Pottawatomie and Riley County emergency officials are reporting substantial tree damage from the quickly moving early morning storm. KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Pottawatomie County Emergency Management Director Chris Trudo: Cathy also spoke with Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison: Photos sent into KMAN from the affected areas:
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A Wamgeo native serving in the U.S. Navy, is participating in the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC). Petty Officer 1st Class Korhy Flanary is a culinary specialist aboard USS Chung-Hoon, currently operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. According to Navy officials, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. This year will be the 25th exercise since its beginning in 1971. The theme for this year is “Capable, Adaptive, Partners,” Navy officials…
A researcher with Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will use a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Health Institutes of Health to work on a vaccine for E. coli-associated diarrhea for both humans and animals. The grant to Weiping Zhang, professor of microbiology, is his third in three years to develop vaccines for E. coli diarrhea. Zhang said diarrhea is a leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age, and that enterotoxigenic E. coli, or ETEC, is one of the most common bacterial causes of diarrhea in children. “Currently, there are no available vaccines…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for and are now investigating aggravated criminal sodomy involving a 7-year-old male victim and a 12-year-old male suspect. The suspect and victim in this investigation are known to each other. Due to the nature of this investigation no further information was released on this incident which took place in Manhattan.
The Manhattan City Commission may approve funding for a mental health professional to interface with law enforcement and the community. “It’s not just Pawnee Mental Health or the PD that’s asking for this position, it’s the community that’s asking for this position,” said Jeremy Boyle, director of crisis services for Pawnee Mental Health. During Tuesday Night’s fourth 2017 budget work session, Riley County Police Director, Brad Schoen said mental illness cannot be ignored. “I’ve been saying for years that ultimately it was going to come to this point where communities are going to realize that they have to do something about…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez made sure the Kansas City Royals will start at home, sweet, home if they get a chance to defend their World Series title. The Royals duo homered off former Kansas City teammate Johnny Cueto during a six-pitch span in the second inning, Hosmer added an RBI single to become MVP of the All-Star Game and the American League beat the Nationals 4-2 Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. David Ortiz found himself in the middle of the most touching moment at Petco Park, embraced by his AL teammates near first…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Riley County Commission Chair Ben Wilson and Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison.
As KMAN earlier reported, Riley County EMS has lost long-time director Larry Couchman, after 27 years of service with the agency. Couchman will now oversee the Via Christi Hospital Emergency Department on a full time basis. Director of Pottawatomie County EMS David Adams will now manage both Riley and Pottawatomie EMS services. Adams is a past employee of Riley County EMS and is being welcomed back to the Riley County EMS.
SKIATOOK, Okla. — Crews have recovered the body of a Kansas man who disappeared while swimming in Lake Skiatook on the Fourth of July. Tulsa television station KOTV reports that 36-year-old Chance Humble of Coffeyville disappeared at a swimming area at the lake in Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma. Witnesses say Humble jumped off a boat to go swimming, resurfaced, threw his hat onto the sundeck of the boat then went under again and did not come back up. Authorities say Humble’s body was found about 200 yards down the lake shore from that area around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officials say the…
TOPEKA — A Kansas board has approved a temporary rule requiring county election officials to throw out thousands of votes cast in state and local races by people who have registered without providing proof of their U.S. citizenship. The State Rules and Regulations Board’s action Tuesday came only a day before Kansas opens advance voting for its Aug. 2 primary. The rule was sought by Secretary of State Kris Kobach and will be in effect for 120 days, through the Nov. 8 general election. The affected voters registered at motor vehicle offices without providing citizenship papers as required by a 2013 state…