The list of accomplishments is long for M.J. Massanet of Manhattan High, and one of her last times in a high school uniform will be this weekend. Massanet will play in the Kansas Volleyball Association all-star match on Saturday night in Topeka. She led the Indians to the 2010 6A state volleyball title and was named the 6A player of the year. Massanet also took the MHS girls basketball team to state for the first in two decades, and won three state track and field championships. She’ll continue her athletic career this fall at Nebraska-Kearney in both volleyball and track.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Three related vehicle burglaries sum up to a $1,975 loss. Various items were taken from three different vehicles in the 1420 Watson Place Apartment Complex parking lot sometime Wednesday evening. Charles Irving (23) had numerous items stolen from his vehicle including-a 32 GB iPod, a Toshiba camcorder , sub woofers and a 2000 watt Kenwood amp for a total loss of $1,275. Nationwide Insurance suffered a total loss of $400, as a Black IBM Think-Pad laptop was taken. Riley County Police believe the laptop was the insurance company’s property and it was taken out of a vehicle parked at the…
On August 4th 1977, the Riley County Police Deapartment was called to North Crest Trailer Park (Hunter’s Island), where the body of Warren “Tiger” Lewis was discovered. A person of interest has recently been developed after speaking with a witness from that period. The Riley County Police would like to speak to the ex-wife of Dewayne Murrell, also known as “Cornbocker”. Her first name might be Wynonna, and she is believed to reside in New York. She may also have an uncle that goes by the name of Dennis White who possibly passed away several months ago. It is also…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A 37-year-old methamphetamine dealer from Topeka has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a mother of five who he thought was a police informant. The Kansas City Star reports Jason Munjak will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years of the sentence he received Wednesday in Johnson County District Court. He was also sentenced to 37 months for distributing methamphetamine. Munjak pleaded guilty in April to shooting and killing 37-year-old Toby Marie Rock on Jan. 19 at a motel in Merriam. Rock, who had lived in Kansas and western Missouri, had gone to the…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The fate of political boundaries in Kansas is now in the hands of three federal judges who will digest two days of testimony and draw new maps. Attorneys for elected officials, business leaders and residents completed closing arguments Wednesday in the trial over redistricting. The judges gave no hint how they would draw the boundaries, but did suggest they would be holding themselves to a higher standard for population deviation among the districts. Evidence presented at the trial showed that courts have traditionally deviated from optimum district sizes by plus or minus 2 percent of the…
YATES CENTER, Kan. (AP) Woodson County authorities say a man in his late 60s died in an accident during wheat harvest. Undersheriff Glen Smith says the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in rural Yates Center. KCLY reports the farmer was cutting wheat with his son, who was unloading a combine. When he finished, the son began to drive away and the father was caught under the rear wheel of the combine. The farmer’s name has not been released.
PLAINVILLE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is helping Rooks County authorities investigate the death of a Plainville man. Little information is being released about the death of 54-year-old Robert Foster II, who died sometime around May 21. The Salina Journal reports that KBI deputy director Kyle Smith declined to release any information on the case because it is under investigation.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County authorities are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose body was found in their home. Lt. Jay Simecka says in a news release that deputies went to the home after being asked to check on the welfare of a person at the home. Police say no one else was in the residence. Simecka said the names of the deceased won’t be released until relatives are notified.