After a successful opening year last year, the Everybody Counts event was held again in Manhattan. Saturday’s event took place at the Riley County Seniors Service Center, in conjunction with the Manhattan Town Center community fair. Everybody Counts aims to help the homeless and the less fortunate, by rounding up several services in one place. Area non-profit organizations and agencies offered services from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free health consultations were available: vision, dental, medical, and mental. In an effort to assist with the event, aTa bus offered free rides all day long for participants. Not only was the location in close…
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s In Focus, Erik talked to State Representative, Ron Highland; US Senator, Jerry Moran of Manhattan; Child Care Licensing Program Coordinator/Surveyor with the Riley County Health Department, Breva Spencer; and Rex Gardner with Boys State. Ron Highland-segment 1 Jerry Moran-segment 2 Breva Spencer-segment 3 Rex Gardner-segment 4
On Friday evening, at approximately 6:52, the Riley County Police Department received an emergency call for service requesting a rescue. One 30-year-old male victim was entrapped in dirt and mud near the intersection of Scenic Drive and Fossilridge in Manhattan following a trench collapse. The victim was a City of Manhattan employee who had been repairing a water main when the trench collapsed upon him. Manhattan Fire Department responded to the scene with three fire engines, one rescue truck, one battalion truck and 12 personnel. Riley County Fire also responded to the scene to provide assistance in…
Detectives from the Riley County Police Department served a series of search warrants on Wednesday related to a drug investigation. Search warrants were conducted at 1521 Leavenworth Street apartment #5, 309 Kearney Street and at a storage unit located at 425 McCall Road. As a result of the search warrants approximately 14 pounds of marijuana, approximately ½ pound of methamphetamine, over 2,000 prescription pills, 5 firearms, approximately $51,000 in US Currency and two vehicles were seized. A marijuana grow operation and steroid manufacturing operation was also discovered. The total estimated street value for the seized items is $171,600. Four individuals…
Health authorities in Illinois are warning there will likely be more local cases of measles as they await laboratory tests expected to confirm that a total of five infants attending the same daycare center have been infected.
President Barack Obama says the United States must resist the urge to “overreach” abroad, as he outlined a new national security strategy Friday as detailed by Susan Rice. The strategy comes on the same day that ISIS terrorists claimed a female U.S. hostage had been killed in airstrikes conducted by planes from Jordan. That information could not be confirmed by U.S. officials.
Riley County Police reported that a man was trapped after a trench collapsed at a construction site Friday evening. According to Riley County Police Department officer Matt Droge says a construction worker was trapped in a trench near the Scenic drive and Fossil Ridge Intersection. Riley County Police confirmed to KMAN Friday night that the man was rescued and transported to Mercy Regional Health Center however his condition is unknown. The accident resulted in the closure of Scenic Drive between Ft. Riley Boulevard and Anderson Avenue while emergency personnel were on the scene. Authorities anticipate issuing a press release with…
NBC News anchor Brian Williams found himself the story Thursday, his credibility threatened after he falsely claimed he had been in a helicopter hit by a grenade during the Iraq War.
Investigators say a commuter train engineer hit an emergency brake as the train approached a suburban New York crossing as an SUV moved onto the tracks into what became a deadly crash.
Jordanians chant slogans to show their support for the government against terror during a rally in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. Jordanian warplanes bombed Islamic State targets on Thursday, state TV said, after Jordan’s King Abdullah II vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the militants who control large areas of neighboring Syria and Iraq.