Hezbollah members stand next to burned and damaged cars at the site of an explosion in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in south Beirut on Tuesday, killing several people and sending plumes of smoke over the area in the latest attack to target supporters of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.
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A plow makes its way along Market Street during a winter snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Philadelphia. A swirling storm with the potential for more than a foot of snow clobbered the mid-Atlantic and the urban Northeast on Tuesday, grounding thousands of flights, closing government offices in the nation’s capital and making a mess of the evening commute.
K-State has added a non-conference opponent to their 2015 schedule. According to a tweet from Louisiana Tech athletics, the Bulldogs will play the Wildcats in Manhattan on September 19th, 2015. @LATechFB LA Tech Football (@LATechFB) will play at Kansas State (@kstatesports) on Sept. 19, 2015 in a single-game deal. #WeAreLATech Louisiana Tech finished 4-8 last season in head coach Skip Holtz’s first season. K-State’s entire 2014 non-conference schedule is known, but K-State officials are still waiting on ESPN to finalize a move to Thursday night for the Wildcats’ game with Auburn according to the Wichita Eagle. K-State athletic director John…
From continued improvement of traffic safety and reducing crime to making use of available technological advances and improving employee wellness, Riley County law board members approved a list of goals for 2014 at its meeting Tuesday. Board member Wynn Butler made the motion, which was approved unanimously. Butler had said earlier in the meeting a process review could highlight some of the areas that get buried, including the good things Riley County Police accomplish. And before moving on to this year, Board Chair John Matta emphasized 2013 had been a good one for reaching goals. Action items for…
Update at 5:27 p.m. Tuesday: Riley County Police confirm via Twitter that the search has concluded for today and that further searches are unknown at this time. *************************************************************************************************************************** The search for a missing St. George woman brought out several troops from Fort Riley, at least a dozen humvees, and various other emergency agencies Tuesday afternoon. Riley County Police Public Information Officer Matt Droge announced the grid search Tuesday afternoon on the scene of the search at Tuttle Cove on Tuttle Creek Lake. 56 year old Jane Peterson was reported missing by her family Sunday morning, and her truck was found…
Update-9:30 a.m. Wednesday Via Christi officials have informed KMAN that Bennett was still hospitalized on Wednesday in serious condition. —————— Original Story A man has been transported to Wichita after suffering a gun shot wound Monday. Around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, members of the Junction City Police Department and EMS were dispatched to 11 Fuller Circle in Junction City. The call indicated a subject had been shot. Upon arrival, police made contact with the victim, identified as Steven Bennett, who is a Fort Riley soldier. Bennett was suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, and was quickly transported to…
K-State received a commitment from a highly regarded junior college player for the second time in as many days, according to Rivals.com. Riverside, CA Community College offensive tackle Dominique Robertson gave his word to K-State over the weekend. The 6′ 5″ 300-pound Robertson is the #72 ranked junior college player in the 2014 recruiting class. The three star prospect picked K-State over Arizona, Arizona State, Texas Tech, and Washington State.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson and quarterback Alex Smith were chosen Monday to replace 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the Pro Bowl. The two substitutions means Kansas City will be sending 10 players to Hawaii. Bowman tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee in Sunday’s NFC championship loss to Seattle. Brady bowed out of the all-star game one day after New England lost to Denver in the AFC championship. This will be Johnson’s third straight Pro Bowl, while Smith will be headed to his first. They’ll be…
A big winter storm is forecast to drop up to ten inches of snow from Virginia to New England on Tuesday. Bitter cold air is also expected to hit the region.
Two people are confirmed dead after an explosion brought down part of an animal feed plant in Omaha, Nebraska. Authorities say all workers who were in the building have been accounted for.