Author: KMAN Staff

The Riley County Police Department is looking at using unspent personnel funds in the budget for multiple end-of-year expenses. As of the most recent payroll period, RCPD reported 18 unfilled positions which explains the left-over dollars. Currently, the department is down four police officers, 12 corrections workers, as well as a communications and civilian employee to round out the 18 open jobs. The figures were presented at November’s Riley County Law Board meeting. This has resulted in a ‘conservative’ estimate of $500,000 anticipated to be left over at the end of the year. “We think it’s more prudent to use…

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WICHITA, Kan. — The mayor of a Wichita suburb was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. A report released by the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office Sunday shows that Goddard Mayor Hunter Larkin was arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol Saturday near the intersection of Tyler Road and Kellogg Drive in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reported that no other details about the 22-year-old’s arrest were immediately available Sunday morning. Larkin did not immediately respond to phone and email messages from the newspaper. Larkin was appointed Goddard mayor in August 2020. He had previously served…

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PALCO, Kan. — Two semitrailer trucks crashed into each other in northwest Kansas on Friday killing one of the drivers. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened at an intersection of two county roads about a mile south of Palco in Rooks County shortly after 4 p.m. Friday. Palco is a small town about 125 miles northwest of Salina, Kansas. According to the crash report, the driver of a 2019 Freightliner truck failed to yield to a 2000 Sterling semitrailer truck. The impact of the crash sent the two trucks into a field where they hit a power pole.…

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LINN COUNTY, Kan. — A 57-year-old Mound City man died after his SUV rolled when it veered off a highway in east-central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened about 75 miles south of Kansas City near the Missouri state line along Kansas Highway 7 in Linn County on Friday evening. The crash report says that Thomas McCarty’s 2004 Toyota Highlander drifted off the road before he overcorrected and lost control of the SUV. The vehicle rolled several times after it left the highway.

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. –  Officers responded to the report of a medical call in the 2800 block of Kelly Dr. in Manhattan on November 12, 2021, around 9:03 a.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found a deceased…

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw five touchdown passes and returned to his usual form after a surprisingly shaky stretch this season, and the Kansas City Chiefs moved into first place in the AFC West with a 41-14 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. Mahomes and the Chiefs showed little resemblance to the team that overpowered the AFC the past three seasons over the first nine weeks. But they used a dominant performance over the Raiders on a day everyone else in the division lost to return to the top of the standings. Las Vegas has lost two straight.

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MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Sports Information) – Junior Ayoka Lee led the Kansas State women’s basketball team to a 76-44 win over Western Kentucky, which included the All-America candidate surpassing the 1,000-career point mark and earning her 30th career double-double on Sunday afternoon in Bramlage Coliseum during the 2021 WNIT Preseason Tournament. Lee ended the afternoon with 33 points on 14-of-17 shooting and pulled in 13 rebounds for her first double-double of the 2021-22 season. Lee also pocketed a career-high four steals. The 33 points by Lee set the school record for points in a Preseason WNIT game, surpassing the previous…

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Preventing homelessness and housing instability as well as providing a path to self-sufficiency are the goals of a new local program. Manhattan Housing Authority is launching a Bridge to Housing Stability program which looks to leverage over $2 million dollars in federal and state funding to rapidly rehouse and stabilize approved residents experiencing homelessness. BHS case manager, Karen Martinez, a single mother of two who was once laid off and often worried about not being able to pay rent, talks more about her story. “I was scared. I didn’t know what I was going to do, I have two little…

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jalon Daniel hit Jared Casey on a scrambling pass for a 2-point conversion in overtime and Kansas stunned Texas 57-56 Saturday night to snap their eight-game losing streak this season and a 56-game losing streak in Big 12 road games over the past 13 years. Texas scored first in overtime and Kansas answered with Devin Neal’s 2-yard touchdown run. First-year coach Lance Leipold then immediately decided to go for Kansas’ first Big 12 road win since 2008. Texas started 4-1 under first-year coach Steve Sarkisian, but has now lost five in a row for the first…

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