Author: KMAN Staff

An adaptive athlete from Belarus ran for faith, hope, and love in the C. Clyde Run 5K on Saturday. It was in first receiving those things however, that now has her sharing them with others Tanya Khvitsko met C. Clyde Jones, the first dean of the Kansas State College of Business, when she was 5 years old. The two met through Project Restoration, and organization that provides physical, emotional, and spiritual assistance in the Republic of Belarus – the country most affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. As a result of the nuclear event, Tanya was born with deformed fingers and missing…

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins clubhouse, clouded so often this season by fog machines for the post-victory dance parties, was crystal clear and eerily quiet following the 160th game on the schedule. This postseason bid by the upstart Twins took a big hit. Ben Zobrist hit an RBI double in the eighth inning against struggling All-Star Glen Perkins, and the Kansas City Royals topped the Twins 3-1 on Friday night behind a strong start from Chris Young. “You can feel it,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “It’s deflating for sure.” Perkins, hampered by neck and back trouble that led…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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