After about five hours of deliberation, jurors in the murder trial of Richard Goens returned guilty verdicts on all six charges. Following a jury poll, Judge Grant Bannister accepted the verdict and found Goens guilty of first degree murder for the 2019 shooting death of Tanner Zamecnik. Goens was also convicted on five other charges [...]

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School districts in the area continue to struggle with COVID related absences. It’s prompted Rock Creek Schools to implement thresholds for mandatory masking, which three of the district’s four school buildings currently meet. Superintendent Kevin Logan tells KMAN about how the school board came to its decision this week. Day-to-day operations have been a challenge, [...]

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Damage from a water leak at St. George Elementary this week was minimal according to Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan. The incident early Tuesday morning involved a urinal in the building that would not shut off and continued to leak. Classes were canceled Tuesday as a result but resumed on Wednesday. Logan credited maintenance staff [...]

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A 1:30 p.m. arraignment hearing is planned Thursday for a Wamego man facing multiple felony counts of sexual exploitation involving children. Scott Hertzig will be in front of Pottawatomie County Judge Jeff Elder, who will advise him of the charges against him and the penalties he could face. The matter will likely get set for [...]

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Riley County is reporting two new COVID related deaths this week, along with its highest increase in cases. A 40 year-old unvaccinated male tested positive on December 21, 2021 and died January 7 at Ascension Via Christi hospital in Manhattan. An 86 year-old fully vaccinated male tested positive for COVID-19 on January 8 and passed [...]

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A Manhattan High School music teacher has been selected as an outstanding music educator by the National Federation of State High School Association. Dr. Joel Gittle, the MHS Director of Bands for the past 30 years, was selected as the 2021-22 recipient for the state of Kansas, but also for Section 5, which includes regional [...]

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Day three of the murder trial of Richard Goens continued Tuesday with testimony from the state and finished with the defendant himself taking the stand. One of the four co-defendants in the case, Jaylon Hitsman testified against Goens Tuesday, claiming it was Goens’ plan to rob Tanner Zamecnik and use Jaylon and his brother Dylan [...]

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Sunset Zoo has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to promote local conservation efforts. The zoo announced the award is to promote conservation education efforts from the A-Z-A and the Disney Conservation Fund. This year, the association of Zoos and Aquariums has awarded Party for the Planet: Spring Into [...]

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Pottawatomie County officials held a lengthy conversation Monday over conditional use permits and the process for how those permits are carried out. Currently the planning commission has the final say over how and when those types of permits are approved, with little oversight from the county commission. County Counselor John Watt says he fears it’s [...]

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Riley County commissioners will support recommendations and legislation for increased state funding for Community Corrections. Community corrections is looking for increased funding to deal with job retention and competitive wages. Commissioner John Ford has already met with community corrections on testifying if the need arises. Ford says this issue is more akin to working with [...]

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