Dustin Monroe of Wamego was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and criminal discharge of a weapon at an occupied building early Thursday morning at Pottawatomie County District Court. Monroe entered a no contest plea on all of the charges in agreement with a plea agreement that dropped several other charges related to the incident. According to the prosecution on the 10th of December 2013 at approximately 06:00 am Monroe was outside of the Quality Inn on East Poyntz Avenue with a long rifle beside a white truck. According to the prosecution several law enforcement…
Author: KMAN Staff
K-State found itself the focus of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” program on Wednesday afternoon via the controversy of women’s basketball player Leti Romero being denied a transfer request. The heart of the issue for K-State is whether the former coaching staff tried to lure Romero to their next locale as a means of securing a job. Kamie Ethridge is now the head coach at Northern Colorado, where Shalee Lehning, Deb Patterson, and Kelly Moylan are all on her staff. ESPN reporter Paula Levine says those coaches deny any contact with Romero. Romero then met with an appeals committee last month and…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jeremy Guthrie, Wade Davis and Greg Holland combined on a four-hitter and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 Wednesday night to avoid being swept in their three-game series. The White Sox had scored 14 runs and hit five home runs in the first two games. Guthrie, who is winless in seven starts since an April 9 victory over Tampa Bay, left after seven innings with the score 1-1. He gave up three hits, walked two and struck out two. Wade Davis struck out two in a flawless eighth and has tossed 10…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Chiefs have signed quarterback Aaron Murray, their fifth-round pick, leaving only first-round pick Dee Ford among their unsigned players from this year’s draft. The Chiefs announced the signing Wednesday. They open a three-day rookie minicamp Saturday. Murray was considered a first-round talent a year ago, but he had this past season cut short by a torn ligament in his knee. The Chiefs believe Murray could push second-year pro Tyler Bray for the No. 3 job, and perhaps even supplant Chase Daniel as the backup to starter Alex Smith.
Dave Martinez has been named the assistant principal at Eisenhower Middle School. Martinez currently serves as the Assistant to the Principal/Athletic Director at Junction City Middle School in Junction City, Kansas. He has served in that position since 2009. Prior to that, he was a fine arts & human services academy leader, an ELL Instructor, and a Physical Education teacher at Junction City High School. He has a M.S. degree in Education Administration from Kansas State University and a B.S. degree in K- 12 Physical Education from Emporia State University. “It’s an honor to have been selected for this position…
A 45 year old Junction City man who had been discharged by the Kansas Department of Corrections nearly two years ago was arrested at the Foot Locker on U-S 77 in Junction city Wednesday. James McDade served a little less than a year with KDOC on criminal trespass, theft, and aggravated assault convictions. He was sentenced in November of 2011, but discharged in August of 2012. Details about why he was arrested are not available, although the KDOC website indicates their office issued a warrant. Junction City Police officers assisted Kansas Parole officers in his arrest.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that she will appoint five Democrats on the 12-member panel. They will participate in the special, Republican-led select committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Federal authorities announced the arrest of at least 70 people in the New York area accused of downloading child pornography. Among them, a rabbi, a boy scout leader and a police chief.
Under Kansas Statute, a school board can choose to adopt a resolution authorizing a local levy for capital outlay expenditures for a period of time as determined by the Board of Education. The maximum mill rate limit for the capital outlay fund is eight mills. This was the major topic of discussion during Wednesday evening’s USD 383 Manhattan Ogden School Board meeting. Board members wished to clarify that these discussions do not set the mill levy at any certain number. This resolution will just set the authority, and the mill levy will then be set in August. School Board Member, Aaron…
“The Game” on KMAN breaks down the Leti Romero transfer situation as it makes national news on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines”. Do you agree/disagree with K-State in how they are handling the situation? The Royals rally comes up short in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox. How tough is it to watch the Royals offense put up runs but the pitching staff can’t get it done? The Big 12 baseball tournament is underway minus the bat cats in Oklahoma City. The NBA playoffs continue, all that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.