Author: KMAN Staff

Through their partnership, the American Red Cross and American Cancer Society are attempting to spread awareness of how donating blood can help cancer patients. American Red Cross Account Manager Kristi Ingalls explains why cancer patients often receive blood donations. Ingalls says she personally knows someone who received a significant amount of blood while receiving treatment. She says there are some local opportunities coming up for people who would like to help. With the flu and other sicknesses keeping some regular donors from being able to give blood, healthy people are encouraged to donate. To register for a blood drive or…

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Riley County Health Department is making sure the county and Riley County commission are ready in the event a coronavirus outbreak occurs in the county. Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Andrew Adams says the reason for the presentation was due to the recent coronavirus outbreak that has been in the news. He started by reassuring the commission that the risk of the virus in the county and even the country is still very low. “These processes and protocols are already established.  We train and plan over these things.  Just because the virus is new, doesn’t mean what we are doing…

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The Wamego Whiskey Syndicate hosted Whiskey and War Stories before a packed house at the Columbian Theatre in Wamego last night. The event featured former Green Beret Capt. Mark Nutsch telling the story “Horse Soldiers” an American military unit that was among the first in Afghanistan following the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. Nutsch says the “Horse Soldiers,” which were known for riding horses in combat, were tasked with forming an alliance of local militias to oppose the Taliban. Nutsch also talked about American Freedom Distillery, which is a company known for its Horse Soldier Bourbon that was formed by…

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EMPORIA, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol says several children suffered minor injuries when a school bus rolled onto its side near Emporia. Patrol Lt. Dave Hundley say36 studests, two teachers, a chaperone and the driver were on the bus when it went into a ditch off a slushy Kansas Turnpike Wednesday morning about 14 miles south of Emporia. Seventeen children were taken to a hospital in Newton for treatment. The bus was carrying students from Park Elementary School in Wichita. The Emporia Gazette reports the students were on their way to a Topeka for a field trip.

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WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by claiming she was caring for a man when he was in jail. The Kansas attorney general’s office said in a news release that 52-year-old Gretta Elaine Smith entered the guilty plea Tuesday in Sedgwick County District Court. The release said an investigation found that she fraudulently collected nearly $2,8000 by claimed to be providing in-home personal care to 65-year-old Joe Ross Mitchell last year when was incarcerated on unrelated charges. The release said Smith put at least some of the money and possibly all of it in…

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WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in Wichita. Police responded around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to the scene in the southeast part of the city and found a 25-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police say that witnesses reported a suspect with a gun in the area. Police didn’t immediately release the name of the victim or a motive.

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EL DORADO, Kan. — Authorities say an ambulance has crashed on a slushy stretch of Interstate 35 near El Dorado in central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the driver lost control around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday as the area was under a winter weather advisory. The crash report says the driver then overcorrected and struck the barrier wall and the guard rail. The ambulance driver went to a hospital with a suspected minor injury. No mention was made in the report of a patient in the ambulance. The patrol says a tractor-trailer also was involved in the wreck. That driver…

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On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Fort Riley Museum Complex Director Dr. Robert Smith. We also spoke with Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Tim Hulshoff and Flint Hills Christian School Principal Josh Snyder.

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The Flint Hills Foster Teen Camps was able to raise over $126,000 during their 10th annual Evening of Hope fundraiser. The total amount raised during the fundraising event was $126,292.50, which is a 33% increase from last year.  Flint Hills Foster Teen Camps Founders Mike and Lisa Irvin were amazed at the support from the community. “This community goes above and beyond.  It is just really is exciting to see the way they just caught the mission of what Flint Hills Foster Teen Camps is all about,” says Mike. The total amount raised was helped by a 50% match from…

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