A lot of activity this past week and coming up in Geary County Court, including a plea in what was originally an aggravated sexual battery case. Junction City orthopedic surgeon Dr. Allan Holiday entered pleas of guilty to two counts of endangering a child. As KMAN reported last July, Holiday was arrested after an incident
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Manhattan High’s Science Olympiad team placed 3rd overall (2nd in Large School Division) April 2nd at the State competition held at Wichita State University. They received 6 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals, finishing only 10 points behind the first place team. The coaches are Pat Lamb, Dick Nelson and Craig Ackerman.
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The Kansas State University Police Department is currently investigating the death of a K-State student, according to a press release sent to KMAN Saturday afternoon. On Saturday at approximately 11:09 a.m., the K-State police department was notified of a possible deceased person in a parking lot on the Manhattan campus. Upon arrival, officers found a male
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KMAN’s Cathy Dawes had a chance to visit with Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, Justice Marla Luckert, and Riley County Chief Judge Meryl Wilson. Chief Justice Nuss tells KMAN the three day trip through several cities and towns began with an invitation by the Saline and Ottawa County Bar
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department took Sidney Brown Jr., 15, of Manhattan into custody for the offense of aggravated robbery on March 31, 2016 at approximately 1:00 PM while in the 400 block of Laramie Street. This arrest stems from an incident that RCPD first alerted to the community to on March 28,
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, visited the new Irwin Army Community Hospital on Fort Riley Friday to learn about the continued progress made toward the hospital’s opening to serve the Fort Riley community. “The new Irwin hospital will serve thousands of men, women and children who call the
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A Topeka man faces sentencing Friday for sex trafficking in a case involving Junction City and Manhattan. Reginald Newman, 29, pleaded guilty in early February. His wife Tiara Jade Newman, 22, also of Topeka, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to committing sex trafficking. In her plea, she admitted that on March 21, 2015,
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Following a national search, Kansas State University has named Peter K. Dorhout as vice president for research. Dorhout has served as the interim vice president for research since January. He will continue to lead the university’s research, scholarship, creative activities and discovery programs as they align with the goals of K-State 2025 strategic plan. “Peter
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A teen suspect in an attempted murder case in Pottawatomie County entered pleas of no contest Thursday to attempted second degree murder, discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Dakota Fair’s charges involve the shooting of Tyrel Britton, 23, in late December on Mt.
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Ryan King, 22, of Manhattan was arrested on Wednesday at approximately 9:20 p.m. while in the 800 block of Bertrand Street following a drug investigation. King was arrested on the offenses of distributing marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia to grow or manufacture, unlawful possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia. He was given a
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