Riley County Public Works will be putting the final touches on the Marlatt-Denison connection project at the end of the week. As a result, Marlatt will be closed from Denison to College Avenue to all traffic starting Friday, November 23rd. Vicky McCallum from public works said the work is expected to finish up by Sunday. [...]
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Jason Simonds, 45, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 4000 block of Kimball Ave. in Manhattan on November 18, 2018, at approximately 10:25 AM. Simonds was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation and offenses of use/possess paraphernalia and possession of opiates, opium, narcotic or certain stimulants. Simonds was issued [...]
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Green Apple Bikes, a local bike sharing program in Manhattan is putting the call out to round-up bikes during the holiday week. Volunteer Rod Harms tells KMAN that the organization is hoping to collect as many of the bikes this week for tuning up over the holiday break. Students from the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity [...]
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The Kevin Coffey Blood Drive was on Friday at St. Thomas More Church, collecting 252 pints of blood. This was the 9th drive held in Kevin’s memory, a 2009 Manhattan High School drive who died in a bus crash in 2010. Kevin’s friend from Temple University, Christine Boegemann, traveled from Philadelphia to attend the drive [...]
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Many travelers will be hitting the road this week for Thanksgiving and Riley County game warden Ben Jedlicka with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism joined KMAN’s In Focus recently with some caution for drivers. This time of year happens to cause the highest amount of deer activity on roads until the spring. [...]
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Students at Amanda Arnold Elementary School have been evacuated due to a gasoline-type odor in the building, according to Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Director of Communications and School Safety Michele Jones. Manhattan Fire Department crews are on scene investigating. Students and staff were walked to Pottorf Hall to get them out of the cold weather. They’ll [...]
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Derek Anthony Doby, 24, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on a Riley County District Court warrant for lewd and lascivious behavior (x5) and sexual battery (x3). Doby was issued a total bond of $10,000.00. Doby was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for [...]
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MANHATTAN — A Manhattan man accused of first-degree murder involving an infant child earlier this month made his first appearance in Riley County District Court Friday. D’Khari Lyons, 23, appeared via teleconference in front of Magistrate District Judge James Kepple, who read the charges against him. Lyons has applied for a court appointed attorney. Judge [...]
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World War II prisoners of war from Germany and Italy were remembered at a wreath-laying ceremony at Fort Riley Cemetery Thursday. Representatives from the German and Italian armed forces travel to the Kansas post every Fall to honor POWs who were held and/or died at Fort Riley. The storied base was one of 600 locations [...]
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MANHATTAN — A northeast Manhattan neighborhood is a little more connected to essential services after the completion of the Old Blue River Trail. Local officials and patrons came out for a special ribbon cutting Thursday afternoon to mark the occasion. The 0.7 mile trail located just east of Tuttle Creek Blvd. near McCall Road gives [...]
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