Riley County Police continue to search for suspects in a weekend armed robbery at a Manhattan hotel. At about 4:52 AM Saturday two armed men entered the Hilton Garden Inn located at 410 S 3rd St, and demanded money from a clerk. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken, and there were no reported injuries The first suspect was wearing a dark grey sweatshirt (possibly hooded) with a picture of a tiger on the front. The tiger emblem closely resembles LSU mascott, “Mike the Tiger”. The suspect was also wearing dark Dickies Brand work pants, and red and white athletic shoes…
Author: KMAN Staff
A search warrant was served Friday and from that an arrest was made. A little before 5 pm in the 800 block of Bluemont, Riley County Police searched a residence in a case involving drugs. Tyrone Smalls, 24, of Manhattan, was arrested on several charges including the distribution of drugs within a thousand feet of a school. Smalls bond is set at $30,000. KMAN will continue to bring you details as they become available.
At about 5:45 pm Friday, the Riley County Fire Department was called to 16250 Fancy Creek Rd for a structure fire. When volunteer firefighters from the nearby Mayday fire station arrived, they discovered two people outside of the home and that the upstairs bedroom was on fire. Additional Riley County stations were requested. Firefighters entered the building and quickly knocked down the blaze to keep it from extending to the rest of the house. As more volunteers arrived, they were able to extinguish the rest of the smoldering items. All fire units cleared the scene by about 8:30 pm. The…
On today’s InFocus, Tom talks with State Representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, followed by Gregg Eyestone, Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent, and Susan Peterson, Riley County Senior Services Center. [mp3-jplayer]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report says the value of Kansas’ principal crops rose 11 percent last year to $8.2 billion. The figures were reported Friday by Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service. The agency says prices were higher for all crops except sunflowers, dry edible beans, cotton and potatoes. Kansas winter wheat production was valued at more than $2.8 billion, followed by corn production at $2.7 billion. The state’s soybean crop was estimated at nearly $1.2 billion, while sorghum trailed at $592.4 million.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita are looking into a possible case of child endangerment after finding two toddlers alone in their home overnight. KAKE-TV reports a neighbor called police around 3:30 a.m. Friday with concerns about the children. Officers went to the southeast Wichita home and found the 1-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl alone. Police have since talked to the parents, but no arrests have been made. The children were initially taken into protective custody and were later released to relatives.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican leaders in the Kansas House say there’s very little support in their chamber for Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to raise additional sales tax revenue. House Speaker Ray Merrick of Stilwell and Majority Leader Jene Vickrey of Louisburg said Friday the measure proposed by the Republican governor does not appear viable. Brownback wants to cancel a decrease in the sales tax scheduled for July. Under current law, the 6.3 percent tax is set to drop to 5.7 percent. The governor would use the additional revenues to stabilize the state budget so that Kansas can pursue further income…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Some Kansas House members think pat-downs at the state’s airports are getting out of hand. A bill sponsored by 21 House members would it illegal for Transportation Security Administration screeners to touch an airline passenger’s private parts during a search. It also would bar the agents from taking a child under the age of 18 away from a parent or guardian to conduct a search. The Kansas City Star reported Friday that Kansas is joining other states that have objected to what they consider aggressive searches of people unlikely to be potential threats. But some experts say…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A bill before the Kansas House would clarify that legislative dinners at the governor’s mansion are legal under the state’s Open Meetings Act. The bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Howell, a Republican from Derby, is in response to a controversy last year, when the Shawnee County District Attorney investigated seven dinners at the mansion attended only by Republican lawmakers. District Attorney Chad Taylor determined the dinners likely were technical violations of the open meetings act. But he did not prosecute anyone because he said the lawmakers didn’t intend to break the law. The bill would specify that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A bill introduced in the Kansas Senate would require the University of Kansas Medical Center to establish a center focusing on adult stem cells. The bill is sponsored by 22 conservative Republican senators. It would create the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at the medical center in Kansas City, Kan. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the bill would require the medical center to appoint a director to oversee patient treatment and research with adult, cord blood and other non-embryonic stem cells. It also would require a 13-member advisory board. Abortion opponents oppose human embryonic stem cell research because…