Martin Luther King III was 10 when his iconic father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. The oldest son of Martin and Coretta Scott King, he remembers his father taking the family to the YMCA and the fun they all had swimming together. He also remembers traveling with his father and witnessing the fight for civil rights. It was a movement of non-violence. And even though his father’s life was taken by an act of violence, his father’s message of peace and resistance to bloodshed reverberated inside K-State’s Forum Hall Thursday afternoon.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included Jeff Wolfe, Conference and Noncredit Director at K-State Global Campus with Russell Disberger, Executive Coach for the K-State Global Campus Executive Education program and CEO of Aspen Business Group. The two were followed by Pawnee Mental Health Services Director Robbin Cole. Wolfe & Disberger: Cole:
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included Blue Valley Randolph High School/Middle School Principal Marion Mazouch and Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams, followed by Executive Director of the Manhattan Housing Authority JoAnn Sutton and Board Member Phil Anderson. Mazouch & Williams: Sutton & Anderson:
Updated: Thursday, 10:40 a.m. TOPEKA – Sam Brownback plans to step down as Kansas governor at 3 p.m. Wednesday following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate to an ambassador’s post. Brownback sent a letter of resignation Thursday to the Kansas secretary of state, detailing his plan to step down next week. Fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer will be elevated to governor. Brownback’s office has yet to release the details of Colyer’s swearing-in ceremony. The Senate voted 50-49 along party lines Tuesday to confirm Brownback’s appointment by President Donald Trump as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. Vice President Mike…
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer on Wednesday announced plans to stop KanCare 2.0 and address concerns raised by legislators and other stakeholders regarding increased costs and the state’s ability to absorb those costs in future budgets, according to a press release from the governor’s office. As a result, they will be seeking to make improvements to the current KanCare program by either extending the contracts of the current three managed care companies for a period of three years or evaluating proposals received in response to the current bid solicitation without the cost increase drivers which…
Police say the death of 22-year-old Matthew Snyder, the son of K-State associate head coach Sean Snyder and grandson of head football coach Bill Snyder, has been ruled a suicide. The Wichita Eagle reports that a Riley County Police Department report obtained through an open records request says Snyder died last week of asphyxiation at his home in Manhattan. Police documents says Riley County police responded to an emergency call made by his father, Sean. No one else was injured and no foul play is suspected. The Snyder family is requesting that only family and friends attend the funeral on…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee and County Administrator Robert Reese, along with Paul Hayen with the Faith Evangelical Free Church.
A new trial is in the works for a Manhattan man accused of first-degree murder and child abuse. Riley County Senior Deputy Attorney Barry Disney told KMAN the trial for Andrew Gibson resulted in a hung jury Tuesday morning. That means the jury was unable to reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty and thus declared a mistrial. The trial began Jan. 16 and was given four days. Disney said a new trial date will be scheduled. Riley County Police Department officers responded to a call of an unresponsive infant on the night of May 5 in 2016 in the…
TOPEKA — Republican leaders in the Kansas House say they’re taking steps to make sure the public has more information about who is behind the legislation that members consider. House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. of Olathe told reporters Monday that he’s directed committees to ensure that the written records of their meetings list which lawmakers request bills and on whose behalf they’re asking for them. Ryckman and House Majority Leader Don Hineman of Dighton said they’re also working with the Legislature’s computer staff to see that the information gets online. The Legislature has faced strong criticism over its widespread practice…
Terrence Talley, 33, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 22, 2018 at approximately 5:05 PM. Talley was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear and a separate Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated escape from custody. Talley was issued a total bond of $100,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for rape in Manhattan on January 22, 2018. Officers listed a 20 year old female as the victim and a male known to the victim as the suspect.…