Author: KMAN Staff

On the first segment of In Focus Monday Cathy Dawes spoke with Dr. Susan Nelson, Veterinarian and Clinical Associate Professor at Kansas State University’s Pet Health Center: Traci Scott,  Regional Liaison Officer for 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, recent graduate of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, shares her experiences: Angie Sutton, Community Relations Director for Manhattan Parks and Recreation:

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Police in Riley County arrested a 33-year-old Manhattan man on a no bond warrant for failure to appear. According to Monday’s RCPD activity report,  Christopher Day was taken into custody while at the Riley County Police Department on Saturday at approximately 5:00 PM. Day’s warrant for failure to appear had an original offense of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. ### An attempted aggravated robbery and aggravated battery was reported in the 200 block of North 5th Street in Manhattan early Monday morning. Riley County Police officers responded to the scene shortly before 3:30 a.m. and found a 19-year-old male was…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Paulo Orlando came through again for the Kansas City Royals. Orlando, who had a walk-off grand slam Tuesday against Tampa Bay, hit a tie-breaking eighth inning home run as the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-10 Sunday after blowing a seven-run advantage. Orlando led off the eighth with a home run off Bo Schultz (0-1). EDITOR’S PICKS Two teams’ takeaways from Blue Jays-Royals barnburner Sunday’s 11-10 victory by the Royals over the Blue Jays gave both teams an idea of where they are and what they have to do in the second half. “It was…

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Cat Cans Portable Services of Manhattan this week announced the purchase of Chapman-based Kansas Pumping Services. The purchase is the latest acquisition for Cat Cans which in 2012 purchased AAA Septic out of Ogden. The purchase allows Cat Cans to be the leading provider in the region for Portable Restroom Rental, Car Wash/Mud Pit Pumping, Food/Grease Trap Pumping, Septic Tank Pumping Installation and Repair. With the purchase, Cat Cans service area now includes Manhattan, Wamego, Junction City, Riley, Clay Center, Chapman, Abilene, Salina and other communities in Northeast Kansas.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mark Buehrle pitched seven strong innings, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Kansas City 6-2 Saturday to snap the Royals’ six-game winning streak. Buehrle (10-5) limited the Royals to two runs and five hits while improving to 4-0 with a 1.24 ERA in his past four starts against them. Encarnacion’s 18th home run in the fourth inning off Chris Young ended the Blue Jays’ 27-inning scoring drought. Toronto led 3-2 in the ninth when Danny Valencia hit a three-run homer off Royals rookie Brandon Finnegan to extend the advantage.…

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