A packed commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle stuck on the tracks and erupted into flames Tuesday night in Hawthorne, New York, north of New York City. The accident killed seven people and injured at least a dozen.
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The Wamego City Commission will be addressing the Contractor’s licensing issue again. At Tuesday’s meeting, Contractor Richie Chrest presented a petition to the City Clerk to modify the existing contractor’s licensing resolution requirement on rental property. According to City Manager Merl Page, this was a referendum ordinance and the Governing Body can review and pass the new ordinance or the petition can be placed on a special election ballot in 90 days. Page said the issue will be brought up at the next Commission meeting. In other business, the Commission approved closing Elm street between 7th and 8th street on…
An air service agreement was passed during Tuesday night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting at City Hall. According to the terms American Airlines will bring in a larger aircraft to service the area, and will receive $75,000 if passengers fall below %80 in its Dallas-Fort Worth flights for the month. The agreement will use a state fund of one million dollars, and will not directly impact the city budget. The agreement was passed alongside what supporters are calling an aggressive marketing campaign using funds set aside with the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. The $250,000 will be leveraged to bring in more…
Genesis Health Clubs announced Tuesday the purchase of both Max Fitness locations in Manhattan, KS. Currently Genesis owns/operates 20 clubs in Wichita, Hutchinson, Salina, Emporia, Lawrence, Topeka, Leavenworth, Manhattan and McPherson, Kansas, one club in St. Joseph, Missouri and two clubs in Springfield, MO. With 28 years of experience and great expertise in the health and fitness industry, Genesis Health Clubs owner Rodney Steven II and his staff are looking forward to bringing their passion for health and fitness and excellence in customer service to Manhattan. “In short order, Rodney Steven has developed and perfected the recipe of providing an…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Clarence “Perk” Reitemeier, a member of K-State baseball’s All-Century Team, passed away this past Sunday in Parsons, Kansas. He was 86. Reitemeier was not just a three-year starter for the Wildcat baseball team but an outstanding pitcher and hitter from 1950-51 and 1954. In 1950, he led the team with 65 innings pitched and 50 strikeouts while in 1951, he paced the Wildcats in batting average (.383) and home runs (4). Also in 1951, Reitemeier had a 4-4 record as a pitcher, striking out 35 in a team-best 55 2/3 innings. After a two-year…
Marion “Suge” Knight joined by his attorney David Kenner, left, during his arraignment, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Compton, Calif. Knight, 49, pleaded not guilty on to murder, attempted murder and other charges filed after he struck two men with his truck last week.
Supporters and family members of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh express their anger of his reported killing, outside the tribal gathering chamber, Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, 3, 2015. A video released online Tuesday purportedly showed al-Kaseasbeh who was captured by the Islamic State extremist group in Syria being burned to death by his captors following a weeklong drama over a possible prisoner exchange. At the tribal meeting place where the pilot’s relatives have waited for weeks for word on his fate, chants against Jordan’s King Abdullah II erupted and some family members wept.
On today’s In Focus, KMAN’s Laura Monsanto filled in for Cathy, and spoke with Manhattan Mayor, Wynn Butler and City Manager, Ron Fehr. Butler and Fehr-segment 1 Butler and Fehr-segment 2 Butler and Fehr-segment 3 Butler and Fehr-segment 4
The New England Patriots arrived safely back in a snowbound Boston Monday night.
Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would hammer corporate profits overseas and raise taxes