Author: KMAN Staff

A Manhattan woman jailed in Riley County was arrested on probable cause offenses stemming from a 2022 warrant alleging eight counts of computer unlawful acts and one count of theft by deception totaling $1,500 or less from three businesses in 72 hours. Kelli Stockton remains jailed on an $8,000 bond for those charges. She was also arrested Aug. 1 on eight total counts including drug possession, probation violation and failure to appear charges. Bond for those crimes was set at $16,750.

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Segment 1 Visit Manhattan Executive Director Marcia Rozell provides a look ahead to conferences, hotel occupancy numbers, and the start of K-State sports. News Radio KMAN · In Focus 8/4/23: Manhattan CVB’s Marcia Rozell Segment 2 Riley County Extension Director Gary Fike recaps the 2023 fair and discusses ongoing conversations surrounding the future of the current fairgrounds facilities. News Radio KMAN · In Focus 8/4/23: Riley County Extension Director Gary Fike Segment 3 Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency Marketing and Communications Specialist Daphne McNelly previews August events, community partnerships and more. News Radio KMAN · In Focus 8/4/23: Flint Hills…

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Officers filed a report for fraud in Manhattan on August 3, 2023, around 8:46 AM. Officers listed a 32-year-old female as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect hacked into her American Airlines account and stole 63,600 miles. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,416. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Officers filed a report for burglary and criminal damage to property in the 2100 block of Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan on August 3, 2023,…

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Sources told Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger that Big 12 executives met Thursday to approve an application for Arizona to join the league. The Arizona Board of Regents was meeting on Thursday night with a formal approval to switch conferences expected to be finalized soon. Arizona would make the move after Colorado made official its shift in time for the 2024 football season and more schools could be on the way. Sources told Dellenger that Arizona State and Utah are also expansion targets of the Big 12. However, talks with those schools have not progressed as quickly as Arizona. Yahoo Sports’…

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The Manhattan-Ogden School Board gave final approval this week to authorize publication of its notice to exceed the revenue neutral rate for the 2023-24 budget. The total mill levy will be 60.095, a decrease of about a half mill compared to the previous fiscal year. The General Fund, set by the Kansas Legislature, remains at 20 mills, while the Capital Outlay remains at 8.0 mills. Mill decreases are also noted in the district’s supplemental general (local option budget) and bond and interests. At risk expenditures continue to rise ,totaling over $11.1 million, compared to $8.1 million last year. The figure…

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A group of Big Ten presidents has begun discussing the possibility of adding more West Coast schools to the conference if the Pac-12 continues to crumble, two people familiar with the conversations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Oregon and Washington would be the primary targets if the conference decided to make a move, one of the people said. Yahoo Sports first reported the Big Ten was exploring the potential of adding more Pac-12 schools. The Big Ten vetted Pac-12 members Oregon, Washington, Stanford and California while maneuvering to add the Los Angeles schools, another person who was involved in…

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Corneal Johnson, 34, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 400 block of Fremont Street on August 2, 2023, around 7:35 PM. Johnson was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for 4 counts of sexual exploitation of a child; possess media of a child <18. The crime was originally reported to RCPD on April 27, 2023. Johnson was issued a total bond of $50,000 and was confined at the time of this report.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – The Kansas State men’s basketball team will get a jump start on their preparations for the 2023-24 season with a historic 10-day trip to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [UAE] from August 9-20. The traveling party will spend 3 nights each in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and 4 nights in Abu Dhabi, departing the U.S., on Wednesday, August 9 and returning Sunday, August 20. K-State, along with the University of Arizona, are the first college teams to ever take a foreign tour to Abu Dhabi. During the Israeli portion…

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