A Manhattan man who was pursued on foot by Riley County Police officers into City Park after a shooting in Aggieville during the early morning hours last May has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Mark Self was sentenced Monday morning to 52 months for attempted involuntary manslaughter to run consecutively with 6
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Riley County firefighters had a very busy Sunday, with one fire burning about 55 acres off I-70. Fire Chief Pat Collins tells KMAN the call came in just before 10 p.m. at Milepost 320 on I 70. A car that was on fire pulled off on the north shoulder of the West bound lane and caught the
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The Geary County Sheriff’s Department responded to an injury accident Sunday morning in the 14,000 block of Moyer Ranch Road involving a school bus. Reports indicate Dana Pleas of Junction City, was traveling west bound in a 1999 GMC Bus when she lost control striking an embankment. Two juveniles were transported to the Geary Community Hospital for nonlife threatening injuries.
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BOSTON (AP) An 80-year-old man who admitted running a sprawling multistate marijuana-dealing operation faces sentencing this week. Marshall Dion pleaded guilty to several charges under a plea agreement with prosecutors. A federal judge postponed Dion’s sentencing scheduled for last month. She asked prosecutors and Dion’s lawyers to submit written arguments on why the proposed sentence
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Riley County Police arrested a Holton man Saturday for a variety of drug and alcohol related violations. Philip Hawley (20) was picked up on College Avenue shortly before 3 AM; and he was charged with Distribution of opiates, opium or stimulants and unlawful possession of marijuana. He was also charged with purchase and consumption of
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Due to the high winds sweeping through the area, there will be no prescribed burning allowed in Riley County or Pottawatomie County today. The post Burn ban in Riley/Pottawatomie counties appeared first on 1350 KMAN.
Both caucus sites in Manhattan reported higher-than-anticipated turnouts Saturday as Democratic and Republican voters picked their preferred candidates for president. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was the choice at Anthony Middle School in Manhattan, besting former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 1,078 to 517 for the Democratic nod. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was the
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A 21-year-old male sustained a “critical head injury” as a result of an apparent fall from several feet, according to a news release from the Riley County Police Department Saturday night. At approximately 5:20 p.m. officers with the RCPD along with emergency medical professionals with Riley County EMS were dispatched to the 1800 block of
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Unemployment numbers for the Manhattan area are up just a bit–although still relatively low when compared to the rest of the state. The Manhattan metropolitan area including Riley and Pottawatomie counties had a 3.5 percent rate in January, up from 2.8 in December. The Manhattan/Junction City combined area had 4.1 compared to 3.2 in December.
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A 39-year-old Riley man has been bound over (Friday) for second degree murder, with an alternative count of involuntary manslaughter while DUI in connection with the death of his six year old daughter last October. A variety of witnesses took the stand during Joshua Mall’s preliminary hearing which took up most of the morning, including witnesses at the
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