Todays’ guests on In Focus were… Kelly King and Miles Hackney from the K-State Roteract Club Aggieville events with Leah Hyman and Diane Meredith Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison Art Barnaby, Extension Specialist in Risk Management at K-State
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WICHITA — A newspaper report says young and politically unaffiliated Kansas residents are most likely to be affected by the state’s plans to purge the names of people with incomplete registrations from its voter lists. More than half of the prospective voters with incomplete registrations list no party affiliation. The Eagle also said more than 40 percent are under 30. The newspaper analyzed a list of nearly 36,700 suspended registrations obtained from Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office. The Republican secretary of state has enacted a new administrative rule removing the names of any prospective voters whose registrations have been…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)– Packers coach Mike McCarthy is running out of superlatives to describe Aaron Rodgers. Every week, his MVP quarterback dissects defenses in painstakingly methodical fashion. Rodgers threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Randall Cobb, and Green Bay beat the Kansas City Chiefs 38-28 on Monday night. Rodgers led the Packers (3-0) on two successful first-quarter drives that ended with scoring passes to Cobb and rookie Ty Montgomery. He found James Jones for a 27-yard touchdown reception late in the second quarter for a 24-7 lead at the break. Green Bay built a 38-14…
Updated: 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: The three persons of interest in the graffiti cases turned themselves in to the Kansas State University Police Department at approximately 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28. Kansas State Police made that announcement Tuesday morning. The following people were issued notices to appear in Manhattan City Court for criminal damage to property: Cassie Enright, 20, Joanna Pineda, 20, and Jon D. Groskurth, 20. All three are Kansas State University students and were cooperative in the investigation. The case involved graffiti reported in Seaton Hall and in the Quad areas of the university’s Manhattan campus. The…
CHICAGO (AP)– Chris Denorfia hit a pinch-hit home run leading off the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Denorfia hit the first pitch from reliever Miguel Almonte (0-2) into the left-field bleacher for the Cubs’ major league-leading 13th walk-off victory of the season. It was Denorfia’s third homer of the season. Fernando Rodney (2-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th to get the win. The homer ended a pitcher’s duel that was a makeup of a May 30 rainout. Both teams combined for eight…
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is calling for an overhaul of the US tax code that would eliminate income taxes for millions of Americans, and lower them for the rich.
President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly Monday, speaking of the international conflicts that are plaguing nations across the globe and creating a mass refugee crisis.
KMAN Sports Director John Kurtz and the “Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson bring you another edition of “Wildcat Insider”. They break down the Big 12 football weekend and get you set for what lies ahead for K-State and the conference. They’ll preview the match-up this weekend in Stillwater between K-State and #20 Oklahoma State, plus get you set for the Big 12 slate on Saturday. They’ll recap K-State volleyball as the Cats were able to end a four match losing streak with a straight sets victory over Baylor at Ahearn on Saturday night. K-State baseball begins fall practice plus…
Concerns about a tax lid approved at the 11th hour by state legislators this past session were again discussed at Monday’s Intergovernmental meeting, with Riley County officials asking for support in challenging the change next session. The measure, which requires a vote by the public for increases in property tax increases over the rate of inflation by 2018, has some issues–but Riley County Commissioner Robert Boyd told KMAN Monday he was pleased with the support he felt from other governmental groups. Boyd, Commission Chair Ron Wells, and County Counselor Clancy Holeman asked for support from the intergovernmental group. Holeman told the group…
Riley County commissioners agreed to modify the speed limit for Skyway Drive in front of the Manhattan Regional Airport Monday morning. Riley County Public Works Director Leon Hobson informed commissioners that Skyway Drive will return to county ownership since work on K-18 has been completed. The Kansas Department of Transportation has been overseeing the road since. The speed limit is 40 mph for the road. Commissioners directed Hobson to increase the speed to 50 mph from Scenic Drive to the airport and to 55 mph from the airport to Ogden. “KDOT had established the speed limits that are currently there,”…