Two people were injured in an accident KMAN first told you today. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Desmon Knight, 36, of Topeka and Erin Woods, 36, of Nickerson were injured. The two vehicle accident occurred just south of Manhattan Monday. Kansas Highway Patrol adds a 2003 Ranger driven by Knight was traveling northbound on [...]
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A 1st Infantry Division soldier was found dead on post Thursday, according to a press release from Fort Riley Friday afternoon. Spc. Kashyap Bhakta, a combat engineer with Company B, 82nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., was found deceased in his car Thursday afternoon in the Warner-Peterson neighborhood on [...]
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Narianna Williams, 19, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 2300 block of Browning Ave. on September 21, 2017 at approximately 1:40 PM. Williams was arrested on a Riley County District Court bench warrant for probation violation and separate charges of interference with LEO and possession of marijuana. Williams’ total bond was set at $8,000.00 causing [...]
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Student numbers appear to be up in at least three area school districts for the September 20th unofficial count date. Manhattan/Ogden’s USD 383 total numbers were 6,233, up more than 200 from last year’s 6,020. Numbers were up at all levels–elementary, middle school, and the high school. Pottawatomie County schools fared pretty well, with unofficial [...]
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A Colorado man already serving time for a bank robbery in Arkansas was indicted Wednesday on charges he robbed a bank in Manhattan, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Tom Beall. Kenneth Wayne Fisher, Jr., 41, formerly of Colorado Springs, Colo., is charged with one count of bank robbery. The indictment alleges that [...]
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Riley County Police have announced a missing 15-year-old from Ogden. Calob Haymond reportedly went missing from Salina Sunday afternoon at about 4:30. Calob, who is from Ogden, was taken to Salina on Friday by his family and dropped off at a friend’s house to spend the weekend. He and a friend were reportedly out walking [...]
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The Manhattan City Commission reviewed recommendations Tuesday contained in the latest draft of the Flint Hills/Fort Riley Joint Land Use Study. One such recommendation involves noise produced by Fort Riley and how it impacts potential home buyers close to the installation. Specifically, Fort Riley and the City of Manhattan have suggested a solution that ties [...]
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A 55-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time on Geary County murder and rape charges apparently has been passed over for parole this time around. Oliver Smith, who was sentenced in 1989 in connection with 1986 cases, faced public comment sessions in July with a parole hearing held last month. The latest information from [...]
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An October first deadline for the Riley County Police department’s workers’ compensation self-insurance certificate renewal is quickly approaching–which has RCPD Director Brad Schoen concerned. Schoen told the Riley County Law Board Monday “time is running short.” Schoen and RCPD legal counsel Mike Gillespie stressed continued requests from state officials have made the process much more [...]
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UPDATE: On September 16th, at about 4:40 p.m, a 1997 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Daniel McDonald was driving east on Highway 24 when it was reported to have crossed the center line and was then struck by 2 west bound vehicles on Highway 24. Daniel McDonald, 18 of Wamego, died at the scene. The drivers of [...]
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