Two people were injured in a Sunday evening accident on I-70 in Geary county. Justin Raybon, 22, of Junction City and Tanya Ringquist, 33, of Salina were taken to the Geary Community Hospital, following the accident at milepost 295.5 westbound, reported just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday. A hospital spokeswoman indicates she has no information on Raybon and Ringquist was treated and released. The Kansas highway patrol reports Raybon was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am eastbound on I-70, with a 2012 Ford Focus driven by Ringquist which was westbound. Raybon’s Grand Am crossed the median and struck Ringquist’s vehicle. The…
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A traffic stop for speeding yielded the Riley County Police a drug bust Sunday night. RCPD Lieutenant Josh Kyle says an officer stopped a vehicle driven by 29-year-old Paul Terzi, address unknown, in the 4400 block of K-18 around 9:00 p.m. Sunday. An investigation of the vehicle led to the arrests of both Terzi and Joshua Ortega, 20, of Manhattan, who was a passenger in the vehicle. Ortega faces charges of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, felony possession of marijuana, paraphernalia, and no Kansas Drug tax stamp. Terzi was charged with possession of marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, and no…
The Rock Creek wrestling team competed in the Onaga Winter Duals over the weekend. The field featured six schools – Burlington, Horton, Marion, Onaga, Pleasant Ridge, and Rock Creek. The Mustangs went 4-1 as a team: Round 1: Rock Creek 53 Horton 12 Round 2: Rock Creek 44 Marion 19 Round 3: Rock Creek 45 Pleasant Ridge 22 Round 4: Rock Creek 30 Onaga 28 Round 5: Burlington 37 Rock Creek 34 Individually, six Mustang wrestlers won their weight division or finished runner-up: 106-Shilo Schaake (Winner) 113-Randall Thomas (Runner-up) 138-Sam Wilson (Runner-up) 170-Trevor Sutton (Winner) 182-Justin Ward (Runner-up) 195-Jesse Correll…
Incumbent Pottawatomie county commissioner Stan Hartwich has filed to run for re-election to his third district position. Hartwich is the only one to have filed at this point for the third district slot. He is currently in his second term as commissioner. Incumbent Pat Weixelman announced his intentions to run for re-election to the second district seat two weeks ago.
KMAN’s Chris Swick looks at the number of Americans with second jobs for KMAN’s Morning News.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl in older brother Peyton’s house, at that. Just as Manning did four years ago when the Giants ruined New England’s perfect season, he guided them 88 yards to the decisive touchdown, which the Patriots didn’t contest as Ahmad Bradshaw ran 6 yards with 57 seconds left. Patriots coach Bill Belichick reasoned the Giants would run the clock down…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) San Francisco’s Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the playoffs. In his first season as an NFL head coach, Harbaugh guided the 49ers to a 13-3 mark and the NFC West championship game. They beat New Orleans in the first round of the playoffs before losing the conference title game to the Giants. A former NFL quarterback and successful coach at Stanford, Harbaugh earned 45 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. He easily outdistanced Green…
The potential outbreak of Pertussis, or whooping cough, isn’t as quick spreading as originally thought, Riley County Health Department Officer, Suzanne Kufahl, told Riley County Commission that people should still be cautious. “Our communicable disease nurses have investigated 13 cases,” Kuhfal said. “There was one more call coming in this morning, but it doesn’t seem to be at the fast pace that it was at first.” Out of the 13 reported cases, 5 have been confirmed cases while the other nine have been probable cases or closed. Kufahl adds vaccincations are the best way to prevent the disease in the future and the…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Brittney Griner scored 29 points in another dominating performance, and No. 1 Baylor cruised to a 70-41 victory over Kansas State on Saturday night to keep its perfect season intact. Destiny Williams added 14 points and Odyssey Sims finished with 13 for the Lady Bears (23-0, 10-0 Big 12), who extended the best start in school history in easy fashion. It’s the second-best start in conference history behind former member Nebraska, which won its first 30 games during the 2009-10 season. Ninth-ranked Green Bay is still the only other Division I women’s program that has yet…
A bold shoplifter made off with thousands of dollars worth of electronics from Target late last week, only to be arrested Friday. Riley County Police Lieutenant Josh Kyle tells KMAN News Target employees reported the theft occurred Wednesday between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Taken were two Go Pro cameras, two X-Box 360 gaming consoles, a Motorola Zoom tablet, a pair of Kodak cameras, and a BluRay player. Arrested after an investigation was Alexis Hamilton, 30, of Manhattan on charges of felony shoplifting. She was released after posting a $20,000 bond. Kyle indicates none of the electronics have been recovered as…