Author: KMAN Staff

Three people were arrested following the execution of search warrants by the Riley County Police Department at  Gardenway Apartments and  the 100 block of East Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan. The warrants were in reference to the distribution of marijuana. Approximately 1 ¾ pounds of marijuana with a street value of $7,000 was seized along with drug paraphernalia and about 46-hundred dollars in U.S. Currency. Arrested were Charmaine Cardwell, 23,  of Denver, Colorado for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, unlawful use of a telecommunication device, unlawful acquisition of drug proceeds, and no Kansas Drug Tax Stamp. Her…

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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A 19-year-old Joplin man and his 16-year-old female passenger from Galena, Kan., are dead after a one-car crash three miles west of Joplin. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Jon West was driving on Junge Boulevard at 6:45 p.m. Saturday when his 1992 Lexus left the road and struck a tree. West was ejected from the car, while his passenger, Journey Pate-Nourani was killed in the vehicle, which had caught fire. The patrol says West was not wearing a seatbelt, while it was unclear whether his passenger was buckled up. The deaths were the 71st and 72nd…

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Kansas City, Kan., police waited several hours outside a house where they thought a murder suspect had taken cover, but later discovered the house was empty. Police responding to a call and found a young man lying in a driveway around 4 a.m. Sunday suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. KSHB reports officers pursued a suspect to a nearby home, which they surrounded and used a loud speaker in an effort to coax the person outside. Police entered the home around 11:45 a.m., and…

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Police in Kansas City, Kan., are investigating a fatal shooting. Police say in a release that a man in his 30s was shot Saturday and died later at a hospital. The victim has not been identified. Sgt. Emmett Lockridge says the department’s Major Case Unit detectives are urging people with information about the shooting to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A group that advocates for renewable energy is targeting Kansas’ four U.S. representatives who are opposed to renewing a tax credit for wind energy production. The Climate + Energy Project, a Kansas-based nonprofit group, is trying to gather at least 5,000 signatures urging Reps. Tim Huelskamp, Mike Pompeo, Kevin Yoder and Lynn Jenkins to support extending the tax credit. A spokeswoman for the Kansas group says the signature drive started after Siemens Wind Power announced that it planned to lay off 256 of its 408 workers at its Hutchinson plant. The company says confusion over the future…

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The top five in The Associated Press college football poll has been rearranged for a second straight week, with Florida, Kansas State and Notre Dame moving up in the rankings. No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon hold the top two spots for a fourth straight week. The changes came behind them, where the Gators move up one spot to No. 3, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats and fifth-ranked Fighting Irish both jump two places. The shuffling comes after a second straight Saturday in which multiple top-five teams lost. South Carolina fell 23-21 at LSU on Saturday night and drops from…

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K-State served 11 aces in their first ever meeting with TCU, led by four aces from setter Caitlyn Donahue.  The #14 Cats defeated the unranked Horned Frogs in straight sets, 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 at the University Rec Center in Fort Worth on Saturday afternoon.  Kaitlynn Pelger led K-State (17-2, 4-2 Big 12) with 12 kills, but went down in the 3rd set with an ankle injury.  Lilla Porubek pounded out 11 kills, while Alex Muff posted 10 kills and 6 blocks.  Donahue dished out 34 assists to tie for 5th all-time in a career as a Wildcat, and also led…

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas State’s offense is at its best when quarterback Collin Klein has the ball in his hands as much as possible. The Wildcats defense doesn’t mind it either. Klein ran for 105 yards and three touchdowns and sixth-ranked Kansas State held off Iowa State 27-21 for its fifth straight win over the Cyclones. Klein also threw for 187 yards for the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0 Big 12), who held the ball for over 40 minutes, converted on eight of 17 third downs and remained unbeaten heading into next week’s showdown with West Virginia. Kansas State held the Cyclones (4-2,…

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The evacuation is over and people are being allowed back into their apartments as the welfare check was complete. The Riley County Police Department evacuated an apartment complex on Saturday in the Amherst area for a welfare check on an individual. At the time, officers were not sure whether the individual has a firearm or not, which was the reason for the evacuation. No incidents occurred.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Wichita man for the shooting death of a security guard who tried to break up a fight between gang members. The court on Friday rejected an appeal from Kamaronte D. Jones, who was convicted in the 2007 killing of Keith Peters. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that when a fight between Bloods and Crips members broke out inside a private home, Peters intervened and was shot by Jones. Jones was sentenced to a hard-25 life sentence. In his appeal, Jones’ attorney argued evidence of Jones’ gang activity…

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