Today’s guest on In Focus was Riley County Police Captain Tim Hegarty.
Author: KMAN Staff
A four year old Riley County marijuana possession case that reached the Kansas Court of Appeals level, resulted in an unpublished opinion Friday. The case involves a St. George woman from May of 2011. Aliyah Stephens challenged her felony conviction for possession of marijuana and the resulting sentence on the grounds that her waiver of her constiutional right to a jury trial was infirm. The State Court of Appeals found, with one dissenting opinion, that the Riley County District Court did not adequately inform Stephens of her jury trial right, adding the district court’s brief discussion at Stephens’ arraignment was inadequate.…
The Faculty Senate of Kansas State University has just announced the upcoming 2015 State of the University address. President Kirk Schulz will present the address at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, in the Alumni Center Ballroom in Manhattan and at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in the College Center conference room at the Salina campus. The address will be followed by an open forum serving as an opportunity for discussion with President Schulz. The events will be video streamed online for those who are not able to attend in person. The link will become active just prior to each event.
Former co-workers are remembering Virginia gunman Vester Flanagan’s angry outbursts and perceived slights. Flanagan killed a TV reporter and a cameraman on Wednesday before taking his own life. (
For many New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, going back was either too frightening or didn’t make sense. Many of the diaspora decided to make Houston their home, but they’ve found a way to bring a bit of New Orleans with them.
Members of the Manhattan community came out in full force once again, as project officials with the Wildcat Creek Watershed Resiliency Project hosted an Idea Workshop, Thursday night. Voices filled the room at city hall, as ideas – much like the creek itself, began to flow. The overall goal of the meeting was to get input from the community on how the area could be redeveloped into an amenity, should the county receive $40,000,000.00 in block grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) National Resiliency Competition. As KMAN previously reported the project…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas says it’s reached a settlement agreement over the release of documents to a student group looking for ties between an economic research center and Charles and David Koch. Art Hall, a lecturer and executive director of the Center for Applied Economics in the University of Kansas School of Business, sued the university to prevent the release of emails, correspondence and notes to Students for a Sustainable Future. Hall previously was chief economist for the Public Sector Group of Koch Industries Inc. The case was set for trial in November. Under the agreement announced…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Yordano Ventura struck out a career-high 11 in just six innings, Paulo Orlando homered and the Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Thursday. Ventura (9-7) allowed two hits and four walks to improve to 5-0 in his last seven starts. The Royals’ usually solid bullpen nearly gave it away, though. Kelvin Herrera served up a homer to Ryan Flaherty in the seventh, and Greg Holland allowed two more runs in the ninth before getting Gerardo Parra to ground out with a runner on to end the game. Chris Tillman…
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Erika took an unexpected shift to the south, increasing the risk of a dangerous impact to the island of Hispaniola. The storm’s interaction with that island could have a big impact on how much of a threat it is to Florida.