z963staff

A Junction City man and former Fort Riley soldier who had been previously arrested and convicted for child sex crimes was arrested over the weekend for violating his probation. 23-year-old Jamichael Strahan was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation stemming from a charge of [...]

The post Registered sex offender arrested for violating his probation; released on $25K bond appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

A man was transported to Via Christi after he was injured in a car v. motorcycle accident on Friday afternoon in Manhattan. The accident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at the interesection of Research Park Court and N. Manhattan Avenue when Barbara Ench, 75, of Manhattan failed to yield the right of way to Thomas [...]

The post Man injured in Friday accident appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

A federal jury convicted a Kansas man of assault with a deadly weapon following an incident on a United States Army installation, according to the United State’s Attorney. In Nov. 2023, Jordan Thompson, 24, assaulted an adult male victim while at Fort Riley. According to evidence presented at trial, Thompson was involved in a domestic [...]

The post Ft. Riley soldier convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Geary County USD 475 Schools, Junction City Police Department and the Geary County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a post made on Snapchat on Friday morning that featured the names of students and staff from Junction City Middle School. USD 475 announced on Saturday that the JCPD began working with Snapchat on Friday to try and [...]

The post JCPD increasing police presence in schools after snapchat post appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com For 100 years, the radio towers behind Nichols Hall on the K-State campus have stood as a historical monument to the development of technology to bring information to the people of Kansas. The university on Friday held a ceremony honoring its long history of broadcasting, which including trailblazing the use of [...]

The post K-State celebrates 100 years of radio broadcasting appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Every two years, change comes to Fort Riley’s leadership posts during the summer. This year was no different. First, Maj. Gen. Monte Rone took over the commanding general position for the 1st Infantry Division from Maj. Gen. John Meyer. And then, Col. Gerald Nunziato became the post’s garrison commander, replacing Col. Michael Foote. To view [...]

The post Fort Riley’s new garrison commander wants to give solders ‘someone to look up to’ appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

Manhattan city commissioners will approve the second reading of the 2025 budget and tax rate ordinance at their weekly meeting Tuesday evening. On Sept. 3, the commission narrowly approved the first reading of the budget, with the $299.6 million budget and 3.99-mill increase passing on a vote of 3-2. Commissioners John Matta and Peter Oppelt [...]

The post City to vote on 2nd reading of 2025 budget appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials this week announced four Manhattan High School students and one Manhattan Virtual Academy student are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. Asa Amama represents the Manhattan Virtual Academy on the semifinalists lists, while George Durrett, Patrick Fu, Andrei Mazin and Rachel Wei represent Manhattan High. “These are great students and [...]

The post 5 USD 383 students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

K-State and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility are celebrating five years of partnership. NBAF’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has allowed K-State students to spend three weeks learning about high-containment laboratory safety through an online K-State course. Once that’s completed, students then spend eight weeks at K-State’s Biosecurity [...]

The post NBAF, K-State celebrate 5 years of training partnership appeared first on News Radio KMAN.

A Junction City man was injured in an accident on Thursday on US-77. The accident occurred just after 10 a.m. on Thursday when Jeremy Hammon of Junction City was traveling northbound on US 77 near milemarker 157 on his 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle. Hammon was then reportedly hit by Larry Yarrow of Clay Center while [...]

The post Junction City man injured in Thursday accident on US-77 appeared first on News Radio KMAN.