On today’s InFocus, Cathy speaks with Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator, Laurie Harrison and Chris Hallenbeck of Fort Riley’s Emergency Management on Severe weather awareness week and statewide drill, as well as Mike Kerns and Dave Eckert of the Flint Hills Veteran’s Coalition.
Author: KMAN Staff
A total of five bids were submitted to the Riley County Commission for herbicides for the noxious weed department. Commissioner, Dave Lewis opened each bid individually and read them aloud. The five companies to submit bids were: Red River Specialties of Augusta, Van Diest Supply Company of Lindsborg, CPS of Castle Rock, CO, Helena Chemical Company of Shawnee, Sims Fertilizer and Chemical of Osborne. Each company submitted bids for different herbicides, including 2, 4-D LV Ester and 2,4-D Amine. All of the bids were approved for staff evaluation and recommendation. ———– As Commission Chair, Robert Boyd was absent for the…
The reigning Big 12 Conference player of the year, K-State senior Ross Kivett, has received his first honor from the league in 2014. Kivett was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the first time in his career after going 6 for 12 with 3 RBI over the weekend in Abilene, Texas during two wins over Grand Canyon and another over Missouri State. The Broadview Heights, Ohio native had a hit and RBI in each game and a season high three base knocks against the Bears. Kivett was especially strong with runners in scoring position, where he went 4-for-5 (.800)…
Hollywood names the brutal drama “12 years a slave” best picture at the 86th Academy Awards, and Lupita Nyong’o wins best supporting for her role in that film. Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey take home best actor.
Protesters against the Keystone Pipeline XL were arrested in a peaceful protest after strapping themselves to the White House fence and blocking sidewalks in a sit-in.
Igniting a tense standoff, Russian forces surrounded a Ukrainian army base Sunday just as the country began mobilizing its military in response to the surprise Russian takeover of Crimea.
Mercy Regional Health Center has fully joined Via Christi Health under a transfer agreement between the Memorial Hospital Association (MHA) and Via Christi Health. Mercy Regional Health Center was formed in 1996 when The Saint Mary Hospital and Memorial Hospital were combined. Since then, Via Christi and the MHA have had a joint 50-50 ownership of Mercy, with Via Christi providing management services. Under the agreement announced Friday, the MHA transferred its ownership of Mercy to Via Christi Health. As part of the agreement, the MHA will form a non-profit foundation to assist with improving health care services in Riley County, including…
The Baseball game between Kansas State and Abilene Christian scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Abilene, Texas has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The game will not be made up. K-State had moved this weekend’s games to the Texas city after the series against Milwaukee scheduled for Tointon Family Stadium this weekend had been cancelled due to wintry weather. K-State will next be in action on Tuesday at Nebraska with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m. weather permitting. The Wildcats are now scheduled to open their home slate on Friday at 3 p.m. when the defending Big 12 Champs host…
Two Manhattan High wrestlers brought home some hardware from the 6A state tournament on Saturday afternoon at Hartman Arena in Wichita. Kian Clemens won the title in the 132 lb. weight class while Austin Chauncey won state in the 160 lb. class. The Tribe finished 9th at this year’s Class 6A tournament, just ahead of Junction City, who came in 11th. St. James Academy won the state meet, easily outpacing 2nd place Garden City. Other notable performers for the Tribe included Mason Wallace who finished 3rd at 120 lbs. and Eldon Picou who placed 6th at 285. In Class 4A…
After a rough season-opening trip to the West Coast that saw them lose seven out of eight games, the defending Big 12 Champion Kansas State Baseball team seems to have found its game in the Lone Star State. After their home-opening series at Tointon Family Stadium scheduled for this weekend was cancelled due to inclement weather, the Bat Cats headed south to Abilene, Texas for four games in a three-day period. On Saturday, K-State won a pair of games defeating Grand Canyon in the afternoon 11-1 as Landon Busch twirled the team’s first complete game since last March. In the…