Kansas State University Police and emergency personnel from the Manhattan Fire Department and Riley County EMS responded to the Seaton Hall construction site on the Manhattan campus for a workplace accident shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday. A male worker was injured after a fall at the construction site. He was taken to Manhattan’s Via Christi Hospital. Members of the K-State Environmental Health and Safety team also responded. The accident is under investigation.
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KMAN’s Cathy Dawes visits with Manhattan/Ogden’s new Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Lacee Sell and USD 383 School Board Vice-President Pat Hudgins: https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0720-IF-383-2.mp3 Also on In Focus, Cathy visits with Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram: https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0720-IF-MCC-1.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0720-IF-MCC-2.mp3
The 2016 Solar Car Challenge makes a stop in Manhattan for the day. High School students from all over the country have been making their way from state to state in these solar powered cars they built themselves. As drive to their destination Minneapolis, Minnesota, the students made a pit stop to work on their cars and talk to the media. One student from the Iron Lions team from Greenville, Texas, Anakin Settle, said that they have completed over 140 miles in their car. The Solar Car Challenge was designed to help students see the advantages of renewable energy and…
The Wamego City Commission heard the results of the 2015 audit at Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page introduced Reece and Novelly’s Michele Morton, who went over the 2015 audit for the City of Wamego. According to Morton, the audit showed no unmodified opinions and no major changes in the City’s cash position from last year. In the auditor’s notes, Morton said there were no non-compliance issues and no deficiencies. However, the auditors did suggest some procedural changes in the Police Department, Library and Fire Department. Those changes included cross-training of staff, training in accounting and internal controls for an…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for arson in the 600 block of Kearney Street on Wednesday at approximately 4:30 AM. Police on scene found a roll off construction dumpster had been set on fire cause approximately $500 worth of damage. The fire was set by an unknown subject(s) and police are asking anything with information to contact the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Manhattan Fire Department extinguished the flames with no damage to surrounding structures.
“Once this ordinance is approved, the battle is not over, because while we can come up here and pass an ordinance for accommodation, we can’t pass an ordinance for acceptance. Culture change is slow, but it changes with good education and dialogue. So I would just ask all those of you who have participated so well and so far to think about how we go about bringing everybody along in a way that needs to be happening and in a way that is comfortable for everybody.” – Mike Dodson, Manhattan City Commissioner The first reading of anti-discrimination ordinance was approved…
TOPEKA — The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission sent the names of three candidates for district court judge to Gov. Sam Brownback, who has 60 days to decide who will fill a vacancy created when Riley County Judge David L. Stutzman stepped down June 3 to accept a senior judge assignment. The three candidates are: Grant Bannister of Manhattan, who is a law partner with Knopp & Bannister, P.A. Kendra Spaeth Lewison of Manhattan, who is assistant county attorney with the Riley County Attorney’s Office. Phylemon Chuen-Man Yau of Manhattan, who is a public defender with the North Central Regional Office of the State Board of…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Latest on the shooting of a police officer in Kansas City, Kansas (all times local): 5:20 p.m. A spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the agency has about 20 agents on the scene of a fatal shooting of a Kansas City, Kansas, officer. Spokesman John Ham said the ATF will provide help with ballistics if required, but are currently assisting with the investigation. Ham also called it a “large crime scene.” Authorities say 46-year-old Capt. Robert Melton was shot multiple times in his vehicle on Tuesday afternoon when…
A prominent Manhattan businessman and former K-State back-up quarterback Zachary Burton was in the Riley County District Courthouse for a status hearing Tuesday afternoon. Burton, who owns Fieldhouse Development, Inc., was arrested on four counts of unlawful sexual relations with a female student on June 7. Burton, 38, will return to court Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. for a preliminary hearing in front of Judge William Malcolm. Burton was an assistant boys’ basketball coach and substitute teacher at Riley County USD 378. All four of his charges begin Dec. 1, 2015 but each with different ending dates of Dec. 31, 2015, Jan.…
The Kaw Valley Rodeo Association’s 10th annual Tough Enough to Wear Pink Rodeo will be at 8 p.m. Friday, July 22, at Wells Arena in Manhattan’s CiCo Park. The event honors cancer survivors and raises awareness and funds for Kansas State University’s Johnson Cancer Research Center. The Tough Enough to Wear Pink Rodeo is part of the three-day Kaw Valley PRCA Rodeo, July 21-23. The rodeo is in conjunction with the Riley County Fair, July 21-25. A portion of Friday night’s rodeo ticket sales will go to the cancer research center. “We want rodeo fans to pack the arena with…