In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes is joined by Pottawatomie County Public Works Director, Peter Clark. In addition, Jared Tremblay stops by to discuss Bike Month activities in Manhattan.
Author: KMAN Staff
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Susan Rodriguez, 26, of Manhattan on April 25, 2016 at approximately 5:55 PM. Rodriguez was arrested while in the 1400 block of Houston Street on the offense of failure to appear listed on a warrant that originated in Geary County, Kansas. This warrant had a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report she was confined at the Riley County Jail.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Albert Pujols hit two homers and Mike Trout added another, powering the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Garrett Richards (1-3) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning of his first win of the season, while the Angels’ struggling offense awoke with a three-run first inning followed by homers from its two biggest stars. Pujols connected on solo shots in the third and fifth innings against Ian Kennedy (2-2). The homers were the 564th and 565th of Pujols’ career, moving him out of a tie with Reggie Jackson…
“Wildcat Insider” on KMAN breaks down a busy K-State sports weekend. The baseball team wins another Big 12 series, this time over Baylor by taking the rubber match on Sunday. The Purple and White Spring game was held at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Plus K-State men’s basketball missing out on a solid recruit to Indiana so the Wildcats will be looking to fill an open scholarship. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1-Spring-game-recap.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2-Interviews-w-Scott-Frantz-and-Alex-Delton.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3-Baseball-wins-Baylor-series.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/4-McSwain-picks-IU-over-KSU.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/5-QBs-and-Interview-w-Joe-Hubener.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/6-Defense-and-Interview-w-Dante-Barnett.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/7-De-Facto-depth-chart-for-FB.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/8-Final-Segment-of-WI.mp3
The Riley County Public Works building will be powered down Thursday. Public Works Director Leon Hobson told county commissioners Monday morning the department is set to install a new standby power equipment and generator will provide back-up power for various county entities. “Power is being shut off to allow the contractor an opportunity to install the necessary equipment and ultimately the generator in order to connect it to the system,” Hobson told the board. “This project will allow the Public Works facility, the Noxious Weed facilities and the aTa Bus facility to maintain phone and computer services during a power outrage.…
The 170th installment of the Landon Lecture Series took place Monday morning with vice chairman and chief scientific officer of global research and development for PepsiCo, Dr. Mehmood Khan. Hailing from the Big Apple, Dr. Khan arrived to Manhattan just in time to experience his first tornado warning, and thanked K-State for the warm welcome. During his speech, Khan didn’t necessarily touch on working for a global food leader. Rather, he underscored the misconseption most have about his job at PepsiCo. He told his audience his job isn’t necessarily focused on making their iconic beverages, rather it’s about the guiding the choices the cooperation…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office released information Monday, regarding a domestic disturbance investigation opened last Friday (April 22). A caller reported gunshots had been fired at a home in the area of 326 E. Webster Street in Louisville, the suspect having fled the scene. The sheriff’s office along with officers from the Wamego Police Department then began a search. Jarvis Clark, 26, was apprehended in the 300 block of Webster that afternoon. Clark was arrested for domestic battery, aggravated, assault, and criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling, aggravated endangering a child, criminal damage to property, aggravated battery…
Manhattan officials are putting a speakers’ bureau together to make presentations on the city’s proposed street maintenance sales tax–and City Public Works Director Rob Ott was serving in that role Monday before intergovernmental leaders. Ott adds the measure will be on the November general election ballot… Ott told the group need versus want is one area they’re looking at closely with prioritization suggested by some in attendance. Ott says the ballot language has two components–one involving the street maintenance repair program including the cost and rebuilding rehab of existing city streets. The second component is the Safe Route to schools–with gaps…
GIRARD — Authorities say two inmates have escaped from a southeast Kansas jail. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that Steven Ray Barnes and Shaun Steven Simpson broke out of the Crawford County Jail on Saturday. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office says they were last seen traveling south on foot from the jail in Girard. Authorities say they escaped by breaking a clamp on the outdoor recreation fence and then climbing the outer fence using a sweatshirt to cover the razor wire. Barnes was being held on parole violation on a theft conviction. Simpson was being held on kidnapping and driving with a…
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve his four game suspension from “Deflategate” imposed by the league. A federal appeals court made the ruling, overturning a lower judge siding with the league in a battle with the NFL players association. If the suspension holds true, Brady would miss the first four games of the 2016 season against the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills. He would be eligible to return in week five against the Browns.