Author: KMAN Staff

The casket of New York City police officer Rafael Ramos, center, is carried by pallbearers out of Christ Tabernacle Church following funeral services in the Glendale section of Queens, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in New York. Ramos and his partner, officer Wenjian Liu, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself.

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SALINA, Kan. (AP) The number of juveniles in detention in Saline County is down significantly since a judge took over the juvenile docket. The Salina Journal reports that Judge Mary Thrower says that rather than detain juvenile offenders for an extended period, she seeks out the best option for each one. She took over the juvenile docket in the county in July.

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KMAN is still currently awaiting additional details regarding the fire investigation in the 2200 block of Anderson Avenue Friday evening. A portion of the roadway was closed down around 9 p.m, but was reopened around 9:30.

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On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to President of Riley County Fraternal Order of Police, Brian Johnson; Asst. Director of Support Services with Kansas State University Police, Don Stubbings; and U.S. Congressman, Tim Huelskamp. Brian Johnson-segment 1 Brian Johnson-segment 2 Don Stubbings-segment 1 Tim Huelskamp-segment 1

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By Kenny Lannou, K-State Athletics Communications Mike Dibbini, a former standout player and highly-successful coach at Kansas Wesleyan who has most recently rebuilt Cal Poly Pomona into an NCAA Division II championship contender, has been named Kansas State’s first intercollegiate women’s soccer coach, Athletics Director John Currie announced today. At each of his coaching stints at the NAIA and Division II levels, Dibbini has built winning programs and successful student-athletes. He is a 12-time conference coach of the year who led Kansas Wesleyan and Cal Poly Pomona to 13 postseason tournament appearances and an overall career winning percentage of .750…

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People are seen through a hole in the wall of a damaged building, as they visit a giant steel barge that housed a diesel power generator swept ashore by the Indian Ocean tsunami ten years ago, in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. The devastating Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean rim, killing 230,000 people, most of them in Aceh. The power plant is now a major tourist attraction in the provincial capital.

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary and theft that occurred last weekend on  Saturday December 20th at Dick Edwards Ford, located at 7920 E Highway 24. The suspect in this matter reportedly gained entry into a building on the property and removed items to include a Dell laptop computer, a DeWalt AM/FM radio, a Cannon camera and other miscellaneous items. The suspect is also believed to have then taken a red Ford 2015 F-350 pickup and driving it less than 1/4 mile from where it was stolen, leaving it at another business. Sheriff Greg Riat indicatestThis crime occurred on…

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