Author: KMAN Staff

Nino Williams scored 16 points and led four players in double figures as K-State sprinted away from South Dakota for a 70-50 victory on Monday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum.  The Cats led 30-18 at halftime, but the Coyotes pulled with 44-39 of K-State with 9:15 left.  South Dakota guard Karim Rowson committed an intentional foul on Williams, which seemed to spark a 12-0 K-State run.  Williams hit both free throws, and Shane Southwell scored seven straight points in one stretch.  Rodney McGruder scored 15 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, while Southwell wound up with 12 points and Will…

Read More

Monday’s Riley County Commission Press Conference featured specific changes in rules and regulations regarding planning and development requirements and fees. County Zoning Enforcement Officer, Steve Higgins came before the commission to share what recent changes have been made.  In the event that construction is commenced prior to the issuance of a building permit, the permit fee shall be doubled to compensate for the direct cost and additional staff cost in enforcement activities.  Higgins said, “this is somewhat of an incentive, which we have not had in the past and hopefully this incentive will have people looking out and remembering to…

Read More

A Fort Riley soldier has been bound over on a variety of charges including rape, following a recent preliminary hearing in Riley County District Court. George Ferenz, 30, who had been living in Manhattan faces a January 22nd arraignment in the case. Charges include rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, aggravated criminal sodomy, and lewd fondling of a child under 14. The alleged incident occurred a couple of months ago at Fort Riley. Ferenz is reportedly with the 234th Armor Division at Fort Riley.

Read More

A battery citation leads to a much larger arrest. Riley County Police told reporters on Monday that they were called to a residence this past Friday for a possible battery. Upon arrival, they cited Jacques Toliver (25) of 823 Colorado in Manhattan for battery, but a subsequent investigation revealed narcotics and a handgun. Toliver was taken into custody and charged with possession of marijuana , possession of paraphernalia , criminal carrying of weapons, defacing a firearm, and criminal use of weapons. Toliver remains confined on a $10,000 bond. ________________________________________________________________ A Manhattan man faces several charges after a routine traffic stop reveals several drug…

Read More

DENVER (AP) Peyton Manning threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns Sunday to lift Denver to a 38-3 win over Kansas City that sealed the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs for the Broncos. Manning finished the season with 4,659 yards, only 41 short of his career high. He finished with 37 touchdown passes, and none will be more memorable than the last two circus catches by Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas that turned the game into a blowout. Denver (13-3) won its 11th straight and leaped past Houston for the top seed after the Texans lost to Indianapolis…

Read More

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Authorities in northeast Kansas are searching for an escaped inmate. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 29-year-old Raheem K. Armstead walked away from the jail Saturday afternoon. A police advisory says Armstead has a history of fighting with and eluding police. He was convicted in 2008 of robbery and aggravated burglary.

Read More

The Kansas Highway Patrol have been on the lookout for two missing children as reports said they could be traveling through Kansas, but about noon on Sunday, the KHP tweeted that the children have been found and in safe condition. Ben Cleary, 9, and Henry Cleary, 7, were located in Austin, Texas Saturday night with their father Daniel Cleary. Cleary supposedly took the two boys after a family dispute.  The last time any had seen the three was December 23.

Read More