The MHS boys cross country team competed Friday morning at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence for the 2014 State Championships. The Indians brought home the top two places with Jackson Schroeder and Michael Melgares. Schroeder finished in first place, four seconds better than his counter part Melgares. Melgares had a tight finish with second and third place finishing a tenth of a second better than the third place finisher. Other notable finishes for the Indians: Isaiah Koppes (27th), Copper Schroeder (40th), Samuel Morgan (60th), Peter Gruenbacher (68th) and Alejandro Martinez (73rd). Manhattan as a team finished in third place behind Blue Valley…
Author: KMAN Staff
With just days to go before voters cast their ballots in the high stakes midterm elections, control of the Senate hangs on just a few states, and the GOP is feeling optimistic that both houses of Congress may soon be back under its control.
One person has been reported missing after a series of explosions and fire at a fireworks factory in Great Britain. At least two other people were injured and taken to hospital, according to Britain’s Press Association news agency.
Authorities say they have captured a man accused of killing one Pennsylvania State trooper and seriously injuring another during an ambush outside police barracks.
Nurse Kaci Hickox, right, and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur are followed by a Maine State Trooper as they ride bikes on a trail near her home in Fort Kent, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. The couple went on an hour-long ride. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends on Nov. 10. Police are monitoring her, but can’t detain her without a court order signed by a judge.
The Royals fall in Game 7 of the World Series 3-2. Audio from the Big 12 coaches teleconference. Full Throttle to wrap hour 1. Jeremy Crabtree from ESPN joins the show in hour 2. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap the show.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Mercy Regional Health Center Public Relations Director, Jana Bowman and Chief Financial Officer, Jim Fraser. She also spoke with Manhattan Senior Planner, Chad Bunger.
Two project bid openings, and one equipment purchase bid opening, were held during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting. The first was for the University Park/Lakeside Heights utilities extension project. Two bids were submitted for this project: Josh Connett Excavation LLC of Manhattan-$53,465 Larson Construction, Inc. of Manhattan-$53,465 Commissioners and public works officials both stated this was the first time they have received identical bids. An engineer’s estimate of $54,720 was also submitted. The second bid opening was for the Riley County Law Enforcement Center standby electrical power system expansion. One bid was submitted for this project: Economy Electric, Inc. of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A small plane has crashed at Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport, sending up huge plumes of black smoke that can be seen for miles around the city. According to the Associated Press a fire chief is indicating at least two people are dead inside the Kansas airport building where the small plane crashed. Authorities say the total death toll is now four. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory says a small Beechcraft model plane crashed just before 10 a.m. Thursday. Cory says the plane had just taken off but quickly turned around in an attempt to return to the…
Justin Hunt, 24, of Manhattan was arrested Wednesday at approximately 1:45 PM while in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center in Manhattan. Police made this arrest as part of ongoing investigations into the illegal sale and distribution of drugs in the Manhattan and Riley County area. Hunt was arrested for sale or distribution of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, sale or distribution of hallucinogenic drugs (marijuana) (X2), using a telecommunication device to facilitate a drug transaction (X2), criminal use of a weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia to grow or distribute marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was issued…