Manhattan, KAN. – Senior Day was another success for Kansas State on Saturday, as the Wildcats defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 21-6. K-State’s offense welcomed back quarterback Skylar Thompson, after missing most of the TCU game and all of the Kansas game with a concussion. Although the Wildcat offense only managed 21 points, Thompson spurred the Cats to successful drives by throwing for 213 yards and one touchdown early in the game to Malik Knowles. On the ground for K-State, Alex Barnes anchored the attack again with yet another game running for more than 100 yards. Through the air,…
Author: KMAN Staff
In Focus guests Friday included two segments Manhattan Fire Assistant Chief Brad Claussen and Deputy Fire Marshall Ryan Courtright with some winter and holiday fire safety tips. We also chatted with Manhattan Breakfast Optimist Club Co-Chair Jim Franke on the upcoming Christmas tree sale and with Riley County Seniors’ Service Center communication coordinator Debbie Nuss with the latest updates on programming.
Job growth is continuing in the state of Kansas, according to the latest numbers released by the Kansas Department of Labor on Friday. According to the state’s October 2018 Labor Market Report, seasonally-adjusted private sector jobs increased by 1,700 from September to October. They grew by 17,100 since October 2017. Seasonally adjusted total non-farm jobs increased by 400 from September to October. They grew by 19,500 since October 2017. The specific industry that saw some of the biggest growth from September to October 2018 was the leisure and hospitality industry. Jobs in those field increased by 1,300 in October 2018.…
Update 11 a.m. Manhattan Fire Department officials have determined the source of a gasoline-type odor in Amanda Arnold Elementary School to have come from a snowblower. The building is currently airing out and students will be brought back to campus once the smell has dissipated. Original story 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…
KANSAS CITY — The federal public defender’s office has asked for 67 inmates to be released from federal prison and plans to also seek freedom for more than 150 others because authorities at a Kansas prison secretly recorded conversations between the prisoners and their attorneys that are supposed to be private. Most of the federal inmates are being held in drug or firearms-related cases. The practice first came to light in a prison contraband case during which criminal defense lawyers discovered the privately-run Leavenworth Detention Center was routinely recording meetings and phone conversations between attorneys and their clients. A court-appointed…
WICHITA — A 55-year-old Kansas man who was growing marijuana on an island in the Neosho River has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Scott Joseph Skibo, of Chetopa, was sentenced Thursday for unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction. Prosecutors say Skibo admitted he was growing a marijuana garden when investigators had him under surveillance. He fled in a boat when law enforcement officers tried to arrest him. Officers pursued them in their boat for about a half mile before he surrendered. Investigators found about 50 marijuana plants, a…
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 making false information, forgery and theft in the 1000 block of Westloop Pl in Manhattan on November 15, 2018, at approximately 5:34 PM. Officers listed Cats Rental and KS State Bank of Manhattan as the victims when it was reported a known male suspect fraudulently…
TOPEKA — Could Kansas soon join the growing list of states allowing medical marijuana? The Kansas City Star reports that the election of Democrat Laura Kelly puts a medical marijuana supporter in the governor’s seat. Kelly recently told reporters that she senses “some momentum” among legislators to legalize medical marijuana, with strict regulations. Several surrounding states now allow recreational or medical marijuana. Missouri voters on Nov. 6 approved a ballot measure allowing for medical marijuana, joining nearly three dozen states. In Kansas, medical marijuana bills have been considered without success for years. Esau Freeman, spokesman for the pro-legalization group Kansas…
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 in the U.S. to hold POWs during World War II, holding 4,500 German, Italian and Japanese prisoners. Sixty-two German and eleven Italian soldiers are buried at Fort Riley. German Army Col. Carsten Döding and Italian Army Maj. Stefano Catania, liaisons posted at Fort Leavenworth, spoke…
MANHATTAN — During this week’s Governor’s Conference on the Future of Kansas Water, Assistant Scientist at K-State Christopher Redmond gave a presentation on drought monitoring with the university’s Mesonet soil moisture monitoring system. Mesonet consists of 16 weather stations across the state that create a network. Redmond said the data they record is provided through a web site where people can see current soil moisture at multiple depths across the state. According to Redmond the data is used for various purposes. Redmond they have seen that a decrease in soil moisture advances drought conditions. So that data provided through the Mesonet…