On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with KSU Vet Med Dr. Laurie Beard. We also spoke with the Save the Pottawatomie County Courthouse organizers.
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan residents not only enjoyed beautiful weather this weekend, but also some great tasting chili as well. The third annual Manhattan Chili Cook=off was presented by The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Young Trustees, and featured a line up of great tasting chili. Each chili was made by a team, which consisted of a local non-profit paired with a local corporate sponsor. As people entered the cook-off they voted on which chili was their favorite. More than 20 teams competed for bragging rights. Local Non-Profits like the Meadowlark Foundation receive the profits from the event. “Its our favorite event to come…
In Manhattan, the Veterans Day Parade staple is the Veterans Day Parade that runs along Poyntz Ave.. This year, people will also have a chance to observe some of the tools today’s soldiers use in combat. Beginning Sunday evening, there will be one particularly large piece of equipment on display at City Park. “We also have some static displays in front of City Park to include an M1A2 Abrams tank,” Janet Nichols, the president of the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition, said. “It’s getting dropped off on Sunday evening, so it should be there while it’s still light out on Sunday…
Minimum-custody inmate Kyle Ingels #98449 was placed on escape status at approximately 6:48 p.m., Tuesday, after he walked away from the Wichita Work Release Facility. Offender Ingels has yet to be located. Ingels, a 32-year-old white male, left for work at 10:30 a.m. and was reported missing when he did not report back to the facility following work Tuesday evening. The KDOC requested Tuesday evening that anyone with information on Ingels to report it to the Kansas Department of Corrections at 620-221-6660, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (800) 572-7463 or local law enforcement at 911. The department is now…
Friday’s program featured a preview of the Manhattan Boy Scout Troop 74 pancake feed happening on Saturday. Flint Hills Breadbasket Executive Director Maribeth Kieffer was in studio highlighting collection efforts for their Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets. We also got a final preview of the Veterans Day Parade and activities with members of the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition with Coalition President Janet Nichols and members Chuck Sexton and Jed Dunham.
A suspect who had escaped custody from the Riley County Police Department has been apprehended. 33 year old Cory Calkins, of Manhattan, was taken into custody around 4:30 pm on Thursday. Calkins escaped from RCPD custody on November 2 after being apprehended. He was arrested on probable cause offenses of aggravated burglary, possession of meth, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Calkins is being booked on those offenses along with aggravated escape from custody, interference with LEO, and theft. The offenses are from 3 separate cases. Calkins is being held at the Riley County Jail on a 44…
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 rape in Manhattan on November 7, 2019, at approximately 12:15 PM. Officers listed a 33-year-old female as the victim and a 56-year-old male known to her as the suspect.…
WESTMORELAND, Kan. — Just weeks after Pottawatomie County Commissioner Travis Altenhofen announced his resignation, the Pottawatomie County Republican Party has chosen Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat as his successor. The decision, which will be finalized upon approval from Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, came during a meeting Thursday in which precinct leaders from district three of Pottawatomie County chose Riat from a pool of four candidates with a majority vote. Riat, who has been Pottawatomie County’s Sheriff for the past 19 years, listed various issues he plans to take on during his time as a commissioner. “The Belvue River Bridge, the…
Manhattan Area Technical College has been named one of the top 150 two-year public colleges in the country by The Aspen Institute. The honor is part of The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program that chose the top 15 percent out of about 1,000 two-year public colleges that applied. Selection of institutions is based on completion rates, employment rates, learning, earnings and equity. Of the 150 institutions invited to compete for the top spot, The Aspen Institute will name 10 finalists in May of 2020, visit each finalist’s campus, collect more data and then decide on a winner in spring of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Time is running out to begin construction on a new coal-fired power plant in Kansas before its permit lapses. The battle over the plant has lasted more than a decade. By the time the Kansas Supreme Court cleared the way for construction in 2017, a company involved in it called the chances it would be built “remote.” But The Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle report that documents they obtained show the utility spearheading the project told regulators that “significant interest” remains in building the plant. Sunflower Electric Power Corp. asked for an 18-month extension of…