On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Jo Maseberg Tomlinson with K-State’s Global Campus, as well as Debbie Nuss with the League of Women Voters Manhattan/Riley County. K-State’s global campus-segment 1 K-State’s global campus-segment 2 Debbie Nuss-segment 1 Debbie Nuss-segment 2
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Fake Patty’s Day was still a topic of discussion during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting, as Riley County Police Department Director, Brad Schoen had not yet weighed in on the events that occurred. The holiday was celebrated in Manhattan nearly two weeks ago, but Schoen shared some positive news regarding trends. The official FPD statistics won’t be released until the county law board meeting on Monday. However, Schoen told commissioners many of the numbers were down from previous years. Calls for service and arrests were two major statistics that dropped from 2014. Schoen accredited his officers for doing a great…
Bond has been set at $100,000 for a 22-year- old Manhattan man, arrested by Riley County Police Wednesday on a warrant from Midland County,Texas. Issac Beverly was taken into custody in the 2200 block of Kimball Avenue at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the probation violation arrest warrant from Texas. The warrant stems from an original felony charge of “burglary of a habitation.” ### Riley County Police are investigating a reported sexual battery. A 24-year-old male told police early Wednesday morning at approximately 1:13 AM he had been inappropriately touched by a male acquaintance while in the City of Manhattan. A…
More than two dozen cases of tuberculosis have been detected at an eastern Kansas high school after widespread screening, officials announced Wednesday.
Penn State University president Eric Barron said the school is working with police in an investigation after members of a fraternity posted photos of nude and partly nude women, some apparently asleep or passed out, on Facebook.
Photographer Jim Richardson grew up on a farm just north of Belleville, but for the past 30 years he’s been travelling the world for National Geographic, with an eye toward “Feeding a Hungry Planet.” Richardson came home to Kansas and his alma mater Kansas State University in recognition of Kansas Agriculture month, and shared his story–which may not be quite as exciting as many of us may think. Richardson says its much more boring research than romantic photography. He says you have to find the right place to stand–a really dig in to make an interesting picture in an area…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee has endorsed a bill making it easier for state agencies to move jobs out of the civil service. The 9-7 vote Wednesday by the Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee sends the bill to the House for debate. The measure incorporates a proposal from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration. Civil service workers have more job security than non-civil service workers. The state has about 13,000 civil service employees. Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn said in an email that the bill gives agencies more flexibility in hiring. He said even if the measure…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Due to heavy rain and unplayable field conditions, tonight’s baseball game between K-State and Stephen F. Austin at Jaycees Field has been canceled. No makeup game will be rescheduled. K-State (11-9), which won Tuesday’s night contest at Stephen F. Austin, 3-2, will now return to action with its Big 12 opener against No. 14 Texas (13-8) on Friday, March 20 at 6 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin. The Wildcats and Longhorns will meet for a three-game series, with Saturday’s contest set for 2 p.m. and the finale on Sunday slated for 1…
Tunisians holding candles pray at the entrance gate of the National Bardo Museum where scores of people were killed after gunmen staged an attack, Tunis, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Foreign tourists scrambled in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia’s capital and killed scores of people, “shooting at anything that moved,” a witness said.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Executive Director Blane Ayers pauses as he takes questions from reporters after a news conference, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in Chicago. The college fraternity that has been under scrutiny since members of its University of Oklahoma chapter were caught on video engaging in a racist chant says it will require all of its members nationwide to go through diversity training. Ayers said he was disgusted by the video and apologized for the pain it caused and outlined steps meant to ensure it never happens again.