On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Professor of Production Medicine and Director of the Beef Cattle Institute, Doctor Dan Thompson. She also talked to Konza District Executive, Ryan Pickett. Lastly, KMAN’s Laura Monsanto joined Flint Hills Discovery Center Director, Fred Goss in the studio for a Flint Hills Focus segment. They both spoke with Curator at the Eisenhower Library, Museum and boyhood home, William Snyder.
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The Riley County Police Department has released the report on results from a saturation patrol that occurred over Saturday night into the early morning hours on Sunday. According to reports the patrol resulted in three driving under the influence arrests, and one of those arrests also netted a drug possession charge. RCPD further thanked the Kansas Department of Transportation for funding the operation which involved four RCPD officers.
According to Riley County police reports a Council Grove man was arrested on Saturday for failure to appear. Malcolm Wotten was arrested by RCPD in Ogden on Saturday morning near 12th and Elm Street. Wooten is being held without bond. A manhattan woman was arrested early Saturday morning by police for driving under the influence. Riley County police reports indicate that around 2 a.m. on Saturday Lori Haynes was arrested for DUI near the 1200 block of Laramie Street. Haynes’s bond amount was set at $7,000. Riley County police arrested a Manhattan man on Friday evening on an outstanding warrant.…
The Islamic State group in Iraq is a “threat to the civilized world” US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said on Monday. Hagel said the Islamic State group was a threat to US interests, Europe and Australia.
In this Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 photo, a U.S. flag waves while displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Syria-Iraq border on Feeshkhabour bridge over Tigris River at Feeshkhabour border point, northern Iraq. Kurdish authorities at the border believe some 45,000 Yazidis passed the river crossing in the past week and thousands more are still stranded in the mountains.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Gordon is eager for another marketing gimmick. Gordon and Salvador Perez homered, Danny Duffy pitched into the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 7-4 Sunday for their seventh consecutive victory. The Royals gave out 10,000 Gordon bobbleheads for the series finale against San Francisco. Gordon, who played his college ball at Nebraska, also homered on Husker Night on Saturday. “We’ve got to think of a promotion for tomorrow to keep it going,” Gordon said. The big weekend is part of a nice roll for Gordon, who is batting…
An 18-year-old black man shot and killed by a suburban St. Louis police officer was unarmed, police said Sunday during a news conference that occurred while hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside to demand answers.
A regional passenger plane assembled in Iran crashed Sunday on take off from the capital, killing 39 and injuring another nine onboard, according to a senior transportation official and state media.
It’s the dog days of summer, and you could really tell on Sunday afternoon at CiCo Park. Hundreds of dogs and their owners jumped into the pool to enjoy a little relief from the heat at the annual Pet Poolooza. Event organizer Angela Smith says it’s the 10th annual anniversary for the event, and donations taken at the entrance would go to the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter. Several events and booths were available pool side. A costume event, biggest and smallest dog, and even a dog and owner look-alike contest were in full swing. K-State Veterinarian student Bailey Davis…
Tony Stewart pulled out of the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen Sunday according to spokesman Greg Zipadelli. Saturday Stewart struck and killed a sprint car driver who had climbed from his car to confront him during a race in upstate New York.