Today’s guests on In Focus were Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson, Riley County Senior Service Center Program Coordinator Melissa Colby, Kansas State University Basketball Coach Bruce Weber, and Elementary Music Teacher for Ogden David Atchison. Wilson: Colby: Weber: Atchison:
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Updated Friday noon: (KAIR, Atchison)–A chemical spill left the city of Atchison blanketed in a dense haze Friday morning, with students evacuated but no serious injuries reported. It developed at MGP Ingredients,shortly after 8:00, where, according to a press conference held by Atchison City Manager Trey Cocking, two chemicals were indadvertenly mixed, which led to the chemical plume. Although initial reports indicate it involved the mixing of chlorine with sulfuric acid, local officials are not immediately confirming that claim. It was revealed at the press conference that no serious injuries have been reported, but respiratory concerns did lead to the medical treatment of some residents.…
FRIDAY: Manhattan High football vs Blue Valley Northwest, 6:30 p.m. pregame on 93.3/93.7 FM, 1350 AM KMAN Rock Creek vs Clay Center, 6:30 p.m. pregame on B104.7 FM. SATURDAY: Scoreboard Saturday, 6 a.m. on KMAN K-State vs Texas, Powercat Gameday at 7 a.m. on KMAN and 101.5 FM KROCK. Kickoff at 11 a.m. K-State volleyball vs West Virginia, 5:30 p.m. pregame on KMAN SUNDAY: Kansas City Chiefs vs New Orleans Saints, noon on KMAN.
WICHITA — President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for 11 Kansas counties hit hard by last month’s severe storms and flooding. The declaration means federal funding is now available for state and eligible local government and some nonprofit organizations. The White House said in a news release that the eligible counties are Cheyenne, Cowley, Ellis, Graham, Greenwood, Kingman, Norton, Rooks, Russell, Sedgwick and Sumner. The storms and flooding occurred from Sept. 2-12
WICHITA — Prosecutors say an anti-Muslim terror group in Kansas first came to the government’s attention when one member contacted FBI agents and became a confidential source. One of the men, 51-year-old Gavin Wright, is a former Manhattan resident. The new details came in a government court filing in the case of three men accused of conspiring to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City. Prosecutors say the men pose a “substantial danger” to the community and should stay jailed until trial. Two are due in court Friday and…
Manhattan Firefighters responded to a structure fire at 2:43 a.m. Friday at 3809 Kates Court. Upon arrival, crews found a single story residential structure with smoke showing from the garage. The fire was contained within ten minutes. A total of 19 firefighters responded on six fire apparatus with the last units clearing at around 4:41 a.m. There were two occupants and a dog in the single family residence at the time of the fire and they were able to exit the structure without injury prior to the fire department’s arrival. Loss is estimated at $50,000 to contents and $15,000 to the structure.…
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is officially joining a coalition of other chambers of commerce who plan on pushing state leaders to expand Medicaid in Kansas in January. A Thursday morning press conference in downtown Manhattan featured speakers from Via Christi, Stormont Vail and state advocacy groups. While many people feel the Affordable Care Act has been executive overreach by the federal government, economists and health administrators both agree expanding coverage in Kansas would be a boon for a withered economy and failing healthcare system. “This is a common sense solution,” said David Jordan, executive director of Alliance for a…
Today’s edition of In-Focus featured Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler.
WICHITA — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is withdrawing a court brief that cites the slavery-era Dred Scott decision to support the state’s position that the Kansas Constitution does not guarantee a right to an abortion. Schmidt said Wednesday in a statement that the filing submitted to the Kansas Supreme Court a day earlier does not accurately reflect the state’s position and should not have been made. The state used the 1857 Dred Scott case to bolster its argument that the Declaration of Independence had no legally binding effect. Schmidt says the reference was “obviously inappropriate,” and he ordered it withdrawn once…
TOPEKA- A federal grand jury has indicted three Kansas men who are suspected of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in Garden City. Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says the grand jury indictment returned Wednesday is based on the same facts presented Friday in U.S. District Court in Wichita. Forty-nine-year-old Curtis Allen and 51-year-old Gavin Wright, both of Liberal, and 47-year-old Patrick Eugene Stein of Wright, are each charged with one count of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. Gavin Wright lived in Manhattan several years ago. Prosecutors say the men were part of a small militia group called…