The City Commission chose Wynn Butler to serve as the new Mayor of Manhattan, during Tuesday’s annual reorganization meeting. Butler takes over for Commissioner, John Matta, who said he is honored to have served as Mayor of Manhattan for the past year. “I really want to thank the Commissioners for putting up with me and City Staff for giving me all the support during the year,” Matta said. With a wry smile, Mayor Butler -who doubles and triples as an Army Veteran and teacher- said he planned on speaking for 30-40 minutes, but decided against it when he recalled an…
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“The Game” this afternoon on KMAN gets you set for a big sports week. The Kansas City Royals are in a big week after being swept by the Twins over the weekend, KC gets back at it with the Astros for a three game series. Who is to blame for the slow start for the Royals? The K-State baseball team is back at it after being swept by Texas Tech over the weekend. How important is it this week for the cats to get some wins against Baylor? Bill Snyder addresses the podium again during the spring football season. How is Daniel Sams coming along at wide receiver? All that and much more coming up on “The Game” on KMAN.
The family of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, from left, mother Denise, brother Henry, and father Bill Richard, place their hands over their hearts as they stand with former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, right, during a tribute in honor of the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Boston. At left is a Mass. State Trooper.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A loud boom that startled some residents in south-central Kansas was caused when damaged fireworks that were being destroyed exploded. Steve Showalter, owner of Showalter Fireworks, says employees placed three or four damaged fireworks in a burn pit early Tuesday, and they all went off at the same time. The Hutchinson News reports the boom from about a pound of black powder in the fireworks caused houses to shake and set off residential alarms, prompting several 911 calls to Hutchinson police and other agencies. Showalter says his business has used the same method to destroy damaged fireworks…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Manhattan outgoing Mayor, John Matta and incoming Mayor, Wynn Butler, as well as City Manager, Ron Fehr.
Ukrainian army troops set up a position at an airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk.
Former National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama, Thomas Donilon first visited Manhattan 33 years ago, and Tuesday afternoon he returned to give the second Landon Lecture of the year. Donilon’s first position in the White House was back in 1977, when he worked with former President, Jimmy Carter.While working there, he helped with the development of the U.S. Department of State’s policy initiatives, including the NATO expansion. As national security advisor, Donilon oversaw the National Security Council staff, chaired the cabinet-level National Security Council Principals Committee, briefed President Obama daily on national security issues and was responsible for overseeing…
Twin sisters often have an unbreakable bond, and after starring for four years at Riley County, Madison and Makayla Vargo will carry on their basketball careers together at Washburn University. The Vargos plan to ink their national letters of intent with the Lady Blues on Wednesday morning at Riley County high school. Unfortunately their senior seasons ended a little sooner than expected with a trip to the 3A state tournament and a loss in the first round to Lyons, the Falcons finished at 22-2. Madison and Makayla were both on the all Mid-East League first team this past season,…
Updated 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: The passenger in Monday night’s rollover accident in Geary county has been identified as Luke M. Johnson Sr. of Manhattan. ### As KMAN announced early Tuesday, one person was injured in a rollover accident in Geary county Monday evening. John D. Thompson of Manhattan was westbound on I-70 at milemarker 301 shortly before 6:30 p.m. when he lost control of the 1999 “S”Series Mercedes he was driving. The vehicle swerved into the opposite lane, Thompson over-corrected, and the Mercedes went through a fence, rolling over and coming to a stop on its roof. EMS…
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education reviewed the High School’s proposed grading policy. At Monday’s meeting, Principal Tim Winter went over a revised grading policy, after the current policy raised some public concerns. According to Winter, the Honor Roll standards have been amended because currently about 90 percent of the student body is listed on the Honor Roll. The regular Honor Roll will require a 3 point 7 (3.7) to 3 point 99 (3.99) GPA. The High Honor Roll will require a 4 point 0 (4.0) or higher GPA, because of the weighted grading of the Advanced Placement (AP) classes.…