The guests on today’s In Focus were: Donald Saucier, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at K-State. He spoke about the recent shooting in Oregon. Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson on Medicare Open Enrollment Christie Brungardt from Hays, Kan. who lost a daughter (Jana Mackey) to murder by ex-boyfriend. Helping Crisis Center open Silent Witness Ceremony. Manhattan Fire Marshal Rick Stillwagon on fire prevention week and MFD open house.
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Hundreds of state workers have been shuffled into new positions at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other agencies. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that documents show Gov. Sam Brownback ordered the moves based on a study the effected workers haven’t seen. Kansas Organization of State Employees director Rebecca Proctor says that without seeing the study, workers are left in the dark. An executive directive signed last week by Brownback abolishes 18 job classifications and replaces them with 16 new classifications. The positions affected range from environmental technicians to geologists and program services managers. KDHE spokeswoman…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State University is commemorating the 45th anniversary of a crash that killed 31 people aboard a plane carrying the school’s football team. KAKE-TV reports that the ceremony gets started Friday morning. The crash of the plane carrying the team’s starters happened on Oct. 2, 1970, in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Among the dead were 14 players, coach Ben Wilson and his wife, boosters, administrators and three crew members. Nine survived, eight of them players. Another charter plane, carrying reserve players and other coaches took a different route and landed safely in Logan, Utah, where the…
AP-KS–SymphonyintheFlin COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan. (AP) An annual event that brings the Kansas City Symphony to the Flint Hills will use a remote central Kansas pasture for next year’s performance. The Kansas City Star reports that the spot near Clements in Chase County is the same location used in 2010 for the popular sunset performance. The theme of the June 11, 2016, concert is “The Future of the Flint Hills.” Tickets for the show will cost $94 for adults and $50 for children under 12. They will go on sale in early spring.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft of a motor vehicle in the 1000 block of Humboldt Street in Manhattan on October 1, 2015 at approximately 7:20 AM. Police found that a 1997 red Honda Civic valued at approximately $2,000.00 was removed from an apartment complex parking lot without the owner’s permission. The victim in this investigation is listed as being Joseph Green, 29, of Manhattan. The vehicle was unsecured at the time of this crime and police were told it had Missouri license plates. If you have information about this crime contact the Manhattan…
CHICAGO (AP)– Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost was sitting in his office in the visiting clubhouse when White Sox broadcaster Ken Harrelson walked in and offered him a lucky gold coin. Yost accepted the present with a big grin. After all, he could use a little help with all of the Royals’ bumps and bruises. Jonny Gomes drove in three runs, and the banged-up Royals moved into a tie with Toronto for the AL’s best record with a 6-4 victory over Chicago on Thursday. Kansas City played without outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Rios on a windy, cold night,…
Oregon Governor Kate Brown says that the gunman in a deadly community college shooting is now deceased and was 20-year-old male suspect.
Riley County commissioners were updated on the housing market Thursday morning. County Appraiser Greg McHenry reported that the market continues to be steady and slightly ahead of last year’s pace. So far McHenry’s office has recorded 1,002 real estate sales in 2015 through Sept. 28. The median sale price was $188,000 while the average sale price was $202,881. McHenry’s median residential sales ratio — which compares the midpoint of county values divided by actual sales prices — is currently 97 percent. “The significant part of that is when we set our values on Jan. 1, we were closer to the 100 percent mark,”…
The Kansas State University Police Department responded to an unusual call Tuesday evening. At around 7 p.m. K-State police were called to a residence hall regarding a report of a nude male who was causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, the officers detained the suspect, who was later transported to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. K-State Police are continuing their investigation.