Monday’s Law Board meeting saw four award presentations coming from two separated incidents. Sergeant Dan Bortnick and Officer Tanner Monroe were both given the Meritorious Service Award for their actions on May 3, 2015 in which a shooting suspect was apprehended after a foot chase, later being charged with 2 counts of attempted premeditated first degree […]
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Riley County commissioners engaged in a lengthy debate before approving the starting salary for incoming commissioner-elect Marvin Rodriguez Monday morning. Ultimately, the commission approved a starting salary of $39,643.78 for the new District 2 representative, who will be sworn in on January. Sitting District 2 commissioner Robert Boyd was the objector in the 2-1 vote. Boyd […]
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A Manhattan man charged with first degree murder and child abuse was granted continuance Monday in the Riley County District Courthouse. Andrew Gibson, 25, was originally scheduled for his arraignment. It has been rescheduled for Dec. 27 at 10:30 a.m. in Division 1. Gibson is charged with the death of 3-month-old Serenity Reich, who was […]
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department made a drug-related arrest over the weekend. Isreal Maldonado (44) of Chapman was arrested Saturday afternoon for possession of narcotic drugs, criminal use of weapons, and driving while suspended. Police searched Maldonado’s car and recovered a handgun, which was reported as stolen from another jurisdiction. He was confined […]
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A St. George man was found dead in his pickup truck Wednesday, according to an email sent to KMAN by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s dispatch received a 911 call reporting an unresponsive male in a pickup truck west of Military Trail Road and Limerick Lane on Wednesday just […]
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A Manhattan man was killed Friday morning in a single vehicle accident near the intersection of College and Kimball Avenue. Gary Harris, 63, of Manhattan, was the driver of the vehicle, according to the Riley County Police Department. He was pronounced deceased after being transported to Via Christi Hospital by Riley County EMS. Officers with the […]
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At the time of this report, officers were in the process of investigating a single vehicle traffic collision in the 2200 block of College Ave. More information on this collision is anticipated to be released later today in the form of an official press release. Javaris Brooks, 24, of Tampa, Florida was arrested yesterday, at […]
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A 1st Infantry Division Soldier was found dead Tuesday (Nov. 15) in Manhattan. Spc. Phillip Cruz-Medellin, a satellite communication systems operator-maintainer, was assigned to the 267th Signal Company, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade. “We are all greatly saddened by the loss of Spc. Cruz-Medellin,” said Lt. Col. Russell Klauman, commander of the […]
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The 1st Infantry Division assumed command of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve from the 101st Airborne Division during a Transfer of Authority ceremony Nov. 17 at Forward Operating Base Union III in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley commanding general, replaced Maj. Gen. Gary […]
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A Marysville man has died and a Waterville man is hospitalized following a one vehicle accident in Marshall County Wednesday night. Lee James Busch, 43, of Marysville died in the crash at Fifth and Sunflower Road, eight miles south of highway 36. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Busch was driving a 1998 Chrysler Van […]
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