The organizers of Saturday’s 27th-annual Juneteenth celebration in Manhattan’s City Park knew there would be some people who wouldn’t shy away from playing in the water in the middle of a summer afternoon in the heartland. Teams competed in a car wash contest — with Rose Royce’s 1976 hit “Car Wash” playing in the background, of course — and the park wasn’t without vendors and community organizations. Members of the K-State men’s basketball team, the Riley County Police Department, the Manhattan Fire Department and a group of local kids participated in the car wash. The youth team of Kianna and Nakia Smalls, James…
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The K-State Women’s basketball team and coaching staff is hosting a special summer event on Sunday June 19th at Bramlage Coliseum from 4-6pm. There will be activities for all ages; face painting, a photo booth, and game stations to compete against Wildcat student athletes. Willie the Wildcat will be there, and the first 200 fans in attendance get a free ice cream sundae! The team will also be signing autographs. There will also be drawings for great prizes like courtside seats to the K-State vs UConn matchup this fall, and tickets to K-State Day at the Royals on June 24th.…
A Wamego man was arrested Friday night for three counts of aggravated incest. Martin Ray Johnson, 39, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Friday evening at 4400 River Pond Rd., which is in Tuttle Creek State Park just north of Manhattan. According to the arrest report from the Riley County Police Department, the victim is between the ages of 16 and 18. Johnson was released on a $50,000 bond.
“You never get credit for what doesn’t happen,” stated Andrew Weber, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy Coordinator for Ebola response at the US Department of State, when talking about the joint preventative efforts taken by the Health and Security departments. Weber was one of two top global experts in biological threats and international security who visited the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University on Wednesday. David Elliot, Lead in cooperative threat reduction at Defense Science and Technology Laboratories in the United Kingdom joined Weber on the panel. Weber got his start in the field when working in Kazakhstan. He played…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Riley County Extension Health, Nutrition, Food Safety Agent Ginny Barnard Debbie Nuss, Project/Communication Coordinator; Riley County Seniors’ Service Center Carol Adams and Lori Goodson with Summer STEM institute
The Kansas Board of Regents and the wider Kansas State University community have announced applications and nominations for the position of president are now invited. The 14th president of KSU will look to succeed Kirk Schulz, who was selected for the same job at Washington State University in March. Retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers was announced as K-State’s interim president in April. In a press release sent to KMAN, the board stated it seeks a proven leader who understands the unique mission of a land grant institution and promotes the value of the entire range of academic programs and…
The state’s May seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent. This was down from 3.8 percent in April and from 4.2 percent in May 2015. Unemployment in the Manhattan/Pottawatomie County/Junction City area increased from 3 percent in April to 4.1 percent in May. “The Kansas unemployment rate in May was 3.7 percent,” said Kansas Secretary of Labor, Lana Gordon. “Not only does this represent a steady decline in the state’s jobless rate over the past three months, but this is also the lowest rate we’ve seen in more than fifteen years.” The preliminary seasonally adjusted job estimates from the Kansas Department of Labor…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Cheyenne Schlaack, 24, of Milford, on Thursday at approximately 8:40 p.m. Schlaack was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on a warrant with the offenses of computer unlawful acts (false representation with damage) and theft of property or services. She was given a bond of $5,000 and at the time of this report she was not confined at the Riley County Jail. This warrant stems from and incident occurring between January and April 2016. Police arrested Zachary Rootring, 20, of Olsburg, on a warrant for the offenses of rape and aggravated…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are considering proposals to curb the power of the courts as they grapple with a recent state Supreme Court ruling on education funding. The state House and Senate judiciary committees were convening a joint meeting Friday to discuss proposed amendments to the state constitution to block the courts from threatening to close schools in education funding lawsuits. Lawmakers have two versions. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has called a special legislative session for next week to address the recent ruling that the state’s education funding system remains unfair to poor school districts. The justices warned that schools might not…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Lebron James scored 41 points, delivering another magnificent performance with no margin for error, Kyrie Irving added 23 and the Cavs sent the finals packing for California by beating the rattled Golden State Warriors 115-101 on Thursday night to even this unpredictable series and force a decisive finale. Cleveland saved its season for the second time in four days and will head back to Oakland’s Oracle Arena for Sunday’s climactic game with a chance to become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals, and give this title-starved city its first major sports…