Author: Brandon Peoples

The Mercy Community Health Foundation has now raised over half of its $500,000 campaign goal to purchase a new ceiling mount for Acension Via Christi’s cardiac catheterizaton and interventional radiology lab. The foundation began the campaign in March and have raised funds through donations from various sponsors, a Memorial Hospital Association fund-matching campaign and events such as the 29th Annual Mercy Foundation Golf Classic, held earlier in September. Mercy Community Health Senior Development Director Tina Rockhold spoke about the campaign during Friday’s In Focus on KMAN. She says the Artiz Zee ceiling mount will provide staff with better imaging and…

Wet weather north of Kansas has led to a temporary reduction in outflows at Tuttle Creek Lake. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty says record rainfall in South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska earlier this month where upwards of 10 inches of rain fell, is now moving down the Missouri River. Tuttle Creek Lake which had been releasing up to 10,000 cubic feet per second at the beginning of September is now releasing the minimum 200 CFS, but McNulty tells KMAN they expect that to change shortly. “Right now the three-day forecast has 3,000 cubic feet per…

A fiery wreck in Geary County Thursday afternoon has claimed the life of a Manhattan woman. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 72-year-old Nancy Barnaby died after her northbound SUV crossed the center median of K-177, struck a culvert, went airborne and rolled. It happened just before 3 p.m. about three miles south of I-70. Authorities say after the vehicle rolled it caught fire and Barnaby died at the scene. The Kansas Highway Patrol is asking anyone who saw the crash or might have cell phone video to contact them at 785-827-4437.

Construction of a new hotel project in Aggieville will shut down a portion of Bluemont Street for an entire year. Beginning Monday, one lane of Bluemont Avenue will be closed to maintain safety, according to Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr. “The garage itself I believe is a preformed structure so those beams and different preformed panels will be offloaded with a crane and there really isn’t any other place for them to park,” he said. The outer eastbound lane of Bluemont will close between North Manhattan Ave. and 12th Street. The west side of 12th Street will be closed between…

For the second day in a row, a major gas leak caused some headaches for motorists and businesses in west Manhattan. After a brief closure of Frontage Road between the Home Depot and the Riley County Police Department headquarters Tuesday, emergency crews were called out Wednesday morning to the same area where construction crews struck a gas line. It caused the odor of gas to be smelled as far away as the Stagg Hill neighborhood.  As a result, several nearby businesses were evacuated and it caused a temporary closure of Seth Child from the 900 to 1100 blocks. Gas was…

USD 378 Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams and USD 384 Blue Valley/Randolph Brady Burton joined us for discussions on enrollment, the upcoming bond election for Riley County Schools and potential legislative action in 2020. United Way CEO Tara Claussen joined In Focus along with Co-Chairs Gene and Cathy Taylor for a discussion on the campaign for 2020.

A Riley County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of 23-year-old D’Khari Lyons, resulting in a mistrial. The jury deliberated into Tuesday, sorting out the evidence against Lyons, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former girlfriend’s infant son Michael Calvert, Jr. The 2 month old child was left in the care of Lyons for a brief time Nov. 8, 2018 while the mother, Jessica Hudson took her other two children to school. Lyons testified Monday that he was half asleep when Hudson left the child in the bed next…

A long-time president of Manhattan Christian College is being remembered for his efforts leading the college through some of its darkest days. Ken Cable died Saturday after battling a short illness at the age of 84. He was president of the college from 1981 until his retirement in 2005. During his tenure, enrollment doubled at MCC and the number of students graduating more than tripled. Current MCC President Kevin Ingram says perhaps Cable’s biggest accomplishment was in 1985 when he led a fundraising mission over three months to save the college from foreclosure. “It was Ken’s leadership, it was Ken’s…

An Idaho man is making his way across the country in a journey to spread awareness for veterans who suffer from depression and are thinking about suicide. Jeremy Miller began his his Walk Across America on May 21, leaving from Crescent City, California on his way to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. “I decided that would be the biggest way to get out the message and meet people very personally and hear everybody’s stories and reach out to as many people as possible.” On Monday he stopped in Manhattan briefly and spoke with KMAN about his own personal struggle with…

A Riley County Judge has sentenced a Junction City man to 20 years in prison for his role in the 2017 murder of a confidential drug informant. Steven Meredith, 33, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit murder charge in July. On Monday, Riley County District Court Judge John Bosch sentenced him to 240 months in prison. Carrie Jones was killed in October 2017. Meredith was initially charged with first-degree murder, but pleaded to the conspiracy charge prior to when his trial was to begin.