Update: As KMAN previously reported, an accident on Casement Road apparently caused a brief power outage to more than 900 Westar Customers Monday evening. Riley County Police released additional details yesterday Tuesday morning. The vehicle collision took place in the 1900 block of Casement, around 9:30 Monday night, when Joshua Biltoft (24) was driving a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country. The Manhattan man lost control of his vehicle and struck a Westar power pole. Biltoft was transported to Mercy Regional Health Center for complaint of head pain. Westar officials indicated later in the day they weren’t sure…
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The Governor will be paying a visit to Manhattan next Tuesday. Manhattan Ogden School board President Curt Herrman told KMAN Tuesday morning he just confirmed Governor Sam Brownback’s visit Monday evening. The Governor will be at Woodrow Wilson elementary school February 25th at 1:30 p.m. The elementary school received the 2013 Governor’s Achievement award, one of only 42 elementary schools out of the nearly 800 in the state. To receive the award, schools must be in the top 5 percent of schools in both reading and math on the state assessments and meet goals for attendance and graduation rate.
WACO, Texas (AP) Cory Jefferson scored 25 points and Baylor overcame a buzzer-beater that forced overtime to hand Oklahoma State its seventh straight loss with a 70-64 victory Monday night in the Cowboys’ last of three games without suspended guard Marcus Smart. The Bears (17-9, 5-8 Big 12) won in overtime at home for the second time in three days. Baylor’s Brady Heslip hit a tying 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation in a double-overtime victory against Kansas State on Saturday. The Cowboys (16-10, 4-9) can finish no better than .500 in conference but will get Smart back from his…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas are competing for law school students. Missouri-Kansas City’s law school has provided in-state undergraduate tuition for most Kansas residents for four years. Now, the KU School of Law is responding. The Kansas school will use a new scholarship program to allow residents of 11 Missouri counties to pay the equivalent of in-state tuition $19,623 a year instead of $33,067 for out-of-state students. Missouri-Kansas City’s law school does not formally waive out-of-state tuition but nearly all of those students get in-state tuition rates. The competition is partly…
This is the 14th season as Athletic Director at Wamego High School for Mark Stephan, and this year will be his last. Stephan will step down at the end of this school year to pursue other opportunities. One of the big reason’s that Stephan hung around for so long was because of the community surrounding Wamego. “I’ve been living in Wamego since 1983, we wanted to put our roots down and raise our children in a good community which Wamego is,” says Stephan. Stephan was not just the AD but he was also the Assistant Principle and that in itself…
Officials in Geneva say the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane hijacked it to Switzerland, where he is seeking asylum.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States celebrate after placing first in the ice dance free dance figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 43-year-old woman had to have a knife removed from the back of her head at a Wichita hospital after a late-night altercation. The Wichita Eagle reports the woman and a 49-year-old man told police that someone pointed a handgun at them late Friday at an unknown location. They said the man pulled out a pocket knife to defend himself, but the suspect grabbed it and threw it at the woman. Wichita Police Sgt. Ron Hunt said the knife became imbedded in the back of the woman’s head. She walked into Via Christi Hospital with the knife…
“Wildcat Insider” breaks down the Wildcat’s loss to Baylor in double overtime in Waco on Saturday night. The K-State baseball team swept by Cal Poly to open up the 2014 campaign how will they bounce back? The K-State women pick up a win over the weekend against Texas Tech. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 69-year-old Kansas man ends up with a broken rib and collapsed lung after unsuccessfully trying to get a young woman to dance with him. The Wichita Eagle reports the man attempted to dance with the woman at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at the Driftwood Lounge when she took exception and pushed him. Police spokesman Sgt. John Hoofer says the man was injured when he fell back onto a wooden bench. He was transported to a local hospital. Police are still looking for the woman, who is in her 20s.