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 filed a report for criminal damage to property near the intersection of Ratone St. and N. 8th St. in Manhattan on October 28, 2021, around 11:15 a.m. Officers listed Link Scooter as the…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Flint Hills Veterans Coalition President Chuck Sexton, Past President and Publicity Director Melody Sexton. Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo also joined the program.
With an attack that saw four players reach double-figure kills to pair with 11 total blocks, K-State ousted Texas Tech in four sets Thursday night at Bramlage Coliseum, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19, to earn a two-match series sweep. K-State (14-7, 5-5 Big 12) finished with a higher hitting percentage in addition to more kills, assists, aces, digs and blocks than the Red Raiders (13-10, 3-7 Big 12). The Wildcats pick up their first conference series sweep of the season and push their winning streak to three matches overall. Aliyah Carter paced the Wildcats’ offense with 13 kills to go with 12…
On a cold and blustery night with a bid for the Big 12 Soccer Championship on the line, K-State was unable grab the win in the finale as Iowa State downed the Wildcats, 1-0, on Thursday night at Buser Family Park. With a win and a loss or draw by in-state rival Kansas, K-State would have qualified for its first-ever appearance in the Big 12 Soccer Championship. “I felt like, with the wind, we should have been a lot more urgent, and a lot more, imposing,” said K-State head coach Mike Dibbini. “I think the moment was just little a…
The founder of Kansas State University’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs shared lessons from his research and practice on how to better aid soldiers transitioning out of the military with the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Wednesday. Dr. Arthur DeGroat testified to the committee in Washington D.C. during a hearing titled ‘Success After Service: Improving Veterans’ Employment, Education and Home Loan Opportunities.’ DeGroat served 22 years as an armor and cavalry officer in the U.S. Army, and prior to founding the OMVA worked as head of K-State’s Military Science Department. He was joined on the panel by Montana…
WICHITA, Kan. — A cash management company is asking a federal court to return nearly $166,000 in proceeds seized in Kansas from sales at Missouri medical marijuana stores. The Dickinson County, Kansas, sheriff’s office seized the money in May as it was being driven through Kansas to Colorado. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri and Colorado, which also allows recreational use. Marijuana use is illegal in Kansas. The driver, who has not been charged, worked for Empyreal Logistics. Authorities in Kansas contend in court filings that the money was made by activities that are still illegal under federal law. A…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work without pay and abused them for years. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges the organization, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, with conspiracy to commit forced labor and forced labor. A federal judge is Kansas labeled the group a cult in 2018. The group was founded in the 1970s by Royall Jenkins and is also known as the Value Creators. The indictment alleges that since at least 2000, the organization ran businesses in several states using…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — The attorney for a Black man who was run over by a Kansas deputy in an encounter caught on dashcam video says he was shocked to learn the deputy is now employed as a master sergeant at the Hutchinson prison while under criminal investigation. Lionel Womack alleges in an excessive force lawsuit filed last year that Kiowa County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez intentionally drove over him in August 2020. Rodriguez has denied he intentionally swerved his truck to run over him. Womack’s attorney urged Kansas prison officials to discuss the ongoing criminal investigations with the Federal…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas state Rep. Russ Jennings has died. House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. on Wednesday announced that sixty-six-year-old Jennings, a Lakin Republican, died from cancer on Wednesday morning. Ryckman said he learned of the death from Jennings’ family. Jennings was elected to the Legislature in 2012. He served as chairman of the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee for the past three legislative sessions. Before his election, Jennings served as commissioner of juvenile justice for the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority from 2007 to 2010. In previous years he was also a deputy sheriff and a magistrate judge.
HOISINGTON, Kan. — Police in central Kansas are investigating the shooting death of a man in Hoisington. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that it is assisting the Hoisington Police Department in the investigation of the early Wednesday morning shooting death. Officials say police were called just after 3 a.m. Wednesday to a home by a 911 caller who reported a shooting. Arriving officers found 22-year-old Chase Anderson, of Hoisington, with a gunshot wound to his chest. Anderson was later pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say a 32-year-old acquaintance of Anderson’s who was in the…