In today’s In Focus interview: KMAN’s Cathy Dawes talks to USD 384 Blue Valley Superintendent Brady Burton on the school budget and Bill Dorsett with Flint Hills Renewable Energy and Cooperative.
Author: KMAN Staff
The Kansas Highway Patrol responded Wednesday afternoon to a motorcycle accident west of Riley that claimed the life of a Herington man. The patrol reports that 66-year old Larry Nice was traveling southbound on U.S. 77 near milepost 175 when his 2000 Kawasaki went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck an embankment. Nice was wearing a soft helmet and eye protection at the time of the accident. No other vehicles were involved.
UPDATED at 1:00 p.m. A suspect is now in custody after a pursuit involving Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and Geary County police. Chris Charles Henington was arrested just a little after 8 a.m. Wednesday and was handed over to the Geary County Sheriff’s Office for pending charges. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says the incident started at 2800 West Lyons Creek Road. The residents inside the home called police about a man armed with a shotgun who was attempting to enter the house. Residents say that Henington was yelling at the occupants in the home, claiming he lived there while…
SEATTLE (AP)– In just his fifth major league start, Seattle rookie Mike Montgomery gave himself a lofty goal. Not to mention quite a memory, all of it coming against Kansas City, the team that originally drafted Montgomery. “I probably had a little more emotion going in than I normally do,” Montgomery said. “I know a lot of those guys. I was with them for five years. It was definitely a little extra added on to it.” Montgomery tossed a gem on Tuesday night against Kansas City, throwing a four-hitter and striking out 10 in Seattle’s 7-0 victory. In the process,…
A fire south of Lake Tahoe has grown to 25 square miles. The fire is burning mainly in hazardous and hard to reach areas.
Police in Shelby, North Carolina have released dashcam video showing the suspect in last week’s shooting rampage at a Charleston church moments after his arrest.
The Manhattan City Commission heard 2016 funding requests Tuesday from seven outside agencies. The largest requests came from he Social Services Advisory Board in the amount of approximately $393 thousand and the Special Alcohol Fund Advisory Committee $562 thousand. The Library, Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency, Downtown Manhattan, Inc and Manhattan Arts Center also presented their 2016 funding requests. Additionally, the Commission received a status update on next year’s budget from Assistant Director of Finance, Hillary Badger. “Still at a 3 percent increase over the 2015 budget.” The property tax increase for next year has remained unchanged as well. “Still…
At the start of high level U.S.-China talks in Washington Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. and China will have intense disagreements but the world is depending on the two powers being able to work together.
A federal jury in Topeka Tuesday delivered guilty verdicts against four defendants charged with trafficking crack cocaine in the Junction City and Manhattan areas, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that in late 2012 and early 2013 agents of Kansas Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Junction City Police Department investigated a large crack cocaine trafficking organization in Junction City and Manhattan. The organization was led by defendants Albert Banks and Anthony Thompson, who acquired the drugs from three different suppliers and sold the drugs to distributors who resold them on the streets. The jury…