Riley County Firefighters responded to a structure fire in Ogden at around 11:38 pm Saturday. Riley County firefighters from the Ogden, Keats, Konza Valley, Hunters Island, Manhattan Fire Department and Ft. Riley stations were called to the fire at 201 Eleventh Street in Ogden.. It was reported the duplex was fully engulfed. MFD station 4 arrived first and knocked down the initial fire in the kitchen area. All the occupants were outside at the time of the fire. It took firefighters about 3 hours to put out the blaze and overhaul the burned area. The fire was believed to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Rep. Tom Phillips summed it up best for his colleagues Saturday morning, when speaking in front of constituents for the first “Legislative Coffee” session of the year inside the Sunset Zoo Educational Center in Manhattan. “We’ll just have to see how this plays out — I’ve never seen anything quite this challenging,” the Manhattan Republican said, speaking about the state’s budget woes. “But, we got to do it. I just keep telling myself, like (K-State football coach) Bill Snyder says, ‘Keep sawing the wood,’ and that’s what we got to do.” The event, organized by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce,…
On today’s edition of The Game, we discuss the big consequences of K-State’s game against Oklahoma this weekend, look at what to expect from the Royals at Spring Training, and discuss the Bruce Weber Era through the eyes of K-State fans. Plus, we get a couple of Manhattan wrestling updates from Dave Donnert at the 6A state meet in Wichita and hear from Mitch Fortner out in South Carolina.
WICHITA — A lawyer for a Kansas man accused of plotting to attack Somali refugees in Garden City says his client believed then President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won forcing “militias” to step in. The defense claim of a “self-defensive posture” surfaced during a detention hearing Friday for Patrick Stein, whom prosecutors say was the leader of the terror group. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren did not immediately rule. But attorney Ed Robinson offered a glimpse of Stein’s mistaken views that the election would end with social collapse…
OLATHE — The Latest on a deadly shooting at a Kansas bar that some witnesses said was racially motivated (all times local): 9:10 a.m. A man suspected of killing an Indian man and wounding two other people at a suburban Kansas City bar is awaiting extradition. Fifty-one-year-old Adam Purinton is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted premeditated first degree murder in an attack Wednesday night at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, that some witnesses said was racially motivated. He was arrested hours after the shooting at a bar in Clinton, Missouri, and he has waived…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: St. Rep. Tom Phillips of Manhattan Riley County Police Captain Josh Kyle U.S. Congressman Roger Marshall of Kansas
The first cornerstone of the 2018 Farm Bill was laid in McCain Auditorium on Thursday afternoon. In a time of slumping commodity prices and trade uncertainty, members of the Senate Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry turned to Kansas producers on advice for next years’ update. U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Deb Stabenow (D-MI) chose Kansas State University as the site for the first field hearing. Later this spring, the chairman and ranking member will pay a visit to Michigan State University for another round of panel discussions from producers. In a media briefing before the 2 p.m. hearing,…
Riley County commissioners past and present haven’t held back their disdain for Topeka. But Thursday morning, commission chairman Ron Wells went further than that during discussion concerning steps the board approved to further explore plans to replace the county’s aged emergency radio system. Commissioners learned a new system could come with a $9.9 million price tag. The decades-old system county emergency personnel and police officers use fails in many spots throughout the county. “Instead of trying to withhold funds (from the state),” Wells said. “Go ahead and file a suit against the state of Kansas to quit taking the money that belongs…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the status of three maintenance projects scheduled to begin in the near future at Tuttle Creek Dam. These three maintenance projects include Kansas State Highway 13 Spillway Bridge Deck Replacement, Service Gates 3 & 4 Rehabilitation and Stilling Basin Rehabilitation projects. Spillway Bridge Deck Replacement Project: The Tuttle Creek Spillway Bridge carries highway K-13 traffic across the emergency spillway and dam of Tuttle Creek Lake. The bridge has a deteriorated concrete deck which will be demolished and replaced. The design of the deck replacement was completed by the Corps, including coordination with…
Today’s guests were Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole, K-State President Richard Myers, and Kristin Cottam, director of the Mercy Community Heath Foundation. Robbin Cole: President Richard Myers: Kristin Cottam: