A long-time Manhattan businessman has passed away. According to a Facebook post from his son, Jeff, Jon Levin, has died. Levin was associated with Varney’s Bookstore in Aggieville for over 50 years. He was hired in 1957 at the store by Ted Varney and became a co-owner of the store. Following Varney’s retirement in 1974, Levin took over as General Manager and became the store’s owner in 1992 when Varney passed away. In the 1990’s Levin’s sons Steve and Jeff returned to Manhattan to serve as Assistant Managers of the store. During Levin’s career with Varney’s. the store continued a…
Author: KMAN Staff
Friday’s program featured our monthly visit with Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler.
Riley County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between them and the Riley County Police Department. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says the MOU is meant to clarify their each entities role in the new firing range. It is also meant to help clarify for the design company, who will be paying for the range design and construction. Holeman says the company has had issues with not getting paid in the past due to ambiguity on who was paying. The MOU was ran past the company and they were satisfied. “It does set out to show one of the urgencies in…
The Dusty Bookshelf and the K-State English Department have partnered to put on what they are calling the Satellite Transcribe-athon, which is part of a nationwide effort to digitize about 16,000 documents related to the women’s-movement of the early 1900s. The effort was launched by the Library of Congress earlier this year in honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which legalized voting for women in the United States. The Dusty Bookshelf is acting as a location where volunteers can access instructions on how to participate through the Library of Congress website and gain tips from the occasional K-State…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, police say a badly burned body was found inside a barrel near a cemetery. Police spokesman Jonathon Westbrook says the body of a man was found Wednesday after a passerby told police a human limb was sticking out of the barrel. Westbrook said it appeared someone tried to burn the body but it was recognizable. The person has not been identified. The case is being investigated as a homicide. Police think the body was at the site for less than a day.
STOCKTON, Kan. — A Plainville man has been convicted of killing his wife in March 2018. A Rooks County jury found 37-year-old Alifonso Eduardo Garcia guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday. His wife, 24-year-old Alexis Garcia, was found dead in their Plainville home. Officials have not said how she died. Garcia’s sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 17.
An inmate who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility in January has been sentenced to 10 more years in prison. Cal Henry Green was sentenced Wednesday for aggravated escape from custody, theft and burglary of a motor vehicle. Authorities say Green was on a work assignment when he took a state-owned dump truck and left the prison without permission. He was arrested three days later in Independence, Missouri. Green is serving a prison sentence for an aggravated battery charge from Wyandotte County.
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Corvias Operations Director Angela Watson, and Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Champagne and Sgt. Elliot Chodkowski with the First Infantry Band Holiday Concert preview from Fort Riley. We also spoke with Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Hulshoff. And in the last segment we spoke with Rod Kalivoda and Kitty Pursley with the Kiwanis Club pancake feed.
Manhattan is considering upgrades to City Park’s Larry Norvell Bandshell, prompted by a local businessman’s financial involvement. Phil Howe, founder of KS State Bank, approached the city about improving the Arts in the Park venue’s seating and accessibility in 2018 and funded initial designs through Anderson Knight Architects based on ideas gathered from a K-State design contest. Concepts currently feature a sloped seating area accommodating 989 people as well as artificial-turf lawn seating, 108 parking spots, four family-style restrooms and a 12,000 square foot plaza area behind the seats. Many of the elements address concerns identified during the creation of…
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 in the 800 block of Commons Pl. in Manhattan on December 11, 2019, at approximately 8:05 PM. Officers listed a 65-year-old female as the victim when she reported…