“Somewhat boring, mostly flat” is the way Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen describes February sales tax numbers for Manhattan. A little over a million dollars was collected this past month which is similar to last February’s numbers. Specifically $1,010,818 dollars in sales tax receipts came in last month compared to the slightly higher number of $1,028,934
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Riley County Police have opened an investigation into the death of a K-State professor. Police were alerted to the death in the 11000 block of Rimrock Drive, Monday morning. Upon arrival they found the body of 50-year-old Joye Gordon. Gordon was a professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State. A cause of death is
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for and are now investigating a report of criminal damage to property in the 500 block of N. 14th Street in Manhattan. The report was filed on March 7, 2016 at approximately 10:00 AM after an incident that is likely to have occurred the night
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It was a of the minds Monday afternoon, as city officials from Clemson, South Carolina sat down to talk with their Manhattan equals. The meeting room at the Hilton Garden Inn was packed, as various tid-bits about the way each city operates were shared. As Manhattan grapples with the issue of rental inspection, staff from
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Officials with the Riley County Police Department announced an arrest for aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and aggravated robbery along with criminal threat and conspiracy to commit attempted aggravated robbery earlier Monday morning. The arrest was a result of an investigation which began in the 1000 block of N. 8th Street in Manhattan on March 6,
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This year’s Fake Patty’s Day was real busy for Riley County police and EMS personnel. Riley County EMS Director Larry Couchman told Riley County commissioners Monday morning that warm, sunny weather and no conflicting events in town — perhaps other than the state presidential caucus — resulted in a big turnout for Manhattan’s annual fake
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for aggravated battery Saturday at about 8:40 PM for an incident that occurred between 7:00 PM and 8:40 PM in the 2200 block of College Avenue. Police responded to the emergency room of Via Christi Hospital to take a report and begin an investigation into a gunshot wound.
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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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