The Baltimore mayor fired the troubled city’s police commissioner Wednesday, saying that a recent spike in homicide rates weeks after a black man died of injuries in police custody required a change in leadership.
Author: KMAN Staff
It was already a tough day in the market when an unexpected glitch shut down floor trading at the New York Stock Exchange.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy Spoke with: USD 320 Wamego Supt. Denise O’Dea, and USD 323 Rock Creek Supt. Darrel Stufflebeam: Lindsay Smith, Exhibitions Designer with “Cairns on the Beach” at K-State’s Beach Museum of Art:
Emergency personnel responded to the 11000 block of Rimrock Road in Manhattan on Tuesday at approximately 1:40 a.m. for a report of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. When responding officers arrived they found Donald Pickering, 65, of Manhattan was deceased. Pickering contacted the Riley County Police Department Communications Center Dispatch prior to his death, however, he did not express a desire to harm himself at that time. Police do not suspect foul play based on information and evidence collected at the scene. Officials also confirmed the public is not in danger as a result of this death. ### A 55-year-old Manhattan woman faces…
The Wamego City Commission approved a salary adjustment for all positions at Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page said they periodically performed salary surveys with a core group of comparable cities competitive wages. Page said the overall analysis show the need for a salary adjustment for all positions, excluding the City Manager. Page asked the Commission to approve $20,000 for a mid-year salary adjustment for the current pay period. Approval was given by a vote of 5 to 0. In other business, the Commission approved the purchase of a new John Deere Gator TX from Concordia Tractor, Inc., (CTI) for…
Hundreds of daredevils on Wednesday dashed alongside fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the second bull run of the annual San Fermin festival.
A law enforcement official says the weapon used in the shooting death of a woman on a San Francisco pier belonged to a federal agent. Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday.
On February 8, 2011, Manhattan became just the second city in Kansas — the other Lawrence — to add sexual orientation to it’s anti-discrimination ordinance. Then in May of the same year, the Manhattan city commission repealed the change after April elections altered the commission’s makeup. Tuesday night — and almost into Wednesday morning — the issue was revisited to a certain degree. At the very end of a long night, Mayor Karen McCulloh made a motion to add sexual orientation as a protected class to the city’s anti-discrimination hiring policy. McCulloh cited the recent gay marriage ruling by the U.S. Supreme…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two bases-loaded hits. Two wins for Kansas City in a span of just a few hours. Paulo Orlando belted a game-ending grand slam to give the Royals a 9-5 victory over Tampa Bay in the opener of a day-night doubleheader, and Alcides Escobar had a bases-clearing double to help them to a 7-1 win over the Rays in the nightcap on Tuesday. Along the way, Alex Gordon was on base eight times with seven hits and six RBI, raising his batting average 18 points to .280. Greg Holland (3-0) and Brandon Finnegan (2-0) each earned…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Paulo Orlando was biding his time in Triple-A, hoping to be recalled by the Royals when the rosters expand in September, when he got a call from them over the weekend. He was headed back to Kansas City for the second time this season. The timing turned out to be perfect. In his first game back, the Brazilian outfielder hit a grand slam in the ninth inning off All-Star closer Brad Boxberger, giving the Royals a 9-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. “I just prepared in…