Ten inmates were killed in a fire that destroyed a dormitory at a maximum security prison in the central Philippines, officials said on Friday.
Author: KMAN Staff
With the House in upheaval over who will be the next Speaker, the Freedom Caucus is using its influence to have a say in who will be the GOP nominee. But whoever it is, the new Speaker will have to try and unite a divided party.
An accident in Pottawatomie County Thursday morning sent two people to the hospital. John Rookstool, 62, of Wamego was taken to St. Mary’s and Jeffrey Freeman, 52, of Topeka was taken to St. Mary’s and then Stormont Vail in Topeka following the accident on Maple Hill Road, one mile south of St. Mary’s. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports the 8:55 a.m. accident occurred when a 1997 Ford Pickup driven by Rookstool was southbound on Maple Hill Road. A 2014 Dodge Truck driven by Freeman was northbound on Maple Hill, but for an unknown reason Freeman’s truck was left of center. Rookstool…
Star of the stage and screen Shirely MacLaine spoke with KMAN Thursday morning to promote her visit to the Little Apple Sunday night, where she will be featured at McCain Auditorium for “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine.” Her full interview with KMAN’s Cathy Dawes can be heard by clicking the play button below.
Riley County EMS will soon receive two new ambulances to add to its fleet. County commissioners approved the purchases Thursday morning and the vehicles will cost $242,336 each. The ambulances were bought from Horton Ambulance Company and is a business the county has purchased vehicles from in the past. Riley County EMS Director Larry Couchman said there were cheaper alternatives, but was told by his staff to stay with Horton and their Freightliner chassis due to their reliability. “Our county shops are extremely supportive,” he said. “In fact, we were actually looking at a different chassis that was a little less expensive…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The head of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue says his organization and the Center for Medical Progress are “taking down” Planned Parenthood on a $120,000 budget. That is the amount he says was raised over three years for the undercover video operation that has set off a national uproar over use of tissue from aborted fetuses. Operation Rescue president Troy Newman also serves as secretary of the California-based center that released the hidden-camera videos. Newman cited the undercover operation and its cost Thursday while calling Wichita-based Operation Rescue the most effective anti-abortion organizations in the country on…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court has chosen not to hear an appeal of a case addressing the validity of a petition drive seeking a public vote on Topeka’s proposed purchase of Heartland Park Topeka. The court on Wednesday denied Chris Imming’s petition seeking a review of a Kansas appeals court decision that went against the Topeka resident, who led the petition drive. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1VHqeGR ) reports Imming, the city and Jayhawk Racing have tried to get the Kansas Supreme Court to hear the case, even though Topeka’s city council voted May 5 not to buy Heartland…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with head administrators from Manhattan Catholic Schools as well as Flint Hills Christian School on Thursday’s InFocus. Employment Readiness Program Manager, Kristina Springer on Fort Riley also spoke on the program. Christina Springer InFocus Part 1
The name of a Fort Riley Soldier killed in an accident Thursday morning has been released by the Kansas Highway Patrol. Thomas Packer, 26, was involved in an accident at approximately 3:30 AM. Packer was driving southbound on US Highway 77, when he ran into a semi truck traveling northbound. Packer left the west edge of the roadway and entered the ditch, and according to the KHP he over-corrected back onto the road, causing the semi truck to strike his Ford F-150 on the passenger side. Both vehicles then came to a stop in the ditch. Packer was pronounced deceased at the scene at approximately 5:30 AM. The KHP…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department are investigating a report of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy which occurred in the south eastern portion of Manhattan. Officers met with a 19-year-old female victim who is said to have been forced to have sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old male suspect who is known to her. Officers continue to investigate the matter and at the time of this report no arrests had been made. Due to the nature of this investigation no further information has been released. This incident was reported as happening in the overnight hours of Sunday.