Demonstrators filled Grand Central Terminal in New York after a grand jury declined to indict the white police officer who put a chokehold on an unarmed black man. Eric Garner died in July while gasping ‘I can’t breathe.”
Author: KMAN Staff
The Supreme Court weighs how much employers must do to accommodate pregnant workers under a federal law aimed at combating discrimination against them.
A status hearing has been set in Geary County District Court for a Fort Riley soldier facing charges of sexual exploitation of a child, rape, and aggravated sodomy. James Henning, 40, was arrested last week by Junction City Police following a month long investigation involving distribution of child pornography. Henning had been set for a preliminary Wednesday but defense counsel asked for and was granted a continuance of the case for status only on December 30th. Henning was taken into custody following execution of a search warrant in the 100 block of East 12th Street in Junction City. His bond…
Four area legislators were in attendance for Wednesday evening’s Manhattan Ogden USD 383 School Board work session. The work session was held prior to the meeting, and featured a round-table discussion about several educational issues. The first topic has made recent headlines around the state-mail ballot school board elections. Although many of the board members stated they are aware that mail ballot elections typically have better participation, they know that it comes at a cost. Some board members were not completely against mail ballot elections, but they felt school boards should have the option of mail ballot elections or normal…
Benjamin Carr, stepfather of Eric Garner, leaves the district attorney’s office after a grand jury’s decision not to indict a New York police officer involved Garner’s death, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo added to the tensions that have simmered in the city since Garner’s death on July 17.
Children sit on the wall of the abundant Union Carbide factory as they watch a rally on the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy in Bhopal, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Hundreds of survivors of the Bhopal gas leak took to the streets Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, with protests demanding harsher punishments for those responsible and more compensation for the victims of the tragedy. On the morning of Dec. 3, 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide leaked about 40 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air of the…
New College Football ranking it out. K-State men win last night. Around College Football. CEO of the Alamo Bowl Derek Fox and Cole Manbeck joins the show. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap.
A couple of area court cases will be argued before the Kansas Supreme Court next week. A former Fort Riley soldier charged with the shooting death of a Kansas National Guard member January first of 2012 is appealing to the high court, with an appearance December ninth. Daniel Parker was sentenced in October of 2013 in the first degree murder of 21 year old Frederick Beverly. Parker was given a life sentence by Riley County District Court Judge David Stutzman. At the time of the sentencing, Barry Disney with the Riley County Attorney’s office requested a minimum of 20 years for the…
The Wamego City Commission approved a rezoning ordinance at their Tuesday meeting. City Manager Merl Page presented the ordinance at the recommendation of the Planning Commission to rezone a tract of land at 226 Lincoln Avenue from R-H (Historic Townsite Residential District) to C-1 (retail business district). This is a residential property located at the corner of Valley and K-99 Highway. The new owner, Elaine Dhuvetter plans to turn the property into a crafting Retreat. According to Page, the Planning Commission held the public hearing to consider the application, and with no objection, recommended approval of the rezoning application.…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board Member, Pat Hudgins and Superintendent, Bob Shannon; Charlie Copeland with Riley County Firefighters; and Lt. Kirsten Aho with Salvation Army.