The Pottawatomie County Sheriff Office is investigating a stabbing reported to have occurred at Pottawatomie County State Lake # 2 on State Lake Road on Sunday morning, around 2 a.m. Deputies responded to the report of a person being stabbed at the lake. The victim, a 23-year-old man from Manhattan was later located at Mercy Regional Health center, being treated for a non life threatening injury. The victim reported to Deputies that he had been involved in a fight with a white male. The victim did not know the suspect but stated the suspect was upset because the victim had…
Author: KMAN Staff
Four victims of the August 10th stabbing incident in Junction city have now been named by Junction City police. 21-year-old Colin McCarty, of Arizona, is listed in stable condition in Stormont Vail in Topeka. 22-year-old Erick Rollins, of Fort Riley, is in stable condition in Stormont Vail. 28-year-old Andrew Trammel, of St. Louis, was treated and released from Geary County Community Hospital. 25-year-old Priscilla Mora, of Junction City, was treated and released from Geary County Community Hospital. Junction city police arrested 34-year-old Jason Babylon, and charged him with four counts of aggravated battery. Babylon is being held under a $50,000…
An Ogden man was arraigned on charges related to a death of a 6-month-old child in Riley County court on Monday morning. Micheal Dechant is facing charges of first degree murder, and child abuse. Dechant plead not guilty to both charges. According to authorities in March of this year Dechant shook 6-month-old Dominick Lubrano, his girlfriend’s child, which resulted in serious head injuries and death. Dechant’s trial is set to start on December 6th, and last through the 13th in Riley County Division III court.
Another structure fire was reported in Wamego this weekend causing a total loss to the home and contents. The fire occurred on the 300 block of Maple Street within the Mobile Villa mobile home park Sunday afternoon. Responders arrived within several minutes after receiving a call from another resident and were able to get the fire under control. No one was in the home at the time of the fire except for a pet, which had died. The Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office arrived to the scene and determined that the fire was was likely started in or near an…
Haley Texada scored 17 points and Bri Craig had 16 as the K-State women’s basketball team opened their trip overseas with a 69-46 victory over the Italy All-Stars on Sunday. The Cats trailed just once in the game played under FIBA rules with four ten-minute quarters, and led 34-29 at the half. Texada also tied for the K-State lead with three assists while Craig hit a team-high four three-pointers. Freshman post Breanna Lewis had nine rebounds to go with four points. Riley County alum Kelly Thomson made her debut in a K-State uniform with nine points and five rebounds. K-State…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have added infield depth by making a trade with the Minnesota Twins for Jamey Carroll. The Twins will get either a player to be named or cash. The deal was announced after both teams played Sunday. The Royals picked up Carroll on the same day they placed Miguel Tejada on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf. Tejada was injured while diving for a ball in the seventh inning on Saturday. The 39-year old was hitting .288 in 53 games and had won the starting second base job. The 39-year-old…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) James Shields earned his first home win in more than three months, Alex Gordon homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday. The Royals improved to 18-5 since the All-Star break, winning seven consecutive series. Shields (7-8), who had not won at Kauffman Stadium since an April 30 victory over Tampa Bay, limited the Red Sox to three runs and seven hits over seven innings. He struck out five and walked three. Gordon hit a 2-2 pitch from John Lackey (7-10) out to right in the third for his third…
Law enforcement authorities credit a retired sheriff, his wife and another couple with helping to rescue 16-year-old Hannah Anderson. The four spotted her with alleged kidnapper James Lee Dimaggio in the Idaho wilderness last week.
The Manhattan Fire Department handed out educational coloring books and home protection information to kids and their parents during the annual Back-to-School Safety Expo, Saturday afternoon at Manhattan Town Center. “The coloring book has some fire safety tips in it and things like that so hopefully they can learn a little bit; and then for the adults, we also have things about home fire safety, renters insurance, things like that we can also teach the adults while we’re here,” said Gregg Van De Creek, Firefighter for the MFD. When teaching children about fire safety, Van De Creek said repetition is…
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s father says he has secured a visa to visit his son in Russia and plans to meet with him to discuss how to fight espionage charges.