(Article written by Margaret Ziffer, Fort Riley Public Affairs) Fort Riley’s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation has been named by the National Association of Parks and Recreation as a 2016 Gold Medal Award finalist in the Armed Forces Recreation category. Fort Riley and the other finalists will compete for Grand Plaque Award honors this summer; winners will be announced live during the NRPA Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 6-7. This announcement comes along with several other 2015 achievements listed by Fort Riley officials. Competing against all other installations Army-wide, Fort Riley’s DFMWR won all categories in which…
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guests on In Focus were: St. Rep. Sydney Carlin of Manhattan Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson Fred Stork with Stamp Out Hunger Randi Dale, Dave Fiser, Hunter Sprong, Stephen Kucera on Peace Memorial events
Riley County police are investigating the death of an infant Thursday. At approximately 9:19PM officers and additional emergency crews responded to the 500 block of Stone Drive in Manhattan for a report of an infant not breathing. Upon arrival emergency crews confirmed the infant was not breathing and began resuscitaion efforts. Unfortunately, the infant was not revived and was later pronounced dead at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. RCPD officials indicate an investigation into the death is on-going at this time. ### On May 6, 2016 at approximately 1:52AM officers responded to 2401 Stadium Place Manhattan, KS for a report…
Finals week is approaching for K-State students, and the campus’ Union Program Council decided to help the community get over the hump on Wednesday by offering free camel rides in Bosco Plaza. (photos provided by UPC)
Cranes and construction can be seen in Manhattan as you drive past the K-State campus on Kimball Avenue. In five years, the National Bio and Agri Defense will be prepared to begin operations. However, to run a Homeland Security laboratory, you’re going to need quite a few scientists and researchers. Lyle Butler, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce President, recently traveled to the current NBAF lab at Plum Island, New York, which sits on the eastern edge of Long Island. Butler advocated for Manhattan by introducing more than 100 scientists to what the Little Apple has to offer. KMAN’s interview with Butler…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – An educator and farmer who previously ran against congressman Tim Huelskamp as a Republican is now planning to run in the 1st District of Kansas as an independent candidate. Alan LaPolice of Clyde announced Thursday that he is leaving what he called a failed political system to run as an independent. He said outsiders must get elected to change Washington. LaPolice also said he’s never been truly welcomed into the Kansas Republican Party. He received 45 percent of the vote against Huelskamp in the Republican primary in 2014. But this year, Great Bend physician Roger Marshall…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Federal court documents show that a 29-year-old Topeka man plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with a plot last year to bomb the Fort Riley military base. Alexander E. Blair’s attorney filed a request Thursday to change the not guilty plea entered for him last year by a federal magistrate. A change-of-plea hearing is May 23. Blair is charged with helping John T. Booker Jr., 21, of Topeka in planning to plant a bomb outside the Army installation in northeast Kansas to aid the Islamic State group. Blair could face up to…
TOPEKA — A top Republican in the Kansas Senate says he made a mistake in supporting Gov. Sam Brownback’s 2012 income tax cuts and will not seek re-election because of the state’s political climate. Sen. Vice President Jeff King of Independence was the only member of Senate leadership to vote this week against a budget that will require Brownback to make more cuts in order to balance. The Wichita Eagle reports King played a major role in reforming the state’s pension system during the governor’s first term. He strongly objected to the Legislature’s decision to delay a $96 million payment to the…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes talks with representatives from K-State’s Global Campus along with several representatives from the Flint Hills Job Corps.
A Wamego man who was taken into custody in March regarding a threatening post on social media was in Pottawatomie County Court earlier this week. Erik Billis is now set for a pre-trial hearing September 15th, with a jury trial on the 22nd of that month. Billis was arrested after allegedly making a threat against co-workers at Caterpillar in Wamego on social media, with a Facebook post saying he had officially snapped with mention of a shooting spree at his place of work. Billis was taken into custody without incident at the time and reportedly cooperated with the investigation.