Update at 11:30 a.m. The Emergency Accident Reporting Phase in Riley County has ended. 23 April 08:30 am: Riley County Police have enacted the emergency accident reporting phase. Due to weather conditions if accidents do occur, and no injuries are involved, people have extended time to report the accident to the authorities. If you do have an accident exchange insurance and contact information, and report the incident to police at a later time. If there are injuries, or traffic blockage, immediately report the accident to the Riley County Police Department.
Author: KMAN Staff
A new Riley County police technique called “laser pointing” is refining a highly effective program called operation impact. The operation impact initiative began in 2010, and studies have shown it has curbed criminal activity by up to 18 percent in what police have dubbed local “hot spots”. Hot spots are locations which have historically high crime rates. Previously the hot spots were just tracked by location. RCPD Captain Kurt Moldrup says police are now using another data set to fine tune the process… time. Crime analysts are now tracking the location, and time, of criminal activity on a weekly basis.…
By KSU Student Tyler Rumbold There are many silent humble leaders in our world today. These leaders seem to always answer the call. They lead by example and are never boastful. I would like to introduce you to one of those people; her name is Carol Adolph. Carol has been retired for some time now. Prior to retirement however she had a very vast career with Kansas State Athletics, a 49 year long career that is. Carol started with K-State right out of high school. She left once and worked for the extension service for a while, but ended up…
K-State sophomore point guard Angel Rodriguez will be transferring to another school next season. Rodriguez had expressed a desire to be closer to his family in his native Puerto Rico. This past season, he averaged 11.4 points, 5.2 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 28.2 minutes per game en route to earning All-Big 12 Second Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team honors from the league coaches. In 65 career games, Rodriguez averaged 9.8 points on 36 percent shooting with 4.2 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 25.0 minutes per game. Rodriguez would’ve been the Big 12’s returning leader…
DMV Elite dot com reports K-State picked up its newest basketball commitment over the weekend in Nigel Johnson. Johnson is a 6-foot-1, 170-pound guard from Upper Marlboro, Md and is a 3 star prospect according to rivals.com. He plays for Riverdale Baptist High School, and the familiar AAU team, DC Assault, which Michael Beasley, Rodney McGruder and Jamar Samuels all spent time with. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including analysis, highlights, coaches & player interviews of K-State Football & Basketball check out PowerCatGameday.com
Former K-State player and assistant coach Brad Underwood is expected to be offically named the next head coach at Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday. A press conference is reportedly set for 2:15pm in Nacogdoches, TX. Underwood has been an assistant under Frank Martin since 2007 and spent the last year on his staff at South Carolina. Underwood has also spent time as an assistant at Western Illinois and as a head coach at Dodge City Community College and Daytona Beach Community College. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups,…
On the heels of a career-long 4.1 scoreless inning effort Sunday at No. 27 Oklahoma State, Kansas State freshman right-hander Jake Matthys has been named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Matthys struck out three, walked none, and gave up just two Cowboy hits as K-State earned a 3-2 win. He picked up his sixth victory of the season, the most by a Wildcat reliever in the Big 12 era. Seven wins would tie a K-State freshman record. Matthys also pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout, and carded his third save in a 4-1 triumph over in-state…
Police in Federal Way, Washington say the man who was fatally shot by police had killed his girlfriend and three other people. Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson describes the initial shooting as a domestic violence homicide.
The Pottawatomie County Commission had only a few items to tackle at Monday’s meeting. To begin, Jim Jenkins, assistant director of public works, informed the commission that again an application was made for the Safe Routes to Schools from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Next up was a report concerning the ATA bus by Anne Smith, director. Smith explained during her presentation there has been over 72,000 rides within the last three months. But, last month alone there was 87 trips in Pottawamotie County. The final topic was the weekly update of the new Justice Center. Trisha Brook Fruent, Construction Manager for…
It was a tough start to the week for many air travelers. Flight delays piled up all along the East Coast Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers were forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts.