WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Delta Airlines flight traveling from Minnesota to Texas has been diverted to Wichita after being struck by lightning. According to Wichita Airport Authority spokeswoman Valerie Wise, the aircraft operated by ExpressJet, a Delta regional connection carrier, was struck by lightning on its left wing Thursday evening after encountering storms near […]
Four people were taken to the hospital following a three vehicle accident on I-70 in Geary County Thursday evening. The accident occurred in front of Marshall Airfield at Fort Riley at 6:19 p.m., when a westbound 2011 Freightliner Diesel drove on the north shoulder, striking a 2011 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan which was parked […]
At 11:47 p.m. Thursday the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 949 Village Drive for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a one-story residential structure with light smoke coming from a door on the side of the structure. The fire reached a second alarm before it was contained within 40 minutes. […]
A new contract from the Kansas Department of Revenue has Riley County Treasurer Shilo Heger hesitant to sign. Heger told county commissioners Thursday morning that the contract — a first issued to her office in this form – is too vague and undefined in its terms. The contract is more or less a set of […]
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt visited the KMAN Studio Thursday morning and visited with News Director Cathy Dawes: derekschmdit9-10-15
(A separate release is listed in a different report regarding aggravated robbery arrest) ### The Riley County Police Department responded to a report of an aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery which had just occurred early Thursday morning in the 3000 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Derek Macy, 45, of Manhattan reported that a suspect, who was […]
Updated 10:45 a.m.: A Manhattan man arrested Wednesday night is apparently connected with the series of robberies announced by Riley County Police last Friday. As KMAN announced earlier Thursday morning, Sean Johnson, 20, was taken into custody at about seven p.m. Wednesday while at the Riley County Police Department. Johnson’s bond has been set at […]
A Manhattan man charged with aggravated battery in a Pottawatomie County case is set for first appearance September 22nd. Russell Mayse was appointed counsel Wednesday in Pottawatomie County District court and will appear with his attorney on the 22nd. Mayse was arrested last month following an early Sundy morning incident at State Lake Two in […]
Four Manhattan High Students were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Officials with the National Merit Scholarship Program made the announcement that Catherine Lei, Nathan McClendon, Thomas Parish and Josh Schwartz were among the 16,000 semifinalists from across the country. As semifinalists, the students have the chance to continue on in the competition, […]
