A Manhattan teen is behind bars following a Wednesday morning arrest. 18-year-old Laynie Marie Perez was arrested at the Hilton Garden Inn around 9 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault and aggravated robbery; with both including the use of a deadly weapon. The apprehension stems from an incident that occurred in April of this year where a female was shot in the abdomen in Manhattan, Perez’s bond for these charges was set at $25,000, and she was still confined in the Riley County Jail as of Thursday.
Author: KMAN Staff
Laynie Perez, 18, of Manhattan, was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for attempted aggravated robbery and aggravated assault. Total bond was set at $25,000. The apprehension stems from an incident that occurred in April of this year where a female was shot in the abdomen in Manhattan, Kansas. Perez was confined at the time of this report. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
An early morning accident on I-70 in Dickinson County Wednesday left a Herington man injured. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2023 International semi driven by Travis P. Williams, of Wellington, was westbound on Interstate 70 one and one half miles west of Fair Road when it rear-ended a 2011 Chevy Cruze driven by 19-year old Koy E Mueller, who was stopped in the right lane. EMS transported Mueller to Wesley Medical Center. Williams was not injured.
Residents of Pottawatomie County are advised that landowners in the area have observed the presence of blue-green algae in their privately-owned ponds. Conditions may be favorable for other algae blooms to form in ponds on nearby properties, and this can be dangerous for both humans, livestock and pets. If a landowner suspects that blue-green algae is present in a pond, the best thing to do is to stay out of the water, and to prevent livestock, pets and children from entering the infected water. This includes skin contact with the water, drinking affected water, or, in the case of animals,…
The Geary County Schools USD 475 Board of Education recently approved the hiring of Amanda Cunningham and Lisa Ledbetter to assistant principal positions within the district for the 2024-25 school year. Cunningham will take over as an assistant principal at Seitz Elementary during the 2024-25 school year after teaching fifth grade for the Dragons this past school year. Ledbetter will be an assistant principal this fall after moving to USD 475 from Virginia where she worked as a mathematics tutor at Fairfax County Public Schools in 2024.
Riley County police were investigating the theft of outdoor equipment from a Manhattan business. The theft was reported around 7:22 p.m. Tuesday from the Bomgaars store at 427 Hummels Place. Riley County police said two unknown people left the establishment with two chainsaws and one weed eater without paying for them. The total estimated loss associated with this report was $1,030. Anyone with information may call Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers
Segment 1: USD 378 Riley County superintendent Erin Oliver Segment 2: USD 384 Blue Valley Randolph superintendent Rex Boley Segment 3: USD 475 Junction City communications coordinator Matthew Hoover Segment 4: Justin Befort and Rick Berry from the Manhattan Fire Department to discuss Furniture Amnesty Day and department updates
The unemployment rate once again rose in the month of June. Preliminary reports by the Labor Market division of the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show an adjusted unemployment rate of 3.1% in June. This is an increase from 2.9% in May and an increase from 2.6% in June of 2023. The unemployment rate in Riley County is up from 3 percent in May to 4 percent in June. The rate in Geary County is also up from from 4.2 to 5 percent. Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties also saw an uptick in their unemployment rates.…
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has a good idea of four of the five spots on his team’s offensive line. Joe Thuney will be at left guard, Creed Humphrey at center, Trey Smith at right guard and Jawaan Taylor at right tackle. The biggest question now falls on left tackle, where second-year pro Wanya Morris and rookie Kingsley Suamataia are locked in a training camp competition. And with a little less than a week of seeing the two players work without pads, Reid knows it’s too early to declare a winner. “We’ll just see…
A Manhattan resident is dead following a Sunday crash on Interstate 35 in Missouri. Four people were inside a Kia Sorento at the time of the crash. Victor B. Imad, 31, of Manhattan, died in the crash, and the three other occupants, all from Minnesota, were seriously injured in the crash. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. about seven miles north of Eagleville Missouri near the Iowa border. The vehicle was traveling north on the highway when it went off of the west side of the road and into the median. The Kia hit an emergency crossover, went airborne, and…