Early Friday morning, a single family residential structure at 919 Mission Ave was reported to be on fire . The Manhattan Fire Department dispatched crews and upon arrival found the one story building ablaze from the back of the structure. According to Battalion Chief Rex Worden, the department was able to get the fire out by about 5:45 am. But, at about 6:30 am, the fire rekindled itself. Crews reappeared on the scene and again extinguished the fire. The occupants of the building were able to evacuate safely. The estimated loss is about $75,000 to contents and $80,000 to the…
Author: KMAN Staff
Update: The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department has captured the escaped inmate. At about 12:30 AM Saturday, Jon Adrian Getzlaff, 24, of Wamego, was taken back into custody by the Sheriff’s Department. Getzlaff was captured in Westmoreland. Below is our story from earlier Friday. —- The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department is seeking an inmate who escaped from the Pottawatomie County detention facility’s exercise yard shortly after 9 a.m. Friday. Jon Adrian Getzlaff, 24, of Wamego is described as 5’4″, weighing about 150 pounds, with short hair and scruffy facial hair. He was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt with a word…
BOSTON (AP) The Royals game against the Boston Red Sox scheduled for this evening as Fenway Park has been postponed due to the continuing manhunt for the Boston Marathon Bomber who is still at large. No makeup date has been announced. The Bruins game against the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled for TD Garden has been tentatively re-scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. Police identified two suspects. One was killed during a shootout with police and the other was being sought during a massive manhunt across the city and surrounding areas.
According to a report in the Kansas City Star, 19 members of the K-State track and field team were preparing for a meet at Cal State-Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon when it was cancelled by a bomb threat. Campus was evacuated and afternoon classes were cancelled at Cal State-LA, and the Wildcats had to leave the track and walk back to their bus. K-State coach Cliff Rovelto told the Star it’s the first time he’s had a meet cancelled like this in his over 30 years with the Wildcat program, and had to look for alternative meets for his athletes. K-State…
Pottawatomie County Court was busy Thursday, with several sentencings, one of which was a Topeka man receiving a sentence of 19 months for one charge and eight months for the other, to run concurrently. Lucas Fenwick (22) was taken into custody last August for originally several burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property counts. Law enforcement agencies from at least three counties participated in the investigation. Items taken included flat screen televisions, jewelry, and guns. Fenwick was also imposed restitution Thursday and payment of court costs as part of his post-release when he becomes eligible for parole. Also on Thursday,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs coach Andy Reid will make his return to Philadelphia when Kansas City visits the Eagles for a Thursday night game in mid-September. Kansas City opens the season Sept. 8 at Jacksonville, plays its home opener Sept. 15 against Dallas, and then visits the Eagles where Reid spent 14 years as head coach on Sept. 19 for a prime-time game. The Chiefs return home against the Giants on Sept. 29, visit Tennessee the next week, and then have three straight at Arrowhead Stadium against Oakland, Houston and Cleveland. They visit Buffalo before a…
Surveillance-camera footage released by the FBI shows two men identified as suspect 1 and 2. They are seen walking one behind the other in the crowd and the FBI asking the public for help in identifying the men.
Senators formally unveil a wide-ranging immigration bill with support from business executives, religious leaders, activists and others. The sponsors are four Republicans and four Democrats, hoping the coalition holds firm.
Aerial video shows the extent of the destruction in West, Texas after a massive explosion yesterday at a fertilizer plant.
Commissioners from Manhattan, Riley County, and Pottawatomie County met Thursday afternoon for the monthly Joint City/County meeting . The only item on the agenda was to discuss areas for Cooperation and Collaboration. Riley County Commissioner, Robert Boyd, opened the discussion by asking how Manhattan and Riley County could work together to improve the current Graphic Information Systems (GIS) service. “The problem with collaboration is you’ve got four or five fingers in there, nobody’s in charge, and it tends to not work,” said Wynn Butler, Manhattan City Commissioner. The conversation shifted to taking a look at the big picture and the possibility of one day, consolidating local…