Today’s episode of In Focus was another edition of Open Phones.
Author: KMAN Staff
An early-morning fire in Ogden kept area fire crews busy on Tuesday morning. Police reported a fire at a three-story apartment building in the 600 block of Walnut street which appears to have been started after a vehicle became engulfed in flames. “We had about $80,000 worth of damage to the side of the building,” said Pat Collins, Riley County Emergency Management Director. Collins notes most of the damage is external, while two apartments did suffer some fire and smoke damage. Fifteen residents were taken to the Ogden Community Center where the American Red Cross had set up accommodations. Fire…
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) The Big 12 Conference has decided against expansion from its current 10 members. The announcement came after a six-hour meeting Monday with the conference’s university presidents and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. The Big 12 has been analyzing expansion options for the last three months, but it never made a commitment to expand. Conference officials held interviews in September with Air Force and Colorado State from the Mountain West; Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, South Florida, SMU and Tulane from the American Athletic Conference; and BYU, which is a football independent with its other sports in the West Coast…
John Kurtz and the Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson break down the Wildcats’ loss to Oklahoma. Plus, we talk to Jordan Willis and Joe Hubener, look at K-State soccer, basketball, and volleyball, and bring you the latest in Big 12 expansion talks. Also, we talk about K-State’s upcoming matchup against Texas.
UPDATED Tuesday 4:04 p.m.: Fire investigators say the improper disposal of smoking materials were to blame for Monday’s apartment fire at Founders Hill in Manhattan. Officials with the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Manhattan Fire Department, Fort Riley Department and the Junction City Fire Department concluded the investigation Tuesday afternoon. Investigators determined that the fire started on the second floor balcony in the southwest corner of building “G” of the complex near the intersection of College Avenue and Claflin Road. The fire quickly spread up the building, pushed by strong southerly winds, by means of the balconies above and had reached the…
Terrorism came a little too close to home, with a Manhattan resident making a connection with the Garden City arrests this past week. K-MAN earlier Monday identified Gavin Wayne Wright as a former Manhattan man charged with the alleged Garden City bomb plot and Manhattan resident Bud Valerius confirmed at Monday’s later Riley County Law Board meeting that Gavin Wright was an ex-employee electrician of his which concerned him. Law Board member Karen McCulloh noted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh lived in the area also and it’s important to educate people about what’s going on. She also noted many Somalis, who…
WICHITA — The family of one of three men accused of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in western Kansas says they are “extremely grateful” to law enforcement for intervening. Patrick Eugene Stein’s family issued a statement Monday through their lawyer, Dan Monnat, saying they were shocked and devastated to learn of the alleged plot. They say they do “not support discrimination of any sort and have never advocated or condoned violence as a solution to differences.” Prosecutors allege that Stein, Curtis Wayne Allen and Gavin Wayne Wright were part of an anti-Muslim, anti-government and anti-immigrant militia group called “the Crusaders” and that…
LAWRENCE — Students at two high schools in Lawrence are being given access to free condoms at their school’s health offices. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that that the dispensers could become available as early as this week at Lawrence High School and Free State High School. Students will be able to get the condoms without parental permission as part of a partnership between the school district and the county health department. The dispensers will be installed in the bathrooms of each school’s health office, and students also will be taught how to safely and effectively use the condoms with this fall’s sexuality education…
A 55-year-old homeless man was arrested Friday. Crockett McElhaney was arrested on the offense of probation violation which was listed on a warrant from Shawnee County. He was given “no bond”. Police arrested 22-year-old Joseph McDonald, of Manhattan, Saturday. McDonald was arrested on three offenses of failure to appear which were listed on warrants with original offenses of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as well as criminal damage to property. McDonald was given a total bond of $15,000.00. A 21-year-old female was the victim of both battery and sexual battery in Manhattan early Sunday morning. RCPD was told that…
FORT RILEY, Kansas – The 1st Infantry Division will host a joint ceremony to welcome Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin as the new “Big Red One” commanding general and to case its colors ahead of a nine-month deployment to Iraq and Kuwait. The Assumption of Command and Casing Ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 on Fort Riley’s Cavalry Parade Field. “I’m excited to be leading the 1st Infantry Division as we once again answer the nation’s call,” Martin said. “This is the third time I have had the opportunity to serve at and deploy from Fort Riley…