As KMAN previously reported, a 40 year old man was pronounced dead at Mercy Regional Health Center due to unusual circumstances. The Riley County Police Department has released more information. RCPD received a welfare check on a man staying at the Motel 6 in Manhattan. Upon arrival, offices discovered Nicholas Gurik, 40, of Wakefield, Kansas, had been huffing from several keyboard dusting cans. Initially , Gurik was conscious, but his condition quickly deteriorated. RCPD is currently investigating the incident as an accidental death overdose. —- An Olathe man is being held here in Manhattan on charges. William Starrett, 20, is being confined…
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Manhattan’s unemployment numbers remained the same during the last reporting period, in figures released Friday morning. The Manhattan metro area, which includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary counties, had a 4.7 percent rate in December, the same as November and down from last year’s 5.1 percent. The city of Manhattan shows a four percent rate, also unchanged not only from the month before but from last year’s December figure. Riley county’s rate was 4.1 percent, unchanged on all counts. Pottawatomie county’s 4.5 percent was up slighlty from November’s 4.3 but lower than the 4.9 percent figure in December of 2011l. Clay…
Another K-State assistant coach is departing the football staff as wide receivers Michael Smith is leaving for Arkansas, where he will serve in the same position. Smith began as player with the Wildcats as a third-team all-American in 1991 and two-time all-Big Eight wide receiver in 1989 and 1991, and then spent a total of 15 years as an assistant. He was a student assistant at K-State in 1993, then became a graduate assistant in 1995 and 1996, before stepping up to be the running backs coach from 1997 until 2005. Smith then departed K-State in the Ron Prince three-year…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former executive of a Manhattan high-tech company has been given probation for defrauding the United States by creating false invoices on government contracts. Aaron Madison was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Manhattan-based NanoScale, a small company that makes advanced chemistry products. He pleaded guilty earlier to wire fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office says Madison was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and ordered to pay slightly more than 17-thousand dollars in restitution. Federal prosecutors said 90 percent of NanoScale’s business came from government contracts, most with the Defense Department. Madison was accused of manipulating contract…
Several people filed Friday afternoon for Ogden City Council, including Brian Still, Paul Werle, Kenneth Carroll, and Ed Burch. Robert Pence filed for election for Mayor in Ogden. Two more have added their names to the Randolph City Commission race. According to the Riley County Clerk’s Office, as of Thursday, Tamie Redding and Donna Baer have officially filed. And David Higgins has filed for Riley County’s USD 378′, Position six. Ross Wahl has filed for USD 378 position 4. And an additional person has filed for election to the Louisville City Council. Wayne Griffin is the third to file for five available positions.…
Lance Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, reversing more than a decade of denial.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says Algerian forces are pursuing terrorists and possibly hostages, following an attack on a gas plant.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Operation Rescue has filed a formal complaint with Wichita officials about ongoing renovations at the former clinic of slain abortion provider George Tiller. The anti-abortion group’s policy director, Cheryl Sullenger, contended Thursday the building’s new owners did not obtain required city permits to resurface the parking lot, do landscaping and remodel the clinic. The complaint also alleges the owners improperly completed architectural plans and met with contractors. The building was bought last August by the abortion rights group Trust Women Foundation Inc., which plans to offer a full range of reproductive health care services, including abortions. Trust…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita say a man found dead in a wooded area near railroad tracks had been reported missing days earlier. Construction workers came across the frozen body Wednesday morning in the northeastern part of the city. Police said Thursday they’ve identified the 34-year-old man, but his name was being withheld while relatives were notified. Investigators are calling the death suspicious, partly because there were signs the body had been moved from somewhere else. An autopsy was being conducted Thursday. Police said the man’s girlfriend last saw him Friday at a business in west Wichita. She reported…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former executive of a struggling Kansas high-tech company has been given probation for defrauding the United States by creating false invoices on government contracts. Aaron Madison was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Manhattan-based NanoScale, a small company that makes advanced chemistry products. He pleaded guilty earlier to wire fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office says Madison was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and ordered to pay slightly more than $17,211 in restitution. Federal prosecutors said 90 percent of NanoScale’s business came from government contracts, most with the Defense Department. Madison was accused…