On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Manhattan Public Library Public Relations Coordinator, Danielle Schapaugh, as well as Manhattan Building Official, Brad Claussen.
Author: KMAN Staff
“This is a good day to talk about this” said Representative of the 66th District, Sydney Carlin jokingly, as it pounded down rain Thursday morning while three legislators and Riley County Commissioners discussed flood management. County Commissioner, Dave Lewis spoke largely on the subject, as he lives in an area where flood insurance has become a large concern. He mentioned some of his neighbors could be paying around $4,000-$5,000 every year in flood insurance. This legislative delegation breakfast was held prior to the county commission meeting that day. Besides Representative Carlin, Representative of the 67th District, Tom Phillips and Senator,…
This past school year, Manhattan Christian College, in partnership with KU medical center, created a program to train preachers who work with medical patients. Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram says students in the program help patients and families in difficult situations. “From their first weekend they weren’t residents, they weren’t volunteers, their name badge said chaplain. If there was a shooting in the night and the family came into the E.R. and they needed a chaplain there to help navigate all of that, it was our student,” Ingram said. Ingram said the program is an example of how his college…
Updated Friday 5:30 a.m. About 400 Riley County Westar Energy customers were without power for several hours Thursday, due to the morning storm which moved through the area, downing trees into power lines. A Westar spokesman indicated the number remained right around 400 since calls began coming in at about 7:30 a.m. through much of Thursday afternoon. A reminder if you’re without power to contact Westar by logging in to their website at westarenergy.com or by calling 1-800 LIGHT-KS or 1-800-544-4857. The spokesman stresses not to assume Westar knows of your outage. At last report all Riley, Pottawatomie…
General Motors CEO Mary Barra addresses employees at the automaker’s vehicle engineering center in Warren, Mich., Thursday, June 5, 2014. Barra said 15 employees have been fired and five others have been disciplined over the company’s failure to disclose a defect with ignition switches that is now linked to at least 13 deaths.
A 31-year-old Manhattan man was arrested by Riley county Police Wednesday afternoon on a warrant for motion to revoke probation. Steven Breese’s warrant from Shawnee County had “no bond” attached to it. Breese was confined at the Riley County Jail at the time of this report after being arrested near the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard. and Walters Drive. And RCPD filed a report for fleeing or attempting to elude an officer after a subject with a bench warrant fled from a traffic stop. The subject is known to police and an investigation continues. No arrests have been made at the time…
Group of 7 leaders from front center right clockwise, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and British Prime Minister David Cameron a G7 summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, June 5, 2014. The leaders of the G-7 group of major economies center their effort during the concluding day of their summit on spurring growth and jobs in an attempt to reinforce a rebound…
Kiel Mangus has been named Assistant City Manager for the City of Manhattan effective Monday, July 14. Ron R. Fehr, City Manager, announced the appointment Thursday. Mangus will be responsible for directing legislative and intergovernmental activities to facilitate interaction among City officials, City management and the state Legislature along with congressional offices, as well as other county, city and regional government officials; will serve as the City Manager’s designated representative to the Riley County Law Board, staff liaison to the City-University Special Projects Fund Committee, and other committees; and will perform administrative activities related to a wide range of…
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2014 inductees. The class will consist of ten members, including three with K-State ties. Riley native and former K-State and Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds will be inducted. Dodds was a standout in track and field as a Wildcat athlete and also spent 13 years as the program’s head coach before taking over as AD. A pair of K-State men’s basketball players also are being enshrined, all time leading rebounder Ed Nealy, who also played 10 years in the the NBA, and two-time All-American Chuckie Williams. Other notables on the list include two legendary coaches, eight-time state…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Matt Carpenter had a career-high five hits, including the go-ahead double in the 11th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. After the Royals rallied with two runs in the ninth, Peter Bourjos worked a one-out walk off Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera in the 11th. Carpenter then rapped his double to center field. Allen Craig added a two-run single off Tim Collins later in the inning, and Pat Neshek breezed through the bottom half to end the Royals’ six-game winning streak against…