On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Riley County Extension Agent for Health, Nutrition, and Food Safety, Ginny Barnard, Riley County Senior Service Center Director, Jami Ramsey and Executive Director of UFM, Linda Teener.
Author: KMAN Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Tillman paid no attention to the Baltimore bullpen as it started to stir in the ninth inning. After all, he had made it this far before. There was no way he was leaving the game now. So after a leadoff single to start the inning, Tillman bore down against the Kansas City Royals. The young right-hander induced three straight groundouts to end the game, wrapping up a 4-0 victory for the Orioles and giving Tillman his first career shutout. “I’ll take more of them,” he said, “but that’s not my goal.” Maybe not. But…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Dillon Peters and Morgan Cooper of No. 19 Texas combined for a no-hitter against the K-State baseball team on Friday at Tointon Family Stadium as the Wildcats lost 12-0 in the series opener. Peters, the Longhorns starting pitcher, walked three, hit a batter, and struck out eight in seven innings to earn his sixth win of the season. Cooper, meanwhile, walked one and fanned one in his two innings. The combined no-hitter was Texas’ first since May 11, 2013 in a seven-inning game against Texas Southern. “Peters worked inside and outside of the plate…
Security forces inspect the scene at the site where two blasts detonated, one in a mini-van used for public transportation, in a market area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, May 16, 2014. Two blasts hit Kenya’s capital on Friday, killing a number of people and injuring many more, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of increasingly frequent terror attacks.
A police water canon is used against anti government protesters in Soma, Turkey where the mine accident took place, Friday, May 16, 2014. Hundreds of protesters took part in the march against the government and there were clashes with the police forces. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history.
“The Game” on a finally Friday breaks down a big sports weekend. The K-State baseball team will close out the 2014 campaign with a home series against the Texas Longhorns. Where will Ross Kivett be remembered on the list of greatest Cats of all time? K-State in all will say goodbye to four seniors on the baseball team. The KC Royals are back at .500 at 20-20 with a 2-1 loss to the Orioles on Thursday night. The NBA playoffs are down to the final four with the top two seeds from the east and the west vying for a finals berth. Can anyone shut down the Heat? Is it too early to predict the college football bowl season for 2014-2015? Jerry Palm of CBSsports.com predicts the bowl season for college football. All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
The Riley County Police Department held its annual memorial service Friday honoring officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. “It has been said that man has no greater love than to give his life for another. So here we attempt to honor those who have given the greatest gift of all, the law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty in Riley County and throughout the nation,” said Robert Boyd, RCPD police captain. Friday’s ceremony also recognized the hard work and dedication that active law enforcement officers display in their service to the…
A 60-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted of second degree murder in Riley County in 1982 has been passed over for parole. Michael Long’s earliest possible release date is now listed as May first of 2017. He is being held at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility, with a custody level listed as maximum. Long was part of the public comment session grouping of inmates for the month of March, with a parole hearing in April. He had also been passed over for parole two years ago. Long was sentenced in March of 1983, in connection with…
Unemployment numbers have been released by the Kansas Department of labor for April of 2014. When compared to 2013 numbers the Manhattan metro area which includes Geary, Pottawatomie, and Riley Counties reported a small reduction in unemployment equating to half of a percent at 4.1%. Breaking the numbers down further in comparison with last year we see Manhattan with a .3%reduction at 3.4%, Junction City saw a .4% reduction at 5.5%, Geary county saw a .5% reduction at 5.5%, Pottawatomie county saw a full 1% reduction at 3.8%, and Riley county was reported with a .6% reduction at 3.0% unemployment. All numbers are…
22-year-old Garret Olson waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Friday morning in Riley County court. Olson is charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal accident in October of 2013. Officials allege Olson was at fault in the accident which resulted in the death of his passenger Trevor Redding. Olson will appear on June 16th at 2:30 pm in Riley county court for his next hearing on the case. Olson’s defense attorney informed the court they were still awaiting results from a KBI lab test. Prosecutors confirmed the information saying they were awaiting results from a DNA blood swab.