 W. 14th St. Upon arrival a black male subject was located lying in the parking lot and nonresponsive. The individual was checked by EMS and found to be deceased. It was found the subject had…

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say officers have shot and killed a man who fired at officers and struck three vehicles. Police said in a news release that officers responded early Sunday after receiving multiple reports of someone shooting a gun. The release said officers were shot at in their vehicles and that one officer was pinned down by the gun fire. Police said three officers opened fire, and the suspect was fatally wounded in the front yard of a home. No officers were injured. As is standard procedure, the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave while…

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every pitch, Madison Bumgarner etched his place among the World Series greats. The long, tall lefty kept slinging away and put the San Francisco Giants just one win from yet another championship, throwing a four-hitter to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 Sunday night for a 3-2 Series edge. Hardly menacing on the mound, Bumgarner was simply untouchable — again — as “MVP! MVP!” chants broke out in the late innings. And by the time the 25-year-old from Hickory, North Carolina, closed out his second win in a week, he had evoked memories of Bob…

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Attorney Norman Siegel, a civil rights attorney, representing nurse Kaci (KAY’-see) Hickox, who is being held under quarantine in Newark, New Jersey, says Ebola policies and quarantine mandates should be decided by the medical community.

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After two straight early mornings, the Wildcat Nation will get an evening contest next Saturday. On Sunday morning, the Big 12 Conference announced that the Wildcats’ home game with Oklahoma State has been selected for broadcast by ABC, and will kickoff at 7:00pm from Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State is 6-1 on the year, and sits atop the conference at 4-0 after shutting out Texas on Saturday.  You can see the video wrap up here.  Meanwhile, Oklahoma State was humbled at home by West Virginia 34-10.  The Cowboys come to Manhattan next weekend with a 5-3 mark, and at 2-3…

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A masked man, who brandished a handgun and stole a vehicle, was arrested by Riley County Police Saturday evening. Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man for aggravated robbery after an incident in the 600 block of North 3rd Place.  Benjamin Abrams (33) was arrested around 8:45 that evening, while in the 2300 block of Fort Riley Boulevard.  This arrest came after officers conducted a high risk traffic stop on a 1992 Ford F-150 truck, which was reported as stolen by Virgil Koppenheffer Jr (34) of Pottawatomie County. Koppenheffer informed police he was approached by a man wearing a…

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Officers with the Riley County Police Department on patrol in the Aggieville Business District during the early Sunday morning hours arrested Travis Allen, 36, of Junction City for aggravated assault, interference with law enforcement, felon in possession of a firearm, and criminal carrying of a weapon. At approximately 1:45 AM, officers responded to a complaint of a fight in an alleyway in the 1200 block of Moro Street. Officers arrived and quickly dispersed the fight, but witnesses told responding officers one of male subjects involved threatened at least one person with a handgun, and they gave officers a detailed description…

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