On this edition of In Focus, Pottawatomie County Emergency Management Director Chris Trudo and Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes, Emergency Management Coordinator Natasha Hunter K-State’s Global Campus with Gayle Doll (dole), Associate Prof. of Human Ecology College; Janice nikkel, Global Campus Program Coordinator–gerontology masters’s and cerficate programs offered online Linda Teener, Ex. Director of UFM.
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GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Straub International says it will close its Larned location and consolidate the work into its remaining locations. Straub, an agriculture equipment dealer, also has outlets in Great Bend, Salina, Hutchinson, Pratt, Wichita and Marion. CEO Larry Straub says closing the Larned location will make the firm more efficient, noting the Great Bend store is only 20 miles away and many services overlap. Many of the 20 employees from the Larned store will have the chance to stay with the company. The Hutchinson News reports Straub said slowing business conditions prompted the decision.
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina man will be sentenced in April after pleading no contest in the stabbing death of another man. Ivan Huizar Alvarez was scheduled to go to trial Monday for first-degree murder in the March 2015 death of Scott Johnson of Salina. Instead, he agreed to a plea deal on Friday to intentional second-degree murder. Prosecutors say Huizar Alvarez chased Johnson and stabbed him several times during an argument. Huizar Alvarez had claimed the stabbing was in self-defense. The Salina Journal reports prosecutors expect Huizar Alvarez to be sentenced to about 22 years in prison. He also…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita’s Eisenhower National Airport recorded a nearly 2.5 percent increase in passengers in 2015. Wichita Airport Authority official Valerie Wise credits the gains to a new $160 million terminal that opened last June, offering passengers more conveniences and amenities. The Wichita Eagle reports about 1.57 million passengers flew into and out of Eisenhower last year, an increase of 37,679 passengers from 2014. Last year was the third-busiest year in the airport’s history, trailing only 1.59 million passengers in 2007 and 1.61 million passengers in 2008. Wise says the gain in passenger growth came despite a reduction in…
The Riley County Police Department filed a report for criminal damage to property on Monday at approximately 9:30 a.m. after City of Manhattan employees reported that a soccer field had been damaged. Police responded to the 400 block of Knox Lane and found that tire track damage was sustained to a field and resulted in approximately $900 worth of damage. Currently suspect(s) are unknown and police ask that anyone with information on this crime contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers.
The Junction City Police Department is investigating what it’s labeled a suspicious death. Officers were dispatched to 827 West 12th St., Apt. C, in Junction City on Monday night after learning that a person was deceased at the location. Upon arrival, an unidentified white male was located inside of the apartment, deceased, from an apparent gunshot injury to the head. The case is being investigated as a suspicious death, and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. The police department is following up on investigative leads as they develop. If you have information regarding the investigation you are asked to call…
They’ll be pouring concrete at the NBAF site in Manhattan for the next two and a half years…but it’s all good, according to Ron Trewyn, K-State’s liaison to the large Homeland Security project…Currently there are 80-100 construction workers at the NBAF site–but that number could approach a thousand in a few years. Where will those folks live while working in Manhattan? That was one question asked at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting, with Trewyn indicating that’s a question for the Department of Homeland Security, but he says they’ve been working on that and consider it workable. Trewyn says the work is either on schedule…
John Kurtz and Wyatt Thompson break down the K-State hoops weekend. The men earned their second conference win of the season with a solid performance against Oklahoma State on Saturday. The women followed on Sunday with their fourth straight win with a victory in Lubbuck over Texas Tech. The K-State track and field team continues their hot start plus K-State football lands a defensive back via transfer. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1-MBB-beats-OK-State.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2-FB-recruiting-news.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3-WBB-Red-Hot.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4-MBB-ready-for-WVU.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5-Chris-Lowery-MBB-coach.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6-More-Ok-State-recap.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7-WBB-and-Big-12-Hoops.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8-Track-and-MBB.mp3
Surveillance footage shows parked cars swaying and shaking as a 7.1 magnitude earthquake was reported in southcentral Alaska.
New Jersey officials toured coastal communities on Monday to assess damage from the weekend blizzard. Their first stop, the Ortley Beach section of Toms River, suffered major erosion of its dunes.