Riley County Police indicate they made an arrest on criminal trespass and battery charges. Tracey Toliver, 27, of Manhattan was taken into custody on the charges while in the 700 block of Juliette in Manhattan on Thursday evening at approximately 5:20 PM. This arrest stemmed from a warrant regarding an incident that occurred toward the end of 2013. Toliver’s bond was set at $8,000. ### The Riley County Police Department arrested Brandon Gibson, 21, of Manhattan on a failure to appear warrant stemming from the offenses of driving while under the influence of alcohol and driving while suspended. Gibson was held and released on $6,000 bond…
Author: KMAN Staff
A Kansas State University student was a big winner with the Kansas Lottery–although it’s been a long time coming. Jeffrey Wolken, 26, scratched off a 50-thousand dollar prize on a $5 Super Red Hot Crossword instant ticket last July, but just claimed it at Lottery headquarters this week. Wolken was told by his father, who is a banker by profession, to hold off on claiming his prize until the new year. Wolken told KMAN that since July the ticket has been stored in a safe deposit box. Wolken recalled how he came to buy the ticket. He said he had some…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Trevor Knight passed for 348 yards and four touchdowns and #11 Oklahoma took down third-ranked Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, 45-31 on Thursday night. The victory was a sweet one for Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, who last offseason called talk about the Southeastern Conference being the best league in college football “propaganda.” His team vanquished an Alabama squad that had been ranked No. 1 much of the past three seasons, winning the previous two national titles. AJ McCarron passed for 387 yards and two TDs, but his two interceptions set up Oklahoma TD’s, and his fumble, returned…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Odyssey Sims scored 40 points, Sune Agbuke had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 9 Baylor beat Kansas State 92-63 on Thursday night. Sims shot 12 for 19 from the field and 12 for 16 on free throws as the Lady Bears (11-1, 1-0 Big 12) won their 50th straight league game. Ashia Woods scored a career-high 27 points to lead Kansas State (6-6, 0-1), and Leticia Romero added 20 points and five rebounds. Sims, who came in averaging just over 30 points per game, scored 15 in the first half points on 5-for-7 shooting. Two…
A massive winter snowstorm is blanketing the northeast, grounding flights, closing schools and stopping traffic from Boston to Washington, DC.
Another quirk has surfaced in President Barack Obama’s new health care system: there’s no way for consumers to quickly and easily update their coverage for the birth of a baby and other life changes. AP reporter Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar explains.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Honor Flight is planning six more flights for veterans this year. The Hutchinson-based nonprofit group flies veterans for free to visit memorials in Washington D.C. The first two flights are scheduled for April 16-18 and April 30-May 2. Mike VanCampen, president of Kansas Honor Flight, says dates for the other four flights haven’t been scheduled. He says when the group flew veterans to Washington D.C. last July, the temperature was 108, so the group doesn’t plan any trips in July and August this year. The Wichita Eagle reports most of the veterans on the first two…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City, Kan., man suspected of robbing a bank and trying to flee on a city bus now faces a federal charge. The U.S. Attorney’s office filed a criminal complaint within hours of Thursday’s holdup charging Jamarr Dale, 29, with robbing Security Bank in Kansas City, Kan. Investigators allege Dale entered the bank around 9:15 a.m. and passed a note saying, “I need $3,000 or I will start shooting.” The teller gave the robber a drawerful of cash and the man ran out. Police received a call saying the robber had boarded a bus. Officers boarded…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Relatives of a man who died while serving a life sentence for killing a northeast Kansas woman are seeking $1 million in damages and threatening to file a lawsuit. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the family of Roger Hollister sent demand letters last month to the Kansas Department of Corrections, the Nemaha County Attorney’s Office, the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and a former prison health care contractor. The letters allege that infirmary staff at the El Dorado Correctional Facility failed to adequately treat Hollister before the 61-year-old died March 20. He was convicted…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Pepsi-Cola of Topeka is lobbying the Kansas State Board of Education to drop a widely followed recommendation that schools not sell low-calorie sodas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Pepsi of Topeka general manager Patrick O’Donnell says the company has voluntarily changed the products it sells in school vending machines to offer healthier options, even though it meant losing sales. Federal regulations taking effect in July will force the company to sell smaller bottles of some beverages, such as juices and sports drinks, which is expected to cut revenues further. O’Donnell says selling diet soda in high schools could…