U-S Senator Jerry Moran of Manhattan is a Rotarian–and he was proud to address what is now his hometown group at lunch Thursday. Moran talked about the importance of getting construction going on the National Bio and Agri-Defense Facility. The Senator also addressed other issues of importance to his fairly new hometown, including Fort Riley, funding for the Manhattan Regional Airport renovation, and floodplain concerns. The Manhattan Regional Airport is a priorty for Moran, who visited with fellow Manhattan Rotarians Thursday noon. The local Senator talked about recently meeting with a local delegation from Manhattan, including the city…
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After law enforcement responded to a vehicle accident Wednesday evening in Duluth, the driver was found dead at the scene. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a roll-over injury accident approximately two miles East of Duluth Church on Duluth road. Sheriff deputies, as well as EMS and Fire, were dispatched and responded to the location. Emergency units when arriving discovered a single vehicle roll-over accident, and the driver was lying outside of the vehicle. The driver was believed to be the only occupant of the vehicle, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was later…
According to multiple reports a family member says the controversial and outspoken Reverend Fred Phelps the former head of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka has died at the age of 84. The reports say the family member who was not identified reported Phelps passed away sometime Wednesday night. Phelps until recently was the head of Westboro which gained national attention for picketing at military funerals and funerals of AIDS victims who lost their battle with the disease and usually brought signs with anti-gay and anti-military slogans. Earlier this week reports surfaced from Phelps’ estranged son Nathan that the elder…
Colton Kalmus and four relievers combined for a two-hitter in a 4-0 shutout of Air Force on Wednesday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. Kalmus, a redshirt freshman, earned his first win as a Wildcat, without giving up a hit and striking out four in three and two thirds innings. Landon Busch, Jake Fromson, Ethan Landon and Jake Matthys finished out the game on the mound for K-State. R.J. Santigate and Mitch Meyer each had multi-hit efforts for K-State, and Ross Kivett scored a pair of runs. Santigate, Shane Conlon and Clayton Dalrymple all knocked in runs. K-State opens Big 12 play…
A pair of Centennial League boys teams played for state titles as the league was as loaded as ever this season. Manhattan High placed a quartet of players on the all-Centennial League teams after posting a 7-6 league record. Junior forwards Payton Stephens and Pierson McAtee each were named to the second team, while senior Alex Stitt and sophomore Gabe Awbrey both received honorable mention. The Wamego boys came in second place in the NCKL this winter and four players received all-league recognition. Senior Trenton York and juniors Kyle Alderson and Eli Miller each made the first team, while senior Jared Ayers…
Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
In an interview with a San Diego television station, President Barack Obama says the ratcheting up of the pressure against Russia does not include getting into what he called a military excursion in Ukraine.
A Chinese relative of a passenger aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is carried out by security officials as she protests before a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. New radar data from Thailand gave Malaysian investigators more potential clues Wednesday for how to retrace the course of the missing Malaysian airliner, while a massive multinational search unfolded in an area the size of Australia.
Pro-Russian self-defense force members get through an entrance to the Ukrainian Navy headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. An Associated Press photographer said several hundred militiamen took down the gate and made their way onto the base. They then raised the Russian flag in the square by the headquarters. The unarmed militia waited for an hour on the square before the move to storm the headquarters. Following the arrival of the commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the Crimeans took over the building.
(Courtesy MFD Facebook Page) Multiple vehicles were involved in an accident at the intersection of Fort Riley Boulevard and Westwood Drive in Manhattan shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday. The accident resulted in traffic being diverted to other roads in the area while emergency crews responded to the scene. No injuries were reported as it appears all those involved were wearing seat belts. The accident scene was clear as of 5:30 p.m.