WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas is working with neighboring states to promote and market the region to film producers looking for movie locations. The film offices in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska along with Kansas City, Missouri, are collaborating to entice the film industry to the area. Peter Jasso is executive director for the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission. He said Wednesday in a news release that in the absence of tax credits and other financial incentives, the partnership is a way for the states to come together to make larger-scale film projects possible in the region. The partnership has already…
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South Carolina is set to remove the Confederate flag from its Capitol. The State House voted early Thursday to take it down. Governor Nikki Haley says she’ll sign the measure.
Republican Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush outlined his immigration positions Wednesday during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The Royals’ Alex Gordon has earned four Gold Gloves by making the spectacular look routine, whether it’s a diving catch or robbing someone of extra bases by running into the wall. Every time, the All-Star left fielder seems to pop right back up. When stayed down Wednesday night, first baseman Eric Hosmer knew something was wrong. “His tolerance of pain,” Hosmer said, “he can handle a lot.” In a scary moment for AL Central-leading Kansas City, Gordon had to be carted off the field in the fourth inning of a 9-7 victory over Tampa Bay. He…
IMAX and Carmike Cinemas have announced plans to expand their revenue sharing agreement to three new cities, including Manhattan. The popular viewing experience will be added to existing theaters in Missoula and Billings, Montana, while the IMAX website states the third theater system will be “added to a new construction project in Manhattan.” While not confirmed, rumors have been circulating for several months that a new movie theater would move into the old Sears location in Manhattan Town Center. KMAN has been closely monitoring the situation since January, but nothing has been officially announced by mall officials or the city of…
After two years leading the “demon brigade,” Col. Matthew R. Lewis relinquished command of the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. In a change of command ceremony at Fort Riley’s Calvary Parade Field, Lewis thanked his family and wife Anne, for being by his side and reflected on the brigade’s accomplishments. Taking his place is Col. John M. Cyrulik, former director of evaluation and standardization at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Lewis is slated to become the deputy commander of the Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker.
The Baltimore mayor fired the troubled city’s police commissioner Wednesday, saying that a recent spike in homicide rates weeks after a black man died of injuries in police custody required a change in leadership.
It was already a tough day in the market when an unexpected glitch shut down floor trading at the New York Stock Exchange.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy Spoke with: USD 320 Wamego Supt. Denise O’Dea, and USD 323 Rock Creek Supt. Darrel Stufflebeam: Lindsay Smith, Exhibitions Designer with “Cairns on the Beach” at K-State’s Beach Museum of Art:
Emergency personnel responded to the 11000 block of Rimrock Road in Manhattan on Tuesday at approximately 1:40 a.m. for a report of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. When responding officers arrived they found Donald Pickering, 65, of Manhattan was deceased. Pickering contacted the Riley County Police Department Communications Center Dispatch prior to his death, however, he did not express a desire to harm himself at that time. Police do not suspect foul play based on information and evidence collected at the scene. Officials also confirmed the public is not in danger as a result of this death. ### A 55-year-old Manhattan woman faces…