Around 20,000 people flock the Kansas State University campus every year to enjoy the university’s open house. Food, entertainment, exhibits, demonstrations, food, and information can all be enjoyed during the day-long event. Booths were spread out throughout the buildings, allowing prospective students to have the opportunity to explore and learn about the different majors K-State has to offer. K-State offers 250 majors, 475 campus clubs, and nine colleges. Each of those nine colleges had staff members and current students on hand to share what opportunities they have for incoming students. Live bands played on a stage outside of the student…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Junction City/Geary County Drug Operations Group, assisted by Junction City/Geary County SWAT team, executed a search warrant on the 500 block of South Franklin Street Friday. Two arrests were made as a result of this search warrant. Marcel McGill (38), of Junction City was arrested. He was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, No Kansas Drug Tax Stamp, Felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Cody T. Dodge (25), of Junction City, was also arrested. He was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, No Kansas Drug Tax Stamp, Felony…
The skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church, are laid out on shelves in an underground vault as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Nyamata, Rwanda, Friday, April 4, 2014. The country will commemorate on April 7, 2014 the 20th anniversary of the genocide when ethnic Hutu extremists killed neighbors, friends and family during a three-month rampage of violence aimed at ethnic Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, leaving a death toll that Rwanda puts at 1,000,050.
Afghan election workers carry ballot boxes and election materials on donkeys to deliver to polling stations in Dara-e-Noor district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 4, 2014. Elections will take place on April 5.
The Sunflower CASA Project, Inc. held its annual Blue Ribbon Kick-off event Friday afternoon on the Riley County Courthouse lawn. “We planted a garden of 213 blue pinwheels in the ground, representing the 213 children served by our agency last year who are victims of child abuse or neglect,” said Jayme Morris-Hardeman, executive director of the Sunflower CASA Project. Child abuse is an unfortunate reality in our community and shows up in many different forms. “Anything from physical neglect where they weren’t having food provided for them, or didn’t get to school regularly, all the way to sexual abuse or physical abuse, emotional abuse, we see…
MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 4, 2014 – Brian D. Johnson, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer, for the City of Manhattan, has been promoted to City Engineer effective immediately. Robert K. Ott, Director of Public Works, for the City of Manhattan, announced the promotion today. Johnson will assume a key position with the City’s Public Works team. He will be responsible for planning, directing, managing and overseeing all facets of operations, budget and personnel within the Engineering Department of Public Works. Functions within the Public Works Engineering Department include streets, storm drainage, engineering, GIS and traffic. In addition, he will be responsible for overseeing…
A Manhattan woman was hospitalized following an accident Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Fort Riley Boulevard and Richards Drive in Manhattan. Letia French, 51, remains a patient at Mercy Regional Health Center. Riley County Police report French was heading west on Fort Riley Boulevard in a 2011 Ford Taurus, which collided with the back end of a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix drive by Luke Helten, 21, of Manhattan, which was at the stoplight heading west, also on Fort Riley Blvd. Helten was not injured. Riley County EMS did transport French to Mercy Regional following the accident, reported at about 2:30 p.m. French was cited…
A combination of storms, hail and at least two suspected tornadoes pounded areas from Texas to Missouri and Indiana.
Late Show host David Letterman announced on Thursday that he is retiring. Letterman said he and band leader Paul Shaffer will be ‘wrapping things up’ and ending their run in 2015.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Authorities say an Arizona State University student who died after falling from the 10th floor of a Tempe apartment building had earlier attended an off-campus party sponsored by a banned fraternity. Tempe police still are investigating the death early Sunday of 18-year-old Naomi McClendon (of Manhattan). Investigators believe the Kansas native was intoxicated when she was taken to the high-rise apartment complex. They say it appears she walked on to the balcony, lost her balance and plunged to her death. Police say party sponsored by Alpha Epsilon Pi encouraged binge drinking because those who attended paid a…