Retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi arrived in Miami, after a Mexican judge ordered his immediate release. Tahmooressi spent eight months behind bars for crossing the border with loaded guns.
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Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications For the first time since 2011, the No. 22 K-State volleyball team overcame a 2-0 set deficit to win as the Wildcats beat Texas Tech, 3-2 (23-25, 17-25, 25-23, 30-28, 15-7), on Saturday in Ahearn Field House. The Wildcats (20-3, 7-2 Big 12) flipped the script coming out of the intermission, led by a career day from redshirt senior Chelsea Keating. The outside hitter recorded her fourth double-double of the season with career-highs in kills (17) and digs (22) while also hitting .429. Of her 17 kills, 13 were…
At 8:37 a.m. Saturday, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 737 Frey Drive for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, companies found a single-story residence with light smoke showing. Further investigation revealed a fire located near the furnace, that was contained by the first alarm assignment in approximately 20 minutes. A total of 15 firefighters responded on 5 fire apparatus with the last units clearing at around 11:50 a.m. The building is a single family dwelling and the occupants were at home at the time of the fire. Loss is estimated at $10,000 to contents and $10,000…
It’s time to fall back one hour on Sunday. Daylight Savings Time will begin at 2 a.m. that day, so people are being encouraged to set back your clocks before you go to bed the night prior. Riley County Fire Chief, Pat Collins also encourages local residents to put new batteries in their smoke detectors. Since this needs to be done twice every year, Collins said doing this during Daylight Savings Time every year is a great way to remember to do it.
Three teenage girls trick-or-treating in Halloween costumes were killed by a hit-and-run driver at a Southern California intersection Friday night. Authorities said the girls were in a crosswalk in Santa Ana when an SUV hit them.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Manhattan Developer, Ward Morgan; Owner of 4 Olives and a partner on the Speakeasy, Scott Benjamin; CEO of Blue Valley Telecom/One Point Technologies, Brian Thomason. Public Relations Coordinator with the Manhattan Public Library, Danielle Schapaugh also made a visit to the KMAN studio. Lastly, Cathy spoke with U.S. Senator, Jerry Moran.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The National Transportation Safety Board says six eyewitness have reported that a small plane drifted to the left side of the runway after taking off from a Kansas airport, then made a steep left bank before crashing into a flight training facility. NTSB investigator Josh Lindberg said Friday that the plane had undergone two maintenance test flights without problems.
An attorney for Jesse Matthew who is accused of abducting University of Virginia student Hannah Graham said Friday that he wants his client to be evaluated to determine his sanity.
A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded Friday after taking off on a test flight, killing one person aboard and seriously injuring another while scattering wreckage in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas says its tax collections in October fell $23 million short of expectations. The state Department of Revenue reported Friday that the state had collected $417 million in taxes, or 5.2 percent less than the $440 million anticipated. Since the start of the current fiscal year in July, tax collections have been nearly $47 million less than anticipated, a 2.6 percent shortfall. The state expected to collect more than $1.81 billion in taxes and took in $1.77 billion. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan called the yearlong shortfall “manageable” and said Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration is looking for budget…