On today InFocus, Cathy talks with Ron Fehr, Manhattan City Manager, followed by Kimberly Qualls of KDOT, Chris Trudo, Pottawatomie County Emergency Management Director, Leon Hobson, Riley County Public Works Director, and Mat Droge, Riley County Police Public Information Officer.
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The 2014 Powercat Recruiting Special breaks down the Wildcat 2014 recruiting class. Analysis from coaches and players about the class that Bill Snyder has brought in for the 2014-2015 football season. Where does the class rank in the Big 12 and in the country? Who are some players that will provide play right out of the gate? All that and much more on the special edition Powercat Gameday Recruiting special.
Russian speed skaters train at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014.
Vice President Joe Biden points while speaking at the 2014 UAW National Community Action Program Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Biden said a concerted war on labor threatens to drastically weaken the bargaining power of American unions.
FORT RILEY, Kan. – Fort Riley will delay reporting times for several employees in the wake of the latest winter storm. Work call for all uniformed military personnel is 9 a.m. and physical training schedules are at the discretion of each unit. Soldiers should contact leadership with any questions. Civilians will report to work on a 2-hour delay, however Irwin Army Community Hospital staff will report for normal work call hours. All civilian employees should call supervisors to confirm report times. Post Exchange and Commissary will be open for normal operations. All Child Development Centers and fitness centers will also be open…
The official 24 hour snow total was reported as 11.2 inches, according to Climatologist at Kansas State University, Mary Knapp. This places the daily snow total at number five on the list of largest snow falls in Manhattan. Number one on that list occurred on February 27th, 1900 when 18 inches of snow fell. That means this is one of the largest snow falls in 90 years in Manhattan. When adding the additional few inches we received before 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, this makes the snow storm one of the biggest in a century. Knapp mentioned when you look at snow…
The tradition continues as another Manhattan High football player is a part of K-State’s class as Winston Dimel has signed with K-State on Wednesday. The three star prospect will be a fullback for the Cats. As we reported last week on KMAN, fellow Indian senior Darian Taylor will sign on Wednesday with Pittsburg State. A pair of Wamego football players will sign with Highland Community College, Logan Stoddard and Trenton York. Football players won’t be the only Manhattan High athletes to sign with colleges on Wednesday. Chris Melgares and Alaina Schroeder will ink with KU cross country and track, joining…
A Wamego man was taken to a Topeka hospital following a two vehicle accident on I-70 KMAN first told you about late Tuesday morning. Robert Rickstrew, 58, was taken to Stormont Vail following that accident on eastbound I-70 at milemarker 322, just west of Tallgrass Road. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Rickstrew was driving a 2001 Starling truck eastbound, plowing snow, with a 2001 Kenworth semi also eastbound. The semi, driven by Glenn Rudolph, 67, of Indiana, made a lane change to avoid a vehicle and struck the back of Rickstrew’s vehicle. Rudolph was taken to Mercy Regional Health…
A winter storm is bringing snow and ice to areas from the Kansas and Missouri to Maryland and New England on Wednesday.
As athletes prepare to compete in Sochi, Russia, the rings of protection around the Winter Games are unprecedented. Russia is deploying the biggest security force in the games’ history and the U.S. is also sending security teams of its own.