HOUSTON (AP) — Fresh off winning the MVP award in the World Series, Salvador Perez kept waiting for his first real big hit of 2016. On Wednesday night, he delivered. Perez tagged Houston reliever Ken Giles for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Kansas City Royals over the Astros 4-2 Wednesday night. The champion Royals have taken two of the three from the team they beat in the decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series last October. This four-game set wraps up Thursday. Giles (0-1) retired the first two batters in the eighth before walking…
Author: KMAN Staff
OLATHE — A former suburban Kansas City high school teacher has been ordered to serve 30 days in jail as part of her probation for having sex with a 16-year-old student. The Kansas City Star reports that 33-year-old Jeana Marie Fleming was sentenced Tuesday in Johnson County District Court for unlawful sexual relations. Fleming also will be required to register as a sex offender. Fleming and the boy had sex in December 2014 while she taught in the Olathe school district’s alternative education program for high school students. Under Kansas law, it is illegal for a teacher to have sex with a…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A suburban dream-home prototype that was built in the 1950s has completed its nine-mile journey to a new location in suburban Kansas City. The Johnson County Museum’s All-Electric House began its journey Tuesday night in Shawnee. It arrived early Wednesday at the new Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center in Overland Park, where it will be the centerpiece of a new exhibition. The ranch house was built in Prairie Village as a model show house for Kansas City Power & Light, which later donated the structure. It has been carefully restored. Johnson County Museum Director Mindi…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A legal fight has ended over the Sedgwick County Zoo’s new African elephants. The Wichita Eagle reports that animal-rights group Friends of Animals dropped its lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for approving the transport of 17 elephants from Swaziland to zoos in Wichita, Dallas and Omaha. Friends of Animals’ lawyer Jennifer Best says dropping the suit was a tough decision that came down to how to best use the group’s time and resources. The Connecticut-based advocacy group filed the suit in February after the agency approved the transfer in January. The group argued that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has hired a consultant who specializes in temporary hospital management assignments to serve as the interim superintendent of the state mental hospital in Larned. The Department on Aging and Disability Services announced Wednesday that Chris Mattingly has been named to job by interim Secretary Timothy Keck. Mattingly started Monday. Mattingly is an Oklahoma City-area management consultant who’s served as a temporary CEO, chief financial officer or chief operating officer at numerous hospitals. He most recently worked in El Dorado. Keck cited Mattingly’s lengthy experience in hospital management. The Larned hospital in western Kansas has faced staffing…
Fire crews from Riley County, Leonardville, and Randolph were called to the area of 10399 Barton Road, just after noon on Wednesday. A controlled burn of 100 acres of land was taking place when flames grew out of control. Crews were working to contain the fire Wednesday afternoon.
Hiking trails at the Konza prairie are a fun place to get away from the hustle and bustle of your daily routine. Director of Education, Jill Haukos said the prairie’s public trails may soon close if people don’t start following rules. Haukos further told KMAN that visitors to the Konza prairie biological preserve are encouraged to hike the trails, but since it’s a biological station with lots of research going on outside the trails, people can negatively affect results. Information about the Konza prairie and rules about the trails can be found on the nature preserve’s website.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Wamego USD 320 Supt. Denise O’Dea and Rock Creek USD 323 Supt. Darrel Stufflebeam Trent Armbrust with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and Jack Allston with Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation regarding Ice House project
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Sydney Samuelson, 20, of Morganville, Kansas while at the Riley County Police Department on April 12, 2016 at approximately 4:05 PM. Samuelson was arrested on the offense of failure to appear which was listed on a warrant with a bond of $5,000.00. The original offense on this warrant was use/possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. At the time of this report he was confined at the Riley County Jail. Those with information about crimes in our area are encouraged to contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers.
Via Christi Hospital has named a new leader. According to a press release from the hospital, experienced administrative leader in Catholic healthcare, Bob Copple will become senior administrator for the Manhattan hospital. Copple has held the position of president and chief executive officer of CHI’s Memorial Community Hospital & Health System in Blair, Nebraska since 2013. “Our Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan has a strong history of providing high quality healthcare services to the community,” said Todd Conklin, chief operating officer for Via Christi Health. “I am confident that under Bob’s leadership, it will continue to serve this important and growing community with…