The new IMAX theater is starting to show its footprint in downtown Manhattan. Crews were at work Saturday afternoon on the building, which takes place of the demolished Sears wing of the Manhattan Town Center. The new theater is set to open this Fall and will feature 13 screens and a 575-seat IMAX theater and
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Ron Frank seems to be a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to volunteer efforts. Frank has a history of helping out during times of tornadoes and floods, and most recently his efforts landed him in Flint, Michigan in the midst of a crisis. On Friday, Frank visited the KMAN studio where he sat down with Cathy
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A rollover car accident sent a St. George woman to the hospital on Friday morning. Shortly after 11 a.m., Kelly Miller, 38, was driving northbound on McDowell Creek Road about 2.5 miles south of Manhattan. Miller’s 2002 Ford Explorer went off the roadway, and the vehicle rolled after Miller tried to overcorrect. The SUV came to rest in
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Fort Riley has informed KMAN that a 1st Infantry Division soldier with the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, died Thursday in Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, of non-combat-related injuries. The soldier is identified as Sgt. Joseph F. Stifter, 30, of Glendale, Cali. He was a field artillery cannon crewmember. “Sgt. Stifter was an
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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is involved in a death investigation. Deputies were summoned to a residence in the 200 block of Cochrun Street in Westmoreland just after 9:46 p.m. Thursday. As a result of this call a death investigation is being conducted. A 44-year-old male of the residence was deceased, and Sheriff Greg Riat indicates no
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The trial of a Manhattan man facing three counts of aggravated criminal sodomy charges has been delayed and motions from the state were granted during a hearing in Riley County District court Friday. Jase Stanton was present for the hearing with an April sixth through eighth trial now set for the case. Detective Brian Johnson with
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A search warrant on 9th St. resulted in the arrest of Brett Vaughan, 23, and a Colorado man was arrested for sexual offenses. Police arrested 26-year old Anntonette Duran of Ogden on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear, with the original offense of burglary. Duran was arrested on Thursday morning at approximately 8:50 a.m. and given a bond of
A Manhattan man will be spending 272 months — or 22 years and six months — behind bars for attempted 1st degree murder. Samuel Dartez, 31, was sentenced Friday morning in the Riley County District Courthouse by Judge David Stutzman for the stabbing of a 27-year-old woman multiple times on Nov. 13, 2014, near the intersection
On Thursday evening at approximately 10:40 p.m. Riley County Police executed a search warrant at 311 North 9th St. in Manhattan where officers seized approximately 2-point 8 pounds of marijuana, over $9,000 in cash, as well as other controlled substances including amphetamine pills, Xanax, and LSD. Numerous items of drug paraphernalia were also located and seized as part of this investigation.
A Colorado man has been arrested by Riley County Police on rape and aggravated criminal sodomy charges. William Nesbitt, 36, was taken into custody Thursday on West U-S Highway 50 in Colorado but is currently in RCPD custody. Not much information is available early Friday morning, but the RCPD early morning arrest report indicates a bond of
