KMAN’s Cathy Dawes had an opportunity to visit with K-State student William Naeger, who has been studying in France:
The Junction City Police Department has yet another scam to report–the second in as many days. According to Lt. Jeff Childs, JCPD has received numerous calls from citizens regarding telephone calls that they have received from persons identifying themselves as IRS agents. The subjects are telling the person that receives the call that they owe back taxes […]
A New Hampshire man was taken into custody by Riley County Police Tuesday after being extradited from his home state on a probation warrant. Ivan Beaulieu, 23, of Rollinsford, New Hampshire was arrested at approximately 8:47 AM at the Riley County Police Department after being extradited from New Hampshire. The original warrant was related to […]
Chickens will now be allowed within the city limits of Wamego. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page again introduced the ordinance allowing chickens. This issue had been tabled at two earlier meetings, but was approved by a vote of 3 to 1 with Mayor Cliff Baughman opposed. Commissioner Bill Ditto was absent. […]
Parcel relocation had Manhattan City Commissioner’s talking last night, as they dove into the topic of rezoning. Assistant Director of Planning, Eric Cattell spoke to commissioners as they considered the first reading of an ordinance that would rezone 142 parcels located east of City Park, from a Four-Family Residential District to a Single-Family Residential […]
A Manhattan man was taken into custody by Riley County Police Monday afternoon on a bond forfeiture warrant. Donnie Hill, 42, was arrested at approximately 3:57 PM while in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza in Manhattan. The original warrant was related to Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute. Bond was listed as $7,500. […]
A Manhattan man charged with attempted first degree murder sat through the second day of his jury trial Tuesday morning in the Riley County District Courthouse room of Judge David Stutzman. Samuel Dartez, 31, allegedly stabbed a 27-year-old woman multiple times on Nov. 13, 2014, near the intersection of Juliette and Yuma streets. An earlier […]
In the last 24 hours, the Junction City Police Department has received information that two local businesses have been contacted by unknown persons, who advised they represented the City of Junction City and that the business had an outstanding balance on their water account. The unknown caller then attempted to get the victim businesses to […]
A Wamego optometrist has died in a one vehicle roll-over crash in Cayman Brac. Dr. Mark Bettencourt, 54, had been visiting since Friday but was not found right away. His body was later found underneath the vehicle. The crash also killed Topeka construction company owner Douglas Carney, 50 and critically injured longtime Cayman Brac resident […]
When Riley County commissioners approved the budget in August, they knew it would leave plenty of people frustrated. One of the more frustrated voices came from the Riley County Council on Aging. Mary Jo Harbour, the chairwoman for the council, told commissioners their funding is $5,000 what it was in 2011 and that it’s been […]
