The Coast Guard is pulling out the stops in searching for a freighter with 33 crew members that’s gone missing near the center of Hurricane Joaquin. Officials say the ship went out of radio contact near the eye of the storm.
Author: KMAN Staff
The atmosphere was solemn Friday as the clock struck noon and rang out on the Riley County Courthouse Plaza. The clock’s bells reverberated off the metal of a dozen red silhouettes of domestic violence victims, each with a plaque around their necks describing why they’re represented by art instead of their living physical bodies. For years the Riley County Domestic Violence Task Force has performed this ceremony every October, which also happens to be National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It also comes 24 hours after the country was shaken by another mass shooting — another violent act — that took the…
A Thursday accident in Pottawatomie County sent two people to the hospital, including one who was life-flighted to a Topeka facility. Sheriff Greg Riat announced Friday afternoon that at about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and Fire and Rescue responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle accident just east of the intersection of Salzer Road and Highway 24. A red Chevy Cobalt driven by Raymond Brase of Wamego was westbound on Highway 24, making a left turn off of Highway 24 onto Salzer Road. When the Cobalt was crossing the eastbound lane of 24, it was…
A Thursday accident in Pottawatomie County sent two people to the hospital, including one who was life-flighted to a Topeka facility. Sheriff Greg Riat announced Friday afternoon that at about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and Fire and Rescue responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle accident just east of the intersection of Salzer Road and Highway 24. A red Chevy Cobalt driven by Raymond Brase of Wamego was westbound on Highway 24, making a left turn off of Highway 24 onto Salzer Road. When the Cobalt was crossing the eastbound lane of 24, it was…
A Thursday accident in Pottawatomie County sent two people to the hospital, including one who was life-flighted to a Topeka facility. Sheriff Greg Riat announced Friday afternoon that at about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and Fire and Rescue responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle accident just east of the intersection of Salzer Road and Highway 24. A red Chevy Cobalt driven by Raymond Brase of Wamego was westbound on Highway 24, making a left turn off of Highway 24 onto Salzer Road. When the Cobalt was crossing the eastbound lane of 24, it was…
The guests on today’s In Focus were: Donald Saucier, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at K-State. He spoke about the recent shooting in Oregon. Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson on Medicare Open Enrollment Christie Brungardt from Hays, Kan. who lost a daughter (Jana Mackey) to murder by ex-boyfriend. Helping Crisis Center open Silent Witness Ceremony. Manhattan Fire Marshal Rick Stillwagon on fire prevention week and MFD open house.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Hundreds of state workers have been shuffled into new positions at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other agencies. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that documents show Gov. Sam Brownback ordered the moves based on a study the effected workers haven’t seen. Kansas Organization of State Employees director Rebecca Proctor says that without seeing the study, workers are left in the dark. An executive directive signed last week by Brownback abolishes 18 job classifications and replaces them with 16 new classifications. The positions affected range from environmental technicians to geologists and program services managers. KDHE spokeswoman…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State University is commemorating the 45th anniversary of a crash that killed 31 people aboard a plane carrying the school’s football team. KAKE-TV reports that the ceremony gets started Friday morning. The crash of the plane carrying the team’s starters happened on Oct. 2, 1970, in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Among the dead were 14 players, coach Ben Wilson and his wife, boosters, administrators and three crew members. Nine survived, eight of them players. Another charter plane, carrying reserve players and other coaches took a different route and landed safely in Logan, Utah, where the…
AP-KS–SymphonyintheFlin COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan. (AP) An annual event that brings the Kansas City Symphony to the Flint Hills will use a remote central Kansas pasture for next year’s performance. The Kansas City Star reports that the spot near Clements in Chase County is the same location used in 2010 for the popular sunset performance. The theme of the June 11, 2016, concert is “The Future of the Flint Hills.” Tickets for the show will cost $94 for adults and $50 for children under 12. They will go on sale in early spring.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft of a motor vehicle in the 1000 block of Humboldt Street in Manhattan on October 1, 2015 at approximately 7:20 AM. Police found that a 1997 red Honda Civic valued at approximately $2,000.00 was removed from an apartment complex parking lot without the owner’s permission. The victim in this investigation is listed as being Joseph Green, 29, of Manhattan. The vehicle was unsecured at the time of this crime and police were told it had Missouri license plates. If you have information about this crime contact the Manhattan…