Mental health matters have been an on-going concern of several governmental groups in the Manhattan area, and the matter was a main topic of discussion at Monday’s Intergovermental meeting. Rick Cagan, who serves as the Executive Director of the National Alliance Mental Illness of Kansas,otherwise known as “NAMI”was a special guest at the meeting and addressed the need for Crisis Intervention Teams, with law enforcement participation. Riley County is a significant place on the map, in terms of not having a Crisis Intervention team for those with mental illness according to Caganand he anticipates some activity in Riley County soon.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Update at 1:30 p.m.: Riley County Police Public Information Officer, Mat Droge says the accident occurred between two vehicles-one car and one SUV. No major injuries were reported and Droge commented, “it looked much worse than it ended up being thankfully”. EMS and Fire crews have left the scene, but police are still working in that area. KMAN will provide additional details as they become available. Original Story: An injury accident is said to have taken place just after 12:30 this afternoon, on Amherst and North Seth Child. Early reports indicate there is possible entrapment, but no additional details are…
Former K-State baseball player and longtime Washburn University coach Steve Anson passed away tragically on Sunday afternoon in a tree trimming accident, according to Washburn and Jefferson County authorities. The sheriff’s office says emergency responders were called to his home in Grantville at about 3:00pm, and Anson was pronounced dead at the scene. Further details of the accident were not immediately available. Anson was a four-year starter for K-State from 1973 until 1976, and won the Big Eight batting title in 1974 with a .439 average en route to first team all-conference honors. He is one of 21 members of the Wildcats’…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes an unannounced visit to Iraq to try to encourage the Iraqi leadership to form a more inclusive government in an effort to short-circuit the violence between Sunnis and Shiites.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — Fernando Rodney was good for another dozen pitches and the Seattle Mariners were good for a sweep. Rodney, working for the fourth straight day, earned his 21st save in 23 chances as the Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. Rodney, who had thrown 46 pitches in the previous three days, got saves in all three games at Kansas City. He last got into four consecutive games on May 27-30, 2013, for Tampa Bay. “It was no problem,” Rodney said. “I said I feel ready. I got warmed up and…
Portugal’s Varela scored an equalizer goal in the fifth minute of extra time to secure a 2-2 draw with Team USA preventing them from advancing into the knockout round of the World Cup on Sunday night in Brazil.
Sunni militants Iraq continue their offensive with the reported capture of two border crossings, one with Jordan, the other with Syria.
Midnight finally arrived for the Texas Longhorns in Omaha. The last of three Big 12 teams still alive in the College World Series defeated Vanderbilt on Friday night to force a second play-in game, but the Commodores scored the winning run in the bottom of the tenth Saturday night to earn a spot in the Championship series against Virginia beginning Monday. It’ll be the first trip to the CWS finals for either team. Texas finished the year at 46-21, a feat even more impressive after the Longhorns finished last in the Big 12 in 2013. Coach Augie Garrido called this…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dustin Ackley delivered the clutch hit, while Chris Young baffled the Kansas City Royals batters. Ackley drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out ninth inning single as the Seattle Mariners beat the Royals 2-1 on Saturday. His single to right on a 2-2 count scored Kyle Seager, who doubled with two outs to start the game-winning rally. Seager moved to third on Stefen Romero’s infield single before Ackley’s hit. Ackley is 5-for-10 off Jason Vargas (7-3), who took the loss. “It was basically a battling at-bat,” Ackley said. “I got behind early and I…
Shiite Militiamen parade in towns in Anbar province in Iraq in an apparent show of force.