An accident in Pottawatomie County Thursday morning sent two people to the hospital.  John Rookstool, 62, of Wamego was taken to St. Mary’s and Jeffrey Freeman, 52, of Topeka was taken to St. Mary’s and then Stormont Vail in Topeka following the accident on Maple Hill Road, one mile south of St. Mary’s. The Kansas […]
Star of the stage and screen Shirely MacLaine spoke with KMAN Thursday morning to promote her visit to the Little Apple Sunday night, where she will be featured at McCain Auditorium for “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine.” Her full interview with KMAN’s Cathy Dawes can be heard by clicking the play button below.
Riley County EMS will soon receive two new ambulances to add to its fleet. County commissioners approved the purchases Thursday morning and the vehicles will cost $242,336 each. The ambulances were bought from Horton Ambulance Company and is a business the county has purchased vehicles from in the past. Riley County EMS Director Larry Couchman said there […]
Officers with the Riley County Police Department are investigating a report of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy which occurred in the south eastern portion of Manhattan. Officers met with a 19-year-old female victim who is said to have been forced to have sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old male suspect who is known to her. Officers […]
Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges alerts KMAN to a fatal accident on Highway 77, which is causing traffic delays Thursday morning:
A 61-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections Inmate serving time in a Geary County rape case is up for possible parole and public comment sessions. Henry Swan was sentenced in 1993 in connection with the February 1992 offense and most recently has been serving his time at Huntchinson. Public Comment sessions are set for December 14th at […]
A deceased woman found inside her car at Fort Riley Sept 22 has been positively identified by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner as Jessica Echevarria, the 29-year-old wife of a Fort Riley Soldier. Echevarria’s vehicle was located in a wooded area near Caisson Hill Road on post at approximately 6:05 p.m. that evening. An examination of the scene and […]
Detectives with the Riley County Police Department are asking possible witnesses of a Monday night vehicle collision to contact them to help further a fatality collision investigation. If you were witness to the fatal vehicle wreck at approximately 7:15 PM in the 2400 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard you’re asked to contact RCPD or Detective […]
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Derek Shepard, 31, of Ogden, Kansas for the offense of aggravated battery. He was arrested in the 400 block of 15th Street in Ogden on October 6, 2015 at approximately 10:00 AM. Police made this arrest after responding to an incident that is domestic in nature and […]
Wamego’s City Manager reported strong economic indicators for Pottawatomie County. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page reported the September sales tax numbers for both the City and County showed a 2 percent increase over the same time period a year ago. He went further by analyzing the sales tax numbers over a […]
