President Barack Obama listens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. The leaders were expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and arming Ukrainian fighters to wage a more effective battle against Russian-backed separatists.
Author: KMAN Staff
Mary Mulloy, of Strafford, Vt., works to dig her car out of the long term parking lot at the airport, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. Mulloy was returning from Salt Lake City, where temperatures were in the 70s.
More than 3,000 people showed up at the Courtyard by Marriott in Junction City to show U-S Army officials their support of Fort Riley, in light of possible cut-backs to the military post. Seats were available for 1,200 at the Monday afternoon event, with a standing room only crowd filling the convention center–and an estimated 1,500 people standing outside and not able to get in. While Junction City and Manhattan communities were featured, areas from as far away as Wichita, Lawrence,Emporia, and Salina were also represented. An official with the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce indicates the official…
Beginning in October of last year over 25 buildings in and surrounding downtown Manhattan, K-State University Campus, and Pottawatomie County, Kansas were vandalized by subjects using various colors of spray paint. The total cost for damages is estimated at $15,000. Officers with the Riley County Police Department worked alongside officers with the Kansas State University Police Department and Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office as well as asked for the community’s help through the use of the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Over the weekend as a result of a thorough investigation three arrests were made following a search warrant related to the…
Geary County Law enforcement authorities are investigating a reported carjacking early Monday morning. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf indicates that shortly before 2:30 a.m. Junction City Police officers were dispatched to the intersection of 8th and Jefferson for a possible “carjacking”. Upon arrival police found a female victim who had been beaten and her car stolen. Officers in Grandview Plaza located the vehicle and attempted to stop it and a chase ensued. Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies took over the chase and followed the car east bound on I-70. Wabaunsee County Deputies deployed “stop Sticks” flattening 2 tires, with the chase continuing into Shawnee county where the vehicle…
Austin, Texas police say an officer shot and killed an armed man early Sunday. The man, identified as 27-year-old Sawyer Flache was firing his weapon at a police helicopter.
Insanity, PTSD will figure in the trial for Eddie Ray Routh accused of killing `American Sniper’ author, Chris Kyle. With theaters still showing the Oscar-nominated movie, the defense is concerned about getting a fair trial in the Texas county.
Kenny Lannou, K-State Athletics Wide receiver Tyler Lockett, quarterback Jake Waters and linebacker Jonathan Truman were named Kansas State’s 2014 offensive and defensive MVPs, while Matthew McCrane and Lockett took special teams MVP honors as the Wildcat football program held its annual awards ceremony Sunday afternoon at McCain Auditorium on the K-State campus. “On behalf of our players and everyone in our program, thank you from the bottom of my heart for each and every person that supports our program and for those that are invested in our program, certainly our players, players’ families, coaches, coaches’ families, our administration, their…
Police in Douglasville, Georgia said 5 people were dead, including the gunman, after a shooting in a subdivision west of Atlanta. Some of the victims, they said, included children.
In a press release on Saturday night, the Kansas State University Police Department reported that a suspicious object found on Saturday afternoon on the northeast entrance ramp to Bramlage Coliseum was not a threat. As part of safety procedures, members of the Kansas Highway Patrol canine bomb team — who are a regular part of the university’s pregame safety checks — examined the contents and requested a further inspection by X-ray. Members of the K-State-Riley County police bomb team were dispatched to the area and a member of the K-State Police Department, who is part of the team, examined and…