Author: KMAN Staff

By Chris Kutz PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – K-State reliever Kyle Halbohn shut the door with a five-out save following the Wildcats’ three-run eighth inning as the K-State baseball team opened the 2015 season with a 5-4 win over Iowa on Friday at Charlotte Sports Park. After the Wildcats (1-0) took a 5-2 lead in the top half of the eighth, sparked by a pinch-hit RBI single by Tyler Moore, Halbohn stranded a pair of inherited runners in the bottom of the frame and worked around a two-out double in the ninth to pick up the save in his K-State debut.…

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On February 11th, 2015 the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 5375 Hopkins Creek Road, rural St.George Kansas. The search warrant was a result of an investigation into an earlier reported burglary at 3490 Swamp Angle Road, Rural Manhattan. Sheriff Deputies had responded to CK Processing on February 8th, 2015 to investigate a burglary and theft. After a tip from the public and several miles of tracking, Detectives believed they had located the residence where the stolen items were located, 5375 Hopkins Creek Road. A search warrant was applied for and received for this residence. The Search…

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The Junction City Police Department in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Parole Violator who is being sought by the JCPD and KDOC. Arthur M. Vantassel is a male, 29 years of age, 5’10” tall, 200 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Mr. Vantassel was convicted in 2011 on charges of Distribution of Certain Hallucinogens. He has been a Fugitive from the Department of Corrections Parole Program since December of 2014. He was last known to be residing in Junction City and is still believed to still be in…

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Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko inspects a British Saxon military vehicle for its bullet proof capabilities at the National Guard Training Center in Novy Petrivtsy, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. The first twenty Saxons, after equipping them with weapons, will be sent to the Ukrainian east .

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The Kansas Highway Patrol has completed its investigation of a fatal accident that occurred near Keats a few months ago, indicating a high rate of speed was involved.  The December seventh accident resulted in the death of Brent Kilbourn, 17, of Blue Rapids. Wyatt Howe, 17, of Riley, who was injured in the accident, was the driver of Chevy Camaro involved in the accident, which ended up wrapped around a tree on the passenger’s side during the early morning accident. Road conditions were described as damp from early morning dew, but an officer at the scene stated the road did…

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Officials stand by the scene of a fatal collision that killed longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in New York. Simon, who was 73, covered riots, Academy Award-nominated movies and wars and was held captive for more than a month in Iraq two decades ago.

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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and City council president Darrell Clarke clasp hands during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at City Hall in Philadelphia. Democrats have selected Philadelphia as the site of the party’s 2016 national convention, choosing a patriotic backdrop for the nomination of its next presidential candidate. The convention will be held the week of July 25, 2016 The city also hosted the Republican National Convention in 2000.

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