MANHATTAN — Riley County EMS presented ambulance call for service comparative numbers to the Riley County commission on Monday. The totals showed an increased total cash collection by more than $350,000. EMS Director David Adams presented the total numbers of calls for this year compared to last year. Adams says the majority of calls from northern Riley County came from the Madison Township, with an average of 33 percent of the total calls. He also added they had 86 calls with an average response time of around 18 minutes. Adams said they also need to take into account the type of calls received,…
Author: KMAN Staff
Monday’s guest was Riley County Historical Museum Director Cheryl Collins. Keeping with the theme of Christmas this month, we took a look back at popular gifts from Christmases over the past 150 years in the Manhattan area. Specifically we looked back at 1868, 1893, 1918, 1943 and 1968. (Newspaper photos below were provided by the museum.) 1868 1893 1918 1943 1968
LAWRENCE — A Lawrence rabbi has been named one of the 50 most influential American Jews by a prominent Jewish magazine. The Forward magazine recently included Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel in its list of this year’s influential leaders. Tiechtel and his wife, Nechama, have led Chabad, a University of Kansas campus Jewish community, since 2006. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the magazine said Tiechtel was chosen because of his work to make Jewish life more accessible for students at the university, particularly by making food available for Jewish students who adhere to dietary restrictions. The magazine also mentioned Chabad effort to share…
WICHITA — A Kansas astronaut says he’s ready for his next mission into space after a failed launch in October. The Wichita Eagle reports that Hoxie native Nick Hague will embark on a six-month stay with two other crew members to the International Space Station. The scheduled launch aboard the Soyuz MS12 spacecraft is set for Feb. 28, 2019. Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch will join Hague in the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will participate in about 250 research experiments and technology demonstrations made possible by micro-gravity conditions inside the station.…
TOPEKA — Kansas travelers will see new or upgraded interpretive signs along 12 scenic or historic byways. State officials say the signs can be found at 39 locations on the byways, which are roads that highlight the beauty, history and heritage of Kansas. The Kansas Byways program is managed jointly by state and federal officials. Nine of the routes are scenic byways two of which are national scenic byways and three are historic byways. The $1.4 million project included construction of five new kiosks housing interpretive panels. It also includes the rehabilitation of 12 existing kiosks and their signs, 26…
SMITH CENTER — Authorities say troopers have shot and wounded a 15-year-old after he attacked a woman, fled on horseback and then fired on law enforcement in rural north-central Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that the Smith County Sheriff’s responded Saturday to a Smith Center home, where a 66-year-old woman reported being restrained, beaten and choked. She was taken to a hospital. The release says the teen fled on horseback. The Kansas Highway Patrol later found the armed teen and spent a few hours trying to apprehend him. The release says that when the…
SPRINGFIELD — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie “Bambi” as part of his sentence for illegally killing hundreds of deer. The Springfield News-Leader reports that David Berry Jr. was ordered to watch the Disney classic at least once a month during his year-long jail sentence in what conservation agents are calling one of the largest deer poaching cases in state history. Prosecutors say the deer were killed for their heads, with their bodies left to rot. Berry was convicted in southwest Missouri’s Lawrence County of illegally taking wildlife. Three relatives and another man also were…
Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of 4th St. and Leavenworth St. on December 16, 2018, at approximately 8:25 PM. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 2006 Green Honda Pilot driven by Ashley MacDonald, 19, of Manhattan had struck a 1999 Blue Yamaha Moped driven by James Sicard, 58, of Manhattan. Sicard was transported to Via Christi for treatment of his injuries. Hector Lima Jr., 23, of Los Angeles, California was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on December 16, 2018 at approximately 10:40 PM. Lima Jr. was arrested on a…
MANHATTAN — After five decades of service to Kansas State University, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Pat Bosco is retiring. Bosco’s retirement will be effective next summer. Bosco came to K-State as an undergraduate from upstate New York, fell in love with the school and never left. He is regarded as an icon and in 2004, the Student Governing Association named the plaza outside the K-State Student Union in his honor. It was the only time in the school’s history that a person still employed at K-State receieved such recognition. Kansas State University President Richard Myers…
In memory of the veterans buried on post, around the world, and those still missing in action, Fort Riley held its 12th Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, December 15. Wreaths Across America is observed worldwide at more than 1,400 ceremonies in all 50 states as well as at 24 national veteran cemeteries on foreign soil. The organization’s mission is to remind that “every stone has a story” and to teach younger generations about the “value of honoring those who sacrificed to protect America’s freedoms.” Wreaths were placed in honor of gold star families, prisoners of war, each branch of the…