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 and 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 and theft in the 900 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan on March 23, 2022, around 10:06 a.m. Officers listed a 20-year-old female as the victim when…
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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 and 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 rape in Manhattan on March 22, 2022, around 9:28 a.m. Officers listed a 16-year-old female as the victim and a 16-year-old male known to her as the suspect. Due to the…
USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid and board member Jayme Morris-Hardeman weighed in on Wednesday’s meeting, previewed kindergarten roundup and discussed legislation in Topeka tied to school choice and transgender athlete participation in women’s sports. USD 378 Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams discussed upcoming activities, including prom and a districtwide survey to parents USD 384 Blue Valley Superintendent John Cox spoke to activities including the new baseball program starting up this weekend and improving COVID numbers in the school community
The annual 4-H garage sales are right around the corner. John Jobe, 4-H Youth Development Agent, says they will once again hold their 4-H garage sales, but this year the event is even more special. He says it is the jump off point for all the 4-H participants who have focused on Citizenship Washington Focus over the last the two years, which will take place in late June. “This will be the final sale we will have for about a year, then those young people will, like I said, travel across the country via bus,” Jobe adds. “We have some…
Spaghetti is on the menu for this Saturday, and better yet, you don’t have to cook it! The Manhattan Optimist Club is welcoming back their annual spaghetti feed. Club member, Jim Franke, says this is their 12th annual spaghetti feed, but their first one since 2019 due to the pandemic. He says it is a great fundraiser that supports a number of their initiatives. “Most of the proceeds will go towards supporting out activities out at Optimist Park which is on the west side of town. That’s where we run the city T-ball program and we also have a girls…
Two GOP lawmakers stopped by Manhattan’s Kansas Farm Bureau office Tuesday to discuss recent visits with Kansas agriculture businesses and leaders. 1st district Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS) as well as ranking GOP agriculture committee member Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) made the trip following a day of activity starting in Garden City on Monday, with the two visiting KFB and touring the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan on National Agriculture Day. “There’s nothing that makes me more happy than when I get to welcome people to our district and tell the story of our agriculture,” Mann says. “That’s…
Tuesday’s edition of the In Focus Podcast featured Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee in the county government’s regular monthly conversation with KMAN. McKee discussed the ongoing Hwy 24 State construction project at Green Valley Road that’s been causing traffic back-ups in recent days. McKee also shared perspective on the possible formation of a consolidated extension district that would include Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Riley, Geary and Marshall Counties if finalized. The final segment featured discussion on a petition seeking to expand the number of commissioners representing Pottawatomie County as well as redistricting at the State level. Tune in Wednesday, when we’ll talk…
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 in the 1800 block of Anderson Ave. in Manhattan on March 21, 2022, around 9:18 a.m. Officers listed a 19-year-old female as the victim when…
WICHITA, Kan. — A 32-year-old Wichita woman will be sentenced May 9 after she pleaded guilty to running over a bicyclist with her car and shooting him. The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office said Charity Blackmon pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Blackmon was originally charged with first-degree murder and her trial was scheduled to begin Monday. KSNW-TV reports 54-year-old Merrill Rabus was riding his bike in northeast Wichita in March 2021 when Blackmon hit him and then got out of her van and shot him. She left the scene…
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas agriculture officials say more cases of avian influenza, more commonly called bird flu, have been found in the state. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department of Agriculture has confirmed the disease in a backyard home-farm flock of birds in rural Sedgwick County and a similar backyard flock in rural Dickinson County. The cases were confirmed by the national Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. Officials say the affected areas have been quarantined and the affected flocks will be culled to prevent the spread of the disease. Nearly 13 million chicken, turkeys and other birds…