Sunset Zoo released its attendance numbers for the year of 2014. These numbers, however, are significant to the zoo. They welcomed a record 79,269 visitors last year. Sunset Zoo has been a part of the Manhattan community for 82 years. Zoo director Scott Shoemaker says he and the Zoo staff are “blown away by this growth,” as the increase represents 6 percent up from 2013, and a 26 percent increase over the last five years. The zoo staff credits the attendance to the recent facility improvements,which include the addition of the Nature Exploration Center, an entryway and an education facility, as well as the first two…
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Shortly after 5:30 Tuesday morning, the Geary County Sheriff’s Office responded to K-244 Mile Marker three for a report of a burned vehicle. Further investigation revealed the 2008 Mercedes-Benz was burned intentionally and lead to the arrest of Jennifer Grosser of Abilene, and Brandon Johnson of Junction City, for Arson With Intent to Defraud, Conspiracy to Commit Arson, Felony Criminal Damage to Property and Felony Interference With Law Enforcement. Shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, the Geary County/Junction City S.W.A.T. team executed a search warrant at 1101 Cannonview Lane, Apartment 12 in Grandview Plaza related to the Arson investigation. As a…
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says he won’t resign, despite an ethics scandal involving him and his fiancee. Some aides had anonymously said he had planned to leave office.
The Republican-controlled Congress approved a bill Wednesday to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Another strong effort from its bench helped stop No. 21 West Virginia’s tailspin in February. Reserve Brandon Watkins scored a career-high 14 points and West Virginia surrendered a double-digit lead before recovering for a 76-72 win over Kansas State on Wednesday night. West Virginia (19-5, 7-4 Big 12) snapped a two-game losing streak and handed the Wildcats their fifth straight loss. Kansas State (12-13, 5-7) scored 12 unanswered points to take a 69-67 lead late, but the Wildcats scored three the rest of the game. “We needed this win,” West Virginia’s Gary Browne said. “But at…
(photo credit Scott D. Weaver/K-State Athletics) Leading up to the game, Head Coach Jeff Mittie was certainly aware of the added attention to a game against his former team. And for the most part, his team treated it like any other important Big 12 contest. “I didn’t bring it up”, he said. “I preached to them all year long…control what you can control”. Brianna Lewis, however, had bigger plans. The sophomore forward shot a blistering 70% from the field and notched a career-high 28 points, and the Cats led start to finish for a 93-79 victory over TCU on Wednesday…
42-year old Jackie Oliver of Junction City was arrested Tuesday by Junction City Police on charges of Aggravated Battery in connection with the early Sunday morning shooting at the KINGZ motorcycle club that left him and another man injured. The investigation is still on going. Oliver is currently being held on a $25,000 bond at the Geary County Detention Center. Shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday, Officers of the Junction City Police Department with the assistance of the Geary County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to The KINGZ motorcycle club at 805 Grant Ave. in reference to a shooting victim. Upon arrival Officers…
President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks about the Islamic State group, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama asked the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to authorize military force to “degrade and defeat” Islamic State forces in the Middle East without sustained, large-scale U.S. ground combat operations, setting lawmakers on a path toward their first war powers vote in 13 years.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, left, gestures as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, stand nearby during a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are gathering for crucial talks in the hope of negotiating an end fighting between Russia-backed separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine.
Save the Last Dance is the new temporary exhibit that will be displayed on the second floor of the Flint Hills Discovery Center. The exhibit will open to the public on Saturday and will run through May 17th. KMAN got a sneak preview of the exhibit Wednesday morning, during a media blitz. The display features images taken by award winning photographer, Noppadol Paothong, who will be visiting the discovery center in March. The photographs showcase the greater prairie chicken, and it’s related species. Paothong is the author of the book Save the Lase Dance, A Story of North American Grassland Grouse. This…