Author: KMAN Staff
Riley County commissioners on Monday discussed the local impact on government entities and taxpayers from last week’s ruling by the Board of Tax Appeals on the Manhattan Home Depot’s appeal of its 2018 appraisal. County Clerk Rich Vargo presented the impact per the request of other local government entities. Before the BOTA case, Home Depot was being taxed in 2018 over $239,000. That number now is around $150,000, which was the previously reported number the county owed. The county actually owes $87,000 which is the difference between the two values. The county plans to appeal the BOTA ruling. The costs…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 in the death of a Kansas City-area woman who died more than 22 years ago. Rhonda Tribue was a mother of six from Kansas City, Kansas. She was found dead on Oct. 8, 1998. Her body was in the roadway near Edwardsville, Kansas. Authorities say she died of blunt force trauma. She was 34. The FBI says Tribue had been at the Firelight Lounge in Kansas City, Kansas, hours before her death. Anyone with information can call a tip line at 800-CALL-FBI, or go to tips.fbi.gov.
LIBERTY, Mo. — An avowed anti-Semite who fatally shot three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites in 2014 is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence. The court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.’s appeal. He is also known as Frazier Glenn Close. He represented himself at trial and during the penalty phase. Miller’s attorneys in the appeal argue the trial court should not have let him represent himself, and that the death penalty is unconstitutional. Miller says he shot the victims because he wanted to kill Jews. His victims…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas legislators are working on a plan for setting aside potentially several hundred million dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds to pay businesses harmed by state and local restrictions imposed last year to check the virus’ spread. The state Senate Judiciary Committee hoped to vote Monday on a bill that would set up state and local funds to pay claims from businesses that either were shut down or had their operations curtailed by state restrictions. Officials would be required to set aside federal COVID-19 relief funds. One attorney representing a Wichita fitness studio’s owner who is suing…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A joint operation conducted by federal, state and local police over 10 days has led to more than 250 people being arrested in Topeka and the seizure of 24 guns, nearly 19 kilograms of illegal drugs and $25,000 in cash. The Capital-Journal reports that the effort, dubbed Operation Frontier, was carried out in early and mid-March. Officials said it targeted violent fugitives, gang members and criminal offenders following a significant rise in violence in the area between 2014 and 2019. Officials say that of the 258 arrests made, 138 were felony arrests.
TOPEKA, Kan. — It’s official: The state tourism division in Kansas will become part of the Department of Commerce starting July 1. Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposal announced last year recently passed a 60-day period without action by the Legislature, meaning the order can be implemented. Kelly said Monday that the realignment “will support our businesses, our tourism industry, and will play a significant role in our COVID-19 recovery efforts.” The tourism division is currently part of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Duane Sherwood with the Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt preview. Susanne Glymour with the Nonviolence Committee and Kevin Bryant with Manhattan MLK Committee talked about Community Conversation on Race, Safety, Justice and Policing. Dr. Lori Goetsch with the Hale Library joined us in the final segments.
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 aggravated assault in the 400 block of N. Main St. in Riley on March 26, 2021, at approximately 10:24 a.m. Officers listed a 33-year-old male as the victim when…
The Riley County Police Department is now offering a new way for you to help stop crime in the community. Captain Greg Steere says the department is launching a new program called Project SafeCam which allows those with cameras on their business or on their homes to register their cameras. He tells KMAN that it is essentially a community camera registration program. Steere says the program has proven great success for several cities and towns across the country. “It’s a way for us to get information about where those cameras are,” Steere says. “We also see it as a great…