A 1st Infantry Division soldier died in a two-vehicle collision near Fort Stockton, Texas, Saturday, according to a press release from Fort Riley Tuesday. First Lt. Stephanie Hetland, a chemical officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., was driving to her next duty station – Fort Bliss, Texas – when the collision occurred on Interstate 10 about 6.5 miles west of Fort Stockton. The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the collision. “The 1st Brigade Engineer Battalion is deeply saddened by the loss of 1st Lt. Stephanie Hetland,”…
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
WICHITA — The widow of a Kansas man killed last month by an undersheriff has asked a court to release video and audio recordings that her attorney says show her husband was unarmed and trying to obey instructions when he was shot. Attorney Michael Kuckelman says recordings he viewed are troubling and the public has a right to see them. He told The Associated Press on Thursday that the video captures the Barber County sheriff telling the undersheriff minutes before Steven Myers was shot with a bean bag round on Oct. 6 that with “a little luck and he’ll just…
Wildcats force school-record 19 steals in easy win In its final tuneup before this weekend’s trip to the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Kansas State crushed Northern Arizona 80-58 Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Barry Brown scored 20 points to lead the way for the Wildcats, who jumped out to an early 9-2 lead and were never threatened by the winless Lumberjacks. “We were probably just a little off mentally, but you have to move forward,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “We weren’t as sharp as we need to be. That will be a key for our team.” Much of…
The universal power of probability was the decider in two city council races Monday morning inside the Riley County Commission Chambers. Rodger Graham and Russell Rohlman each received 72 votes in the Nov. 7 election for Ogden City Council, while two write-in candidates, Jay Caley and John King, each received two votes in Riley. According to state statute, tie-breakers are decided by the County Board of Canvassers, or in this case, the commission. In past tied elections, the board has flipped a coin or drawn straws to determine the elected positions. County Clerk Rich Vargo recommended the board use the coin…
Riley County Law Board members took action on only one item at their Monday meeting, which took very little time to approve unanimously. Riley County Police Captain Jeff Hooper explained to law board members the 2018 police radio maintenance agreement with Ka-Comm. keeps the $35,736 total the same as last year’s. Another item discussed briefly and for notification purposes only had to do do with the substation lease agreement involving Riley County and the 1113 Moro Street location, as described by RCPD Director Brad Schoen. Schoen talked about use of the substation on a regular basis, with officers in and out…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Co-Chair with the Breakfast Optimist Christmas tree lot Jim Franke, outgoing Manhattan City Commissioner Karen McCulloh, and Barry Michie and Vickie Holverson with the Riley County Geneological Society.
The Manhattan area continues to have an extremely low unemployment rate, with the October numbers indicating 2.3 percent for the Manhattan metro area including Pottawatomie and Riley Counties. That’s down from last year’s October numbers of 3.2 Even the Manhattan-Junction City combined statistical area shows 2.6 percent, well below 2016 numbers of 3.7. The numbers released Friday by the Kansas Department of Labor also indicate relatively low numbers of 2.3 for both Riley and Pottawatomie Counties, three percent for Clay County, and even Geary county, which tends to be higher, has a 4.2 percent rate this October. The Manhattan metro…
One of the strangest weeks in Bill Snyder’s tenure as Kansas State’s football coach had one final twist. With the program’s uncertain future in the spotlight and pegged a 20-point underdog in Las Vegas, K-State beat No. 10 Oklahoma State Saturday afternoon, 45-40, for the Wildcats’ first win in Stillwater since 1999. K-State also clinched bowl eligibility for an eighth straight season. “We addressed the value of being able to play collectively as a team,” Snyder said. “The offense had a role in it, the defense had a role in it and special teams had a role in it.” After…
Kamau Stokes had 14 points on 4-of-8 shooting and Kansas State started quickly on its way to a 71-49 victory over UC Irvine on Friday night. The Wildcats (3-0) used a balanced attack to jump to an 11-0 lead while the Anteaters (2-2) could not get anything to fall with a 0-for-6 start from the field. Xavier Sneed added 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting, including two 3-point baskets, for the Wildcats. UC Irvine briefly got the deficit within single digits at 39-30 early in the second half but could not overcome its turnovers and poor shooting. Brad Greene had nine…