A new military unit is activating in the Manhattan area. On Sunday the Kansas National Guard is gaining a new brigade operating out of the National Guard armory on 721 Levee Boulevard. The 130th Field Artillery is standing up with over 400 Kansas National Guard members to begin missions providing command and control to subordinate artillery units. The unit will be under the command of Colonel John W. Rueger .
Author: KMAN Staff
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Greg Holland and catcher Salvador Perez celebrate after defeating against the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in Game 4 of the American League baseball championship series Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals advance to the World Series.
A plane carrying a healthcare worker, who tested positive for Ebola, departs Love Field for Atlanta where the worker will be treated at Emory hospital, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Dallas. Amber Joy Vinson, the second health care worker to be diagnosed with Ebola in Texas, was one of the nurses who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, who died at the Dallas hospital last week of the Ebola virus.
By refinancing general obligation bonds, the Manhattan Ogden USD 383 is expected to save $478,000. Director of Business Services, Lew Faust and Greg Vahrenberg with Piper Jaffrey presented this discussion. This item was approved unanimously during Wednesday evening’s school board meeting. ——————- Two other items were approved during the meeting: the Frank Bergman re-roof architectural design and the payroll coordinator position. As far as the payroll coordinator discussion, Faust explained this position would involve the same level job as the original coordinator. The two would ideally work as a team to assist with payroll functions for the 1,600 school district…
This past Thursday, October 9, six K-State students engaged in a “dream-in” just outside of Anderson Hall. The students dressed up in pajamas and “slept” outside of the building. The purpose of the dream-in was to ask for more Alta Gracia throughout the bookstore. Alta Gracia is the only factory known in the world, to pay their workers a livable wage, allow them to have a democratic voice and provide them with a safe working environment. Last month, K-State students held an interfaith vigil commemorating garment workers who died producing K-State apparel in unsafe factories worldwide. Students spoke and…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Manhattan Ogden USD 383 Associate Superintendent, Robert Seymour and school board member, Leah Fliter. She also talked to Manhattan Area Technical College President, Rob Edleston.
Hundreds of police officer in Hong Kong moved in early Wednesday, to clear pro-democracy protesters from a tunnel outside the city government headquarters. The two sides clashed in the worst violence since the demonstrations began weeks ago.
The CDC is using a new way to test for enterovirus-D68, blamed for serious respiratory illnesses in children across the U.S. The test should clear up a backlog of samples but may spike the number of confirmed cases.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas had his eye on the ball from the moment it left Adam Jones’s bat, tracking it against the bright lights of Kauffman Stadium. When it settled into his glove and he tumbled into a dugout suite, a dozen fans were waiting to pick him right back up. Just like Moustakas has picked up his team during its perfect postseason. The third baseman with the four playoff homers dazzled with his glove Tuesday night. And when Billy Butler drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, the long-downtrodden Kansas…
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) A county attorney says police and sheriff’s deputies were justified in the fatal shooting of an unarmed eastern Kansas teenager. KSHB-TV reports Franklin County Attorney Stephen Hunting issued his ruling Tuesday in the death of 18-year-old Ottawa resident Joseph Jennings on Aug. 25. The shooting took place in a parking lot after police received a 911 call about a man waving a handgun and putting the weapon in his waistband. The caller turned out to be Jennings. The responding officers told him to raise his hands. Instead, the county attorney’s report says, Jennings pulled a dark item…