Author: KMAN Staff

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee enters a stage in Hope, Ark., before announcing his entry in the race for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Huckabee pitched himself Tuesday as the best GOP candidate to take on Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education held a special meeting to further study the District’s facility needs. At Monday’s meeting, Superintendent Denise O’Dea opened the meeting with a review of the Facilities Brainstorming Information compiled by the administrators and school department heads in October 2013. Bowman, Bowman and Novick Architects (BBN), and their associates were present for the round-table discussions. BBN’s Brent Bowman said his team toured all the facilities after the preliminary study and found all the facilities are maxed out not only in classroom space, but overall infrastructure (gyms/auditoriums/office). Board member Mark Bettencourt started the discussions stating…

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On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke briefly with Riley County Emergency Management Director, Pat Collins.  She also was joined by Manhattan Mayor, Karen McCulloh and City Manager, Ron Fehr. Collins and City Commission-segment 1 City Commission-segment 2 City Commission-segment 3 City Commission-segment 4

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Records were broken, cars were swept away, and homes were evacuated during Monday’s substantial rainfall.  KMAN spoke with Riley County Emergency Management Director, Pat Collins about the flash flooding. Pat Collins interview

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The last time Manhattan received the amount of rainfall in such a short time frame as the city got Monday night was 1908. That’s according to Manhattan Public Works director Rob Ott, who provides details about problem spots..

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