Out of the six bids submitted for the Riley County Tuttle Creek Fire Station #12 bid opening last month, two were considerably lower than the rest: Schultz Construction and Cheney Construction. County Fire Chief, Pat Collins called for references on these two bidders and shared his findings with county commissioners during their Monday meeting. While a majority of the comments from references were positive, according to Collins, Cheney Construction got a few negative comments regarding issues that cropped up during their construction on the law enforcement center several years ago. Ron Cheney, of Cheney Construction, was present during the meeting…
Author: KMAN Staff
– Manhattan High baseball lost two games to Shawnee Heights by scores of 7-3 and 16-8. The Indians are now 2-2 this season. – Riley County baseball swept Concordia with wins of 3-1 and 2-0. – Rock Creek and Wamego split a baseball doubleheader. The Mustangs took game one 4-1 and the Red Raiders won game two 7-5 in ten innings. – Manhattan High softball lost both games at Shawnee Heights 5-1 and 9-2. The Indians are now 1-3. – The Manhattan High girls track team won the Topeka Relays with a team score of 118. The Indians didn’t have…
A French climber has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-story high Cayan Tower in the emirate’s glitzy Marina area.
Updated Noon Monday: Details have finally been released regarding a shots fired incident KMAN first reported Sunday afternoon. Police in Riley County responded to a report of multiple shots being fired in the area of 11th Street and Fremont Street in Manhattan Sunday at approximately 1:35 AM. Police were told that a black male wearing a dark blue jacket and a shirt with a white design on it was observed fleeing from the area and possibly armed with a handgun. Officers made contact with a male subject matching the description shortly after arriving on scene and gathering pertinent information about…
Hillary Clinton made it official Sunday, launching her 2016 White House bid. She enters the Democratic race in a strong position to succeed her 2008 rival, President Barack Obama, and hopes to resurrect the coalition that elected him twice.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)– The Kansas City Royals completed another three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. Unlike last October, there was no champagne sprayed in the clubhouse — just a fervent resolve to prove that last year’s trip to the World Series wasn’t a fluke. Alcides Escobar and Alex Rios hit two-run doubles, Salvador Perez homered and the defending AL champions extended their season-opening win streak to six games with a 9-2 victory on Sunday. “To start the year the way that we have is exciting and it’s fun to see. You just keep it going for as long as…
Levi MaVorhis worked seven plus innings while Tyler Wolfe drove in three runs as Kansas State picked up its first Big 12 series win of the season with a 6-2 victory over third-ranked TCU before 2,554 Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State got on the board in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI groundout by Wolfe, but the big inning was the fifth when the Wildcats loaded the bases with nobody out, chasing Horned Frogs starting pitcher Alex Young. K-State increased its lead to 3-0 when Wolfe reached on a fielder’s choice and Shane Conlon hit…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man at a Salina bar. Douglas Aldrich was convicted yesterday after his second trial for stabbing 36-year-old Jerry Bird in February 2003. Aldrich is scheduled to be sentenced later this month. KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Two men are accused of killing a 33-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, woman 17 years ago. Wyandotte County prosecutors have filed charges against 34-year-olds Jason Rucker and Torry Johnson. Rucker was 17 and Johnson was 16 at the time of Vicky Ernst’s death in 1997. LAWRENCE, Kan.…
For the past three decades, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a fixture on the national stage. Now, as she takes another shot at becoming the first female president, she’s hoping to battle any Clinton fatigue by touting her unique experience.
President Barack Obama said on Saturday that although there were differences between Cuba and the US on a number of issues, the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries was a step in the right direction.