Two separate cases, involving one theft incident, were held in Riley County District Court Chief Judge, Meryl Wilson’s courtroom Monday afternoon. Ashley Newbrough (21) appeared first and made a plea of no contest to her charges, including obstruction with a law enforcement officer. The alleged incident involves her husband Todd Newbrough (21) stealing a ring from a local jewelry store. He reportedly asked Ashley to take the ring out of the house so police wouldn’t find it. Upon arrival, police found Ashley and asked her about the ring-to which she confessed that it was the stolen ring. Judge Wilson accepted…
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A man charged in a vehicular homicide case from last year entered a plea in Riley County District Court Monday afternoon. Daniel Nitchman (38) entered a plea of no contest during his court appearance in Chief Judge, Meryl Wilson’s courtroom. As KMAN’s previous story states-Nitchman was driving westbound on I-70 on September 8th of last year, when he fell asleep while driving, which caused him to leave the roadway. Nitchman struck 31 year old Samantha Coleman, who had pulled her vehicle over on the side of the road and was waiting for assistance. Coleman died at the scene. He…
Riley County Police and Riley County and Manhattan Fire Department crews responded to a Monday afternoon accident just before 3 p.m. involving a semi and a tractor. No further information is available at this time.
DETROIT (AP) Alex Gonzalez drove in the winning run in his Detroit debut, lining a single to left off Greg Holland in the ninth inning that gave the Tigers a 4-3 opening-day victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday. Acquired by Detroit following an injury to shortstop Jose Iglesias, Gonzalez made a costly error in Kansas City’s three-run fourth but made up for that with a tying triple in the seventh. He then singled with men on first and third in the ninth. Joe Nathan (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth in his first appearance for the Tigers. Wade Davis…
Only a few months before Kansas Department of Agriculture employees begin to move into the new building at Research Park off North Manhattan Avenue. Greg Lohrentz, Chief Operating Officer and C-F-O for the Kansas State University Foundation, updated Intergovernmental leaders in Manhattan Monday. Lohrentz says the project is done early and under budget. Carpet is beign put in at the building and Lohrentz says furniture will be moved in during April, with some final punch list items in May, and move in by employees in June. And Lohrentz says Research Park is being considered as a whole for…
Manhattan Firefighters were called to a deck fire at 1110 Garden Way Monday afternoon. Damage appeared to be minimal.
For the second time this season, K-State’s Ross Kivett is the Big 12 player of the week. Kivett hit .588 (10-for-17) with three doubles, a triple and a home run while racking up seven RBI in four games during the week. He hit for the cycle in a 12-6 win over Nebraska on Wednesday, the first Wildcat to do so since 1997. He had multiple hits in all three of the games this past weekend against Creighton in Omaha to help lead the Wildcats to a series win. Kivett led the Big 12 in nine different offensive categories last week.…
A formal proclamation was presented during Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting, commemorating National Volunteer Week. Commission Chair, Robert Boyd presented the proclamation to Manhattan Chamber of Commerce President, Lyle Butler. Butler mentioned there are hundreds of volunteers in the community that contribute to the functionality of several non profits and other organizations. “We have a wonderful community of volunteers that serve on public boards, public charities, and make our community wonderful”, Boyd commented. ————- County Counselor, Clancy Holeman took the time to brief the commission on the legislative concerns they have been keeping apprised of. The major concern for the…
Area firefighters have been extremely busy this past weekend, with several grass fires, fueled by high winds. Pottawatomie County firefighters reportedly had a large fire south of Olsburg around Dry Creek/Living Water Ranch–with eight to nine-thousand acres involved. Fort Riley and Riley county firefighters assisted Pottawatomie county forces with that fire that kept firefighters out all night Sunday. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins adds his firefighters were out in full force–with 35-40 firefighters over the weekend, probably each working 20 to 30 hours. Collins reports four or five on Friday 12-15 on Saturday, and five or six…
Perhaps it was the colder weather, but Manhattan sales tax receipt numbers went down in March, which actually reflect two months prior, or January. Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen released the numbers Monday morning, indicating sales tax numbers of $813,574, which is the lowest in the last three years. The amount collected in 2012 was about $892,087 , with $874,400 collected in 2013. The 2014 numbers are $78,314 lower than the forecasted amount of nearly $891,888 and $63,030 lower than the 2014 budget projection of $824,068. However the monthly budget amount does not include “TIF” sales taxes. Hayen indicates…