One of the best shooting performances in school history wasn’t enough to snap an eight-game losing streak for the Kansas State men’s basketball team on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. Texas A&M used a late 9-0 run to take down K-State 68-61 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge despite a career-high 26 points from Nijel Pack. Pack knocked down eight three-pointers – the second-most in a single game in program history – and erupted for 23 points after halftime to give the Wildcats the upper hand for much of the second half. He did everything he could to will his team to…
Author: KMAN Staff
According to Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director, the number of crimes involving the theft of property from vehicles is up. He says a good way to prevent this is by either locking the doors or hiding items that are inside the car. “Less than 10 percent of the cars that were broken into were damaged so usually, if a door is locked, the thief is going to move on,” Butler said. “That’s why we encourage people to lock their doors. In our motor-vehicle thefts, the number of cars that were stolen – a full third of them were…
Rosencutter Rd. at Skyvue Ln. in south Manhattan will be closed Monday through mid-April. The closure is due to a stormwater improvement project that aims to replace a culvert and install stormwater inlets at the intersection. Detour routes will be set up so businesses and residents in the area of the project continue to have access to Fort Riley Blvd. Businesses along Skyvue Ln. and north of the work area will be able to access Fort Riley Boulevard through Seth Child Rd. and Stagg Hill Rd. Residents who live south of Rosencutter Rd. will have access via South Manhattan Ave.…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with RCPD Director Dennis Butler.
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 theft and criminal damage to property in the 400 block of S. Manhattan Ave. in Manhattan on January 28, 2021, at approximately 7:35 a.m. Officers listed a 33-year-old male…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas sheriff’s deputy caught on dashcam video running over a Black man who was fleeing shirtless across a field says in a court filing that he accidently struck the man with his patrol truck. Responding to a federal civil rights lawsuit, Kiowa County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez denied Thursday that he intentionally swerved his truck to run over Lionel Womack on Aug. 15. Womack says he sustained serious injuries when Rodriguez intentionally drove over him. The video is at the crux of the case alleging the deputy used excessive force. Rodriguez denies the allegations and…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement that aims to fix problems in the child welfare system in Kansas. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree said in his ruling Thursday that the agreement provides “real value” to the more than 7,000 children in the foster care system. The judge said it addresses needs identified in the lawsuit an end to extreme housing disruption and inadequate mental health care. While the settlement brings an end to the litigation, Crabtree retained jurisdiction to ensure that it is enforced.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas have put a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot for the state’s August 2022 primary election. The Senate approved the measure Thursday on a 28-11 vote that gave abortion opponents one more vote than the two-thirds majority they needed. The House approved the measure last week. Approval by a simple majority of voters would change the Kansas Constitution. The measure would overturn a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court decision that found that access to abortion is a “fundamental” right. The measure would not be an abortion ban but would allow…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Police in Lawrence have found the body of a woman in her home and are investigating her death as a homicide after police in Topeka contacted the Lawrence department with a tip in the case. Lawrence police say in a news release that Topeka police officials reported they had a man in custody for an unrelated investigation who may have been involved in the killing of a Lawrence woman. Lawrence officers who went to the woman’s home on Wednesday found the body of 41-year-old Jennifer Marie Mosby. Police are investigating her death as a homicide, but have…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The operator of a Kansas drug treatment clinic has been indicted on federal charges of drug trafficking. Federal prosecutors for western Missouri said in a news release Thursday that 44-year-old Trevor Robinson has been indicted on one count each of possessing methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and ecstasy, with the intent to distribute the drugs. Robinson is listed as the office manager of Nuvista, an an opioid addiction clinic in Olathe. Prosecutors say the case got its start in October when Kansas City police stopped a 2014 Maserati driven by Robinson and found methamphetamine, pills, cocaine, heroin,…