Due to heightened security at public events nationwide the Riley County Police Department will have an increased presence at some large community functions, those that meet an undisclosed criteria, in the future. This increased police presence is out of an abundance of caution and not a result of direct threats or increased danger to the […]
Riley County commissioners spent their last meeting of 2015 on Monday morning discussing an issue that will no doubt carry into 2016: the state of mental health care in the region and state as a whole. After commissioners — minus Ben Wilson who was absent — renewed the county’s contract with Pawnee Mental Health Services […]
Three people were arrested Sunday in Pottawatomie County on a variety of drug-related charges. At about 3:45 a.m. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Deputy William Cline stopped a green 1994 Chevrolet Camaro near Enoch Lane and Frontage Road in Manhattan. During this traffic stop, one occupant of the vehicle fled on foot. This individual, identified as Joseph […]
Pottawatomie County Treasurer, Lisa Wright is seeking another term. “I’m running for re-election because I love working with the public,” Wright told KMAN after filing, on Monday. Wright has served as county treasurer since 2001 and in various other capacities over the years. “I have been in office since 1987 starting with Motor Vehicle Clerk. […]
Riley County Police are reporting early Monday officers  responded to the 700 block of Fremont Street in Manhattan where they found an unresponsive 54-year-old male. The man’s name is not being released pending notification of family members. Foul play is not suspected.  ###  Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan woman last week on […]
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Meteorologist John Woynick with the National Weather Service in Topeka early Monday morning:
(Photo Courtesy of National Weather Service, Topeka) An intense Winter Storm system brewing in the Texas panhandle is expected to bring wintry weather to Northeast Kansas with the height of the storm expected to last Sunday night through Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the entire […]
“There simply is nothing better than ending a fiscal year on a high note”–those are the words of Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen regarding sales tax numbers released Wednesday afternoon. $931,578 was collected in December compared to $863,570 the same time in 2014. That brings the year to date totals to just under 11 million […]
More information was released Wednesday regarding a shooting KMAN first reported Tuesday evening. The Riley County Police Department responded to the 200 block of East Park Road in Manhattan or Manhattan City Park on Tuesday at approximately 6:20 PM for a report of a juvenile who had sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. Officers […]
A February preliminary hearing is set in Geary County Court for a man facing charges of aggravated indecent liberties and sexual exploitation of a child. Richard Tilton was arrested in September , with manufacturing child pornography also reportedly involved in the multi-jurisdictional investigation involving at least four counties.  Tilton’s preliminary is set for February […]
