Today’s guests on In Focus were: Sarah Duggan and Becky Fitzgerald with Meadowlark Hills Brad Everett with Festival of Lights at Blue Earth Plaza Marisol Romo with “Candy Canes and Airplanes” – a Girl Scout event at Manhattan Regional Airport Kansas Farm Bureau Board Member Glenn Brunkow of Pottawatomie County
Author: KMAN Staff
Several arrests were reported by Riley County Police Thanksgiving morning. Codey Lindquist, 18, of Manhattan was taken into custody on charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, and indecent and electronic solicitation involving a child. The case relates to an earlier reported incident involving two alleged consensual teens, with one under 16 years old. Lindquist was arrested Wednesday afternoon with bond set at $20,000. ### Jase Stanton, 29, of Manhattan was arrested for offender registration. which involves failure to report accurately and in full information as required by the Kansas offender registry act. As earlier reported by…
A Clay Center woman was taken to the hospital following an accident on I-70 Thursday afternoon. Samantha Hurst, 20, was westbound on I-70 about a mile west of Junction City when she lost control of the 2012 Nissan Altima she was driving due to the wet road, went across the median, and slid into the south ditch. Hurst was taken to Geary Community Hospital with a possible injury. The accident was reported at 4:20 p.m.
\ (Photo Courtesy of National Weather Service, Topeka) The Freezing line late Thursday night extended from Valley Falls, to Topeka, to east of Burlington. West of this line periods of freezing rain with isolated sleet showers were occurring. Road temperatures will continue to cool and ice will begin forming on roadways through the night. The freezing line will gradually move southeast across the remainder of east central Kansas through the early morning hours of Friday, which will begin to turn the rain across the remainder of east central Kansas over to periods of freezing rain. Motorists should use caution as…
A man draped in an American flag climbed over the fence at the White House on Thursday, prompting a lockdown as the first family celebrated Thanksgiving. An eyewitness spoke to the Associated Press about what she saw.
US troops stationed in Afghanistan celebrated Thanksgiving Day with their NATO partners on Thursday at the Resolute Support (RS) headquarters in Kabul.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Prosecutors are seeking to remove a member of the Topeka City Council over child abuse allegations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County prosecutors filed a civil action Tuesday seeking first to suspend and then to oust Jonathan Robert Schumm. Court records show that the 34-year-old is accused of choking a child and threatening to “kill him” the next time. Schumm and his wife are charged in Shawnee County District Court on charges of aggravated battery or, in the alternative, abuse of a child. Both are free on bond. The Schumms have 16 children, including four who are…
(Photo courtesy National Weather Service, Topeka, Kansas) Hazardous Travel Conditions Expected during the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend!** Moderate to heavy rain is expected through much of Thanksgiving Day, with rainfall accumulations upwards of 1-2” likely. However, as a strong cold front moves through the area today, temperatures will quickly plunge to around or below the freezing mark from northwest to southeast. As a result, this rain will gradually transition to a mix of rain, freezing rain, and sleet from this afternoon through Friday morning. Freezing rain, sleet, and even some light snow (far northern KS only) will be possible Friday and…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications In its final home match of the season, K-State’s offense was slowed by No. 9 KU in Ahearn Field House on Wednesday as the Wildcats fell to the Jayhawks in four sets for the second time this season (25-22, 25-27, 25-15, 25-16). Dropping its second straight match to a top-10 opponent as well, the Wildcats (17-10, 9-6 Big 12) took 199 swings only to be subdued by 110 digs from KU (25-2, 13-2 Big 12). The attacks by K-State were its most in a four-set match since 2009 while the digs by the Jayhawks…
By Randy Peterson, K-State Athletics Communications Kansas State used a solid second half to record a 59-47 win over Southern on Wednesday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats have now won six straight home games in the month of November. K-State shot a cool 33.3 percent in the first quarter on the way to a 16-13 lead. Jessica Sheble and Kelly Thomson each help the Wildcats build a pair of four-point leads in the opening period, as Sheble connected on a layup and Thomson buried a 3-pointer from the corner. The Wildcats cold shooting continued into the second quarter, as…