The Manhattan Fire Department issued a press release Tuesday morning, indicating details regarding their training session that began that day. The department will be conducting fire scenarios through May 31st. This training will be held at single family dwellings located on Kearney Street. These exercises will give personnel the ability to train in an actual structure in the community to aid them in being proficient in a variety of disciplines associated with firefighting functions and responsibilities. Firefighters will participate in scenarios that will hone their skills on fire attack, search, ventilation, MAYDAY, RIT operations and a variety of other disciplines…
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)– Adrian Beltre and the Texas Rangers offense is starting to show some pop. Colby Lewis keeps giving them solid outings on the mound. Beltre homered for the second day in a row, getting the 399th of his career, while newcomer Thomas Field hit his first as the Rangers beat the weary Kansas City Royals 8-2 Monday night. “I’m feeling better,” said Beltre, who has raised his average from .140 to .244 over the past 20 games. “Offensively, everybody is doing better. No doubt that we didn’t want to start as slow as we did, but it’s a…
A major earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday, just weeks after an earthquake left thousands dead. Some buildings collapsed. At least 19 people are dead.
The NFL slapped New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady with a four-game suspension because he used deflated footballs last season in the AFC title game against Indianapolis.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have agreed to move local elections to the fall in odd-numbered years. Representatives from the Senate and House came to a compromise Monday after each chamber passed different versions of the same elections reform bill earlier in the session. Republican Rep. Mark Kahrs of Wichita says the move would boost turnout to between 30 percent and 40 percent more than double the turnout in most recent local elections. The bill also would bar general election candidates from dropping out of the race unless experiencing “severe medical hardship.” Presidential primaries in the state also would be…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics) K-State’s Shane Conlon and Nate Griep were named the Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for the period ending May 10, as the Wildcats had two players recognized by the conference for the second straight week. After Tyler Moore and Tyler Wolfe were honored last week, K-State saw its total of conference weekly awards this season grow to eight with the addition of Conlon’s and Griep’s honors. For Conlon, it is his first career weekly honor from the Big 12 while it is Griep’s first…
A member of the Boston Police Bomb Squad points the way for death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean, center, as she leaves federal court in Boston after testifying during the penalty phase in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial Monday, May 11, 2015. Tsarnaev was convicted of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three and injured 260 people in April 2013. Tsarnaev’s lawyers rested their case Monday in their bid to save him from execution after Sister Prejean testified that Tsarnaev expressed genuine sorrow about the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be a munitions storage, in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Monday, May 11, 2015. Yemeni security officials said Sanaa came under heavy air bombardment on Monday afternoon, with the primary target being weapons and ammunition depots on Noqom mountain on the city’s northeastern outskirts. The bombing unleashed a series of explosions, with shells flying out and hitting residential areas and starting fires.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Dr. of Veterinary Medicine, Elizabeth Santschi with Equine Surgery at College of Veterinary Medicine at K-State; Dr. of Veterinary Medicine Marty Vanier, new Senior Program Manager for Strategic Partnership Development with Homeland Security (NBAF); and KSU Coffman Chair for Distinguished teaching scholars, Don Saucier. Elizabeth Santschi-segment 1 Marty Vanier-segment 1 Marty Vanier-segment 2 Don Saucier-segment 1
Two prior attempts for bid openings on the Casement ditch outfall structure project resulted in rejecting all of the bids submitted, as they came in much higher than expected. When this occurred, Riley County Public Works Director, Leon Hobson said they had to consider splitting the project into two separate parts to bring the cost down. Although the grading portion of the project has been completed, the concrete part has not. During Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting, Hobson stated not only are there bidding issues, but the large amount of rainfall the past couple weeks has impacted the project significantly.…