Friends and family of Manhattan High School seniors bid farewell to a talented senior class at commencement ceremonies on Sunday afternoon in Bramlage Coliseum. The 376-member class of 2017 excelled in academics, arts, and athletics. This marks the one-hundred and third year MHS has held graduation. The ceremony began after the First Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade presented the colors, and members of the MHS choir sang the school song. “Your entire life is in front of you, and I hope we have prepared you for it,” said Principal Greg Hoyt. Hoyt said it was an honor to serve as the…
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Residents of Manhattan, Junction City, and a large portion of Kansas were on edge during Thursday evening’s severe thunderstorms which prompted many tornado warnings and caused some damage throughout the state. People in Junction City and Manhattan took shelter around 7 p.m. as sirens went off throughout Riley and Geary counties. With new technological innovations and social media, just about anyone can become a storm spotter from the field. Most at-risk area of reported tornado has been circled… Manhattan airport needs to take shelter immediately #kswx pic.twitter.com/37N36w6znG — News Radio KMAN (@1350kman) May 19, 2017 TORNADO WARNING for parts…
Today’s guests on In Focus was Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler.
An Onaga man has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, in connection with an aggravated indecent liberties case reported last summer. Mikel Babcock, 20, was sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County District court under Jessica’s Law in connection with the case, which was reported by Onaga Police Chief Daniel Costlow last July. Four charges were involved in the case, with the arrest coming after an 11 month investigation. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Topeka Police Department assisted with the case. Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck tells KMAN the victim was was 10 years old at…
Today’s guests on In Focus included State Representative Tom Phillips of Manhattan, Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent Greg McClure, Riley County Senior Service Center Director Jami Ramsey, and Henry Otto and Colleen Lindgren with the Blue Valley Youth Sailing Organization. Phillips: McClure: Ramsey: Otto & Lindgren:
Officers filed a report for rape, aggravated battery, and aggravated burglary in northeast Manhattan on May 18, 2017. Officers listed a 16 year old female as the victim when she reported that a suspect known to her forced his way into her residence and raped her. Due to the nature of the crimes reported, no additional information will be released.
Updated 10:30 a.m: Still not much damage to report from Thursday night’s weather activity, although Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison indicates a street sign and tree on Anderson Avenue in the 10,000 block came out of the ground , with water also reported across the 700 block of Marlatt Avenue Thursday night. That road was open Friday. ### While no damage reports have come in yet from Thursday evening’s storm which included a tornado warning, KMAN had a chance to have an early Friday morning visit with Meteorologist Bill Gargan with the National Weather Service in Topeka:
TOPEKA — Work in the Kansas Legislature has stalled on a plan that would fully repeal past income tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. House and Senate negotiators failed to agree Thursday evening on a plan to raise taxes to fix the state budget and boost spending on public schools. They reviewed a plan that would return Kansas to the income tax laws in place in 2012 before tax cuts touted by Brownback began. Rates would have risen and an exemption for farmers and business owners would have ended. It was the most aggressive plan lawmakers have considered and…
Riley County commissioners voted Thursday to keep their salaries flat for the second budget year in a row. Commissioners continued 2018 budget work and agreed to keep their salaries at $43,403.62. The board also agreed to forgo a step increase, as it did last year. Commissioner Ben Wilson made a motion to exclude the board from a Cost Of Living Adjustment — otherwise known as a COLA increase — but his motion failed due to a lack of second. The commission did not give itself a COLA increase last year. For 2018, commissioners will receive a .8 percent COLA increase. There…