Updated 10:45 a.m. Monday: Officers with the Riley County Police Department responded to a welfare check in the 900 block of N. 3rd Street in Manhattan on April 5, 2015 at approximately 8:50 PM. Social Media saw several posts by unknown or anonymous users with inaccurate information about the situation stating that this incident was possibly related to a hostage situation or a suspect attempting to harm others. These claims were not true. Officers found no violation of criminal law and confirmed last night with several phone interviews that the public was not in danger. As no crime was committed…
Author: KMAN Staff
In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis expressed deep worry about bloodshed in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa while praising the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer.
Russia is urging the U.N. Security Council to call for a “humanitarian pause” in the conflict in Yemen to help diplomats and civilians caught in the fighting between Shiite rebels and supporters of the country’s beleaguered president.
Kyle Davis’ two-out double in the top of the ninth inning allowed West Virginia to earn a 3-2 victory over Kansas State Saturday in Big 12 Baseball action before 2,386 on a blustery, chilly afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State, looking for its first Big 12 series win since last April 17-19 against Baylor jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Max Brown’s two-out RBI triple. However Mountaineer starting pitcher Chad Donato settled down after that and after a single in the second inning, did not allow another hit until the seventh. He was lifted for…
Over time the Royal Bunny Tracs 5K and Kids Rabbit Dash has grown to be a larger and larger event. Starting with just a race in the beginning, the event now includes inflatable bouncy houses and obstacle courses, children’s games, concessions, vendors, and an Easter Egg Hunt. This year’s event was held on Saturday in Northeast Community Park here in Manhattan. The day began with the 5K run/walk registration at 7:30 a.m. The race began at 8:30. At 9:30 a.m., the kids fun run registration concluded, so the race could begin promptly at 10 a.m. Three races were featured, in…
Sky gazers in western US and Canada were able to observe a total lunar eclipse and a so-called “blood moon” in the early hours of Saturday.
Authorities in Louisville, Kentucky, made more than 160 water rescues Friday as area storms flooded roads and prompted at least one evacuation.
SCOTT CITY, Kan. (AP) A 62-year-old southwest Kansas man is dead after strong winds destroyed his mobile home. KWCH-TV reports Scott County Sheriff Glenn Anderson says deputies arrived at the home in a rural area near Scott City early yesterday morning and found the man under the frame of the trailer.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to St. Rep. Ron Highland of Wamego, Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson and Wamego Chamber of Commerce Ex. Director Megan Umscheid. Ron Highland-segment 1 Jennifer Wilson-segment 1 Megan Umscheid-segment 1 Megan Umscheid-segment 2
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) The K-State baseball team fell behind by three runs after the first-inning-and-a-half on Friday while West Virginia’s Ross Vance walked six but surrendered just three hits in a complete game as the Wildcats dropped the second game of the series, 5-3, to the Mountaineers at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State (13-15, 2-6 Big 12) managed to put a runner on base in all but one inning against Vance, but the redshirt junior forced K-State to go 2-for-16 with runners on and strand five. “(Vance) got us last year, doing the…