WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The former public works director in Kansas’ Barber County has admitted stealing from the county. Forty-nine-year-old Steven Collier, of Nashville, Kan., pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds. He agreed to make restitution of $116,310. In return, the government agreed to drop nine counts. Sentencing is set for May 30. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Metzger says prosecutors plan to ask the court to dismiss the indictment against Collier’s wife, Diana, of Medicine Lodge. Steven Collier admitted forging an invoice for the purchase of steel beams and using…
Author: KMAN Staff
Three people convicted in a 1997 murder in Riley County have been passed over for parole. Delisha Branch, 40, Duereal Campbell, 32, and Shakeer Davis, 32, had public comment sessions in January, but a check of the Department of Corrections offender list indicates the next possible parole date for Campbell and Branch is now March of 2017 and for Davis in March of 2015. The three were convicted in connection with the February 1997 murder of Wanda Norman, 44, of Manhattan at Norman’s home at Countryside Estates. In addition to murder-related charges, the three were convicted of aggravated robbery.
Manhattan’s latest unemployment rate is up a little from the month before, but down from last year at this same time. January numbers just released show a 4.6 percent rate for the city of Manhattan, compared to 4.1 percent in December and 5.5 percent in January of last year. Manhattan was on the lower end of unemployment numbers when compared to other cities, although certainly not the lowest. Four other cities had lower or equal rates to Manhattan’s, including Leawood with 3.9 percent, Dodge city with 4 percent, Garden City with 4.2, and Shawnee’s 4.6 percent. The Manhattan Metro area,…
The K-18 construction project might be a headache to some, and one area caught right in the construction zone is the Manhattan Regional Airport. As of last week, the left lane of eastbound K-18 was closed from the new K-114/K-18 interchange in Ogden east to the Stagg Hill Road area. This week, closures will take place at the crossover west of the airport, which is currently in use by westbound traffic heading to I-70 by moving across into the passing lane of the eastbound lanes. Starting Monday, March 19, all traffic will be in those eastbound lanes, creating head-to-head traffic.…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State senior shortstop Jake Brown was named the Big 12 Co-Player of the Week for his conference- and school-record tying performance last week, the conference office announced Monday. It was the first player-of-the-week honor in Brown’s career. A product of Russell, Kan., Brown hit .524 (11-for-21) with three doubles, one home run and 11 RBI in five games last week, while he also recorded a .810 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage. In the first game of a doubleheader against Hartford on Saturday, Brown tied a Big 12 and school record with six hits in six at-bats,…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Manhattan’s Scott Mall was named Centennial League Coach of the Year while four Indians were selected to the All-Centennial League teams, as the league coaches handed out 2012 awards on Monday. Mall guided the Tribe to a perfect 13-0 mark in Centennial League games en route to Manhattan’s second league title in the past three seasons. Additionally, Mall’s Indians earned a spot in the 6A state tournament for the first time since 1991 after defeating Wichita Southeast and Washburn Rural to claim the Topeka High [Bracket B] Sub-State Championship. Senior forward Mari Jo Massanet was a first-team selection…
On this day in 1990, an F5 tornado ripped apart the central Kansas community of Hesston.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, overachieving Kansas State was awarded a bid to participate in the NCAA Women’s Championship on Monday The Wildcats (19-13, 9-9 Big 12) were awarded the No. 8 seed in the Kingston (R.I.) Regional and will be opposed by the No. 9 seed Princeton Tigers (24-4, 14-0 Ivy League) on Saturday, March 17 at 10:20 a.m. in Bridgeport, Conn., at Webster Bank Arena. The two schools have met just once in their respective histories. The Wildcats claimed a 63-51 win over the Tigers back on November 25, 2000, in…