After making adjustments to the quarter cent sales tax ballot question, Riley County Counselor, Clancy Holeman, brought forward the finalized and somewhat lengthy question to Thursday’s Riley County Commissioner Meeting. Holeman explained the length of the question by informing commissioners most ballot questions are somewhat “wordy” due to the fact that breaking the question into smaller questions can lead people to approving and declining various parts of the question, instead of approving or declining it entirely. Commissioners approved the ballot question after further discussion. Budget and Finance Officer, Johnette Shepek, also presented a number of updates to commissioners at the meeting including updates on the…
Author: KMAN Staff
A request for assistance from a local probation officer ended in the arrest of a Manhattan man and wamego woman on Wednesday afternoon. Riley county police assisted in a search requested by the probation officer, and arrested 37-year-old David Maldonado Jr. at his residence in the 3000 block of Claflin Road. Also arrested on the scene was 35-year-old Tara Farr of Wamego. Maldonado was under arrest for possession of methamphetamines, and drug paraphrenalia. Farr was arrested for possession of marijuna, methamphetamines, and prescription drugs without prescription. Also listed among Farr’s violations was felony failure to register as an offendor. Maldonado…
With requests from Kansas governmental officials Wednesday to halt releases of water from three of its reservoirs. the U-S Army Corps of Engineers has responded with actually increasing the water released overnight. Tuttle Creek Lake is one of the reservoirs affected, and Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty for Tuttle Creek Lake with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers indicates the lakes serve several congressionally authorized purposes. The U-S Army Corps of engineers Thursday indicated in a news release that releases from Milford, Tuttle Creek and Perry reservoirs in the Kansas River Basin have been providing supplemental navigation support to the Missouri River since…
Four Window Washers were rescued on Wednesday, several hours after their platform stalled high above the Las Vegas Strip.
New video shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his new bride, Ri Sol Ju greeted with loud cheers as they visit a newly opened amusement park.
People coming away from the dress rehearsal for Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony were excited and impressed. Certain key details remained a secret with just over a day to go.
K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced on Thursday that would-be senior Jeremy Jones is leaving the program. The 6 foot 2 inch guard told Weber he’d like to finish his college career closer to his hometown of Chicago. Jones transferred to K-State after he was an NJCAA all-American at Seward County Community College a year ago. He saw action in 20 games for the Cats last season as he averaged 3.1 points a night. Jones scored a season high 12 points in 14 minutes at Oklahoma, but injured his ankle in the game, which hampered his playing time the rest of the way.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Jered Weaver won his seventh straight start to tie a career-best, Mike Trout and Torii Hunter homered, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 11-6 victory Wednesday. The Angels won the rubber game of the three-game series without slugger Albert Pujols, who missed his second game of the season because of a bruised right elbow. Weaver (13-1) threw 101 pitches over five innings, allowing two runs and three hits while his AL-leading ERA rose from 2.20 to 2.27 because of Billy Butler’s two-run homer in the fifth. Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar (6-9) was…
People coming away from the dress rehearsal for Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony were excited and impressed. Certain key details remained a secret with just over a day to go
Thousands of dollars worth of damage were reported from a pasture fire Wednesday evening on West 69th Avenue, west of Manhattan near Keats. The fire began about 6:30 in the evening when a hay baler caught fire for an unknown reason, while out in a field with a hay bale attached. While one individual was treated by Riley County EMS on the scene, no one required hospitalization. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins indicates 35-40 acres on the William Smith farm were involved in the fire, amounting to a thousand dollars worth of hay , a haybaler, and a power pole being…