“Boring” is the word used by Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen to describe the latest sales tax numbers for the city. June figures of $884,481 is up a little from 2015’s June numbers of $870,536…but only about four thousand dollars above 2014 sales tax receipts of $888,675. Hayen adds the numbers aren’t bad, but are “simply stagnant.” And the […]
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Riley County commissioners were updated on the latest EMS statistics on Country Stampede Monday morning. The annual Country Stampede music festival began Thursday and wrapped up Saturday night. This is the first year the festival opted to end on Saturday night rather than Sunday. Riley County EMS director Larry Couchman told commissioners the shortened event resulted […]
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Army has identified a man who died in an Alaska motorcycle crash as a soldier from Junction City. Thirty-one-year-old Staff Sgt. Maurice Tucker crashed on Anchorage’s Minnesota Drive just before 8 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses say the Tucker had stopped for a red light at Spenard Road while heading south. On a […]
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A Wichita man was arrested Sunday afternoon at approximately 3:15 PM in the 3200 block of Claflin Road on several offenses including possession of stolen property and a hallucinogenic drug. Aaron Petit, 30, received a bond of $11,000. The arrest took place after a police officer initiated a traffic stop for a traffic violation. A 2009 Dodge Ram […]
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An injury accident with entrapment was reported in Pottawatomie County on Eastbound Highway 24 by Blackjack Road shortly before 10:30 Monday morning. A KMAN employee on the scene indicates a green car, possibly a Chevy Cavalier, had apparently slid down an embankment and possibly struck a pine tree. An early 2000-era white Taurus had severe front […]
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The 2016 Country Stampede came to a close on Saturday night, bringing down the curtain not only on the concerts but also the massive operation headed up by Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat. Riat oversees a staff comprised of his own deputies, as well as officers from the Riley County Police Department, Wamego City Police, […]
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The final day of the 2016 Country Stampede was understandably the busiest, with plenty of orthopadic and heat related injuries that required treatment from the medics on site at the festival and in the campground area. But there was also some good news to report in regard to the number of patients seen. “I think […]
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A Wichita man was arrested during the early Sunday morning hours on a variety of charges. Aaron Petit, 30, was arrested at 3:13 a.m. Sunday morning in the 3200 block of Claflin Road in Manhattan. He was charged with possession of stolen property, unlawful possession of and use of hallucinogenic drugs and driving while suspended. […]
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Four former Kansas governors have come together urging Kansans to be informed about the upcoming November elections. They also called the polices of current Gov. Sam Brownback and his supporters in the House and Senate “destructive.” According to a press release from the former governors’ newly-created “Save Kansas Coalition” organization sent to KMAN Friday, this […]
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Riley County Police arrested an Ogden woman for probation violation Friday. Margarita Clark (43) was picked up in the 1300 block of Laramie Street shortly after 10:30 a.m. and was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $5,000 bond. The post RCPD repo...
