Volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command are monitoring Santa Claus as he makes his storybook Christmas Eve flight.
Author: KMAN Staff
The mayor of Berkeley, Missouri, says the city will thoroughly investigate the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer. But Mayor Theodore Hoskins says comparisons to the Michael Brown case in Ferguson are unfair.
The Kansas Court of Appeals has affirmed a Riley County Court decision in a 2012 drug-related case. A jury convicted Antonio Hill of Manhattan of distributing a controlled substance. The matter was heard in Judge David Stutzman’s court room. Hill contends the trial court should have provided the jury with a limiting instruction on prior crimes evidence and he argues the trial court erred in the way it considered his criminal history at sentencing. However the higher court indicates based on independent review of all the identification evidence, the judges are firmly convinced the jury would not have reached a…
Guests on In Focus included Riley County USD 378 Supt. Brad Starnes and Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton; new Kansas Farm Bureau Board of Directors member Glenn Brunkow; Kansas State University’s Director of Bands Dr. Frank Tracz. Segment 1-Brad Starnes and Brady Burton Segment 2-Brady Burton and Brad Starnes Segment 3-Glenn Brunkow Segment 4-Frank Tracz
A man who pulled a gun and pointed it at a police officer has been killed in the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley, St. Louis County police said early Wednesday. Dozens of people quickly converged on the scene.
Four people are dead after severe weather hit two counties about 80 miles southeast of Jackson, Mississippi. The storms flipped cars, knocked out power to thousands and damaged several homes and businesses.
A 34-year-old Ogden man faces a $5,000 bond following his warrant arrest by Riley County Police Tuesday evening. Story Stanley was taken into custody for probation violation. No further details are available at this time. ### A couple of arrests involving no bond are listed on Wednesday”s Riley County Police arrest report. Danyelle Lamb, 24, of Manhattan was taken into custody late Tuesday morning on a warrant for probation violation. And Mario Williams, 25, of Junction City was arrested early Wednesday morning on a warrant. The report does not specify the charge involved.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc. has completed its acquisition of optical network device company Oplink Communications Inc. The companies announced Tuesday that Koch Optics Inc. has acquired 14,701,501 shares at a price of $24.25 per share. The deal represents about 83.8 percent of Optlink’s outstanding shares. Last month’s tender offer for all of Oplinks’ outstanding shares expired on Monday. The companies subsequently completed the merger, effective Tuesday, without a vote or meeting of Oplink’s shareholders. Oplink survives as a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries. Its shares ceased trading on the NASDAQ Global Market prior to…
After eight years of service as a fire supervisor, Bruce Brazzle stepped down from his position at the Pottawatomie County Fire Department. Brazzle was recently mentioned on KMAN’s InFocus for his trailblazing efforts in the recent consolidation of several different fire districts for the county. “This year is the first year we’ve gone about consolidating about seven different fire districts,” County Administrator Robert Reece mentioned, “that in itself was a long time coming, and really, Bruce Brazzle was the one who spearheaded that with various chiefs… it has really, really turned out great.” County Commission Chair Stan Hartwich also mentioned…
There’s a lot of great audio from Coach Snyder and players from today’s press conference. Many one-on-one interviews with players. Temple tramples KU last night. Get Fit to end hour one. The Miami Beach Bowl ends in a fight. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap the show.