Officials representing several different organizations in Riley County met Tuesday night to discuss facts and statistics about the Ebola virus. The meeting was led by Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Jason Orr of the Riley County Health Department. Orr presented several statistics and facts to an audience of officials everywhere from Mercy Regional Health Center to Riley County EMS. Riley County officials have been preparing for Ebola by training and practicing the proper procedures needed to successfully quarantine and treat infected persons. This includes coordinated training and meetings between Riley County EMS, Mercy Regional Health Center, the K-State Biosecurity Research…
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On Tuesday night the Manhattan city commission heard a report on the state of the public pool system. Parks and Recreation Director Edward Eastes reported record attendance at the pools in 2014 with the total reaching 131, 876. However, revenues for the pool system fell, and if operations continue the city subsidy for the system is forecast to rise to $295,607. Officials cited a number of reasons for the rise of operation costs in 2014, which included a longer operational run from 2013. Several options were presented in the session to raise revenues, and included a proposal for a new pool…
The Game with Mitch Fortner and John Kurtz. Royals and Giants in Game 6 of the World Series tonight. Bernie Pleskoff of mlb.com with talk about that game. Get Fit to end hour 1. In hour 2, audio from coach Snyder today. Also one-on-one interviews with K-State players. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap the show.
A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Tuesday of lying during the investigation into the 2013 attack. (
Amber Vinson, 29, the Dallas nurse who was being treated for Ebola, right, embraces Emory University Hospital epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Ribner, as she leaves a press conference after being discharged from the hospital, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Vinson worked as a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who died of Ebola at the hospital on Oct. 8. Vinson was one of two nurses who became infected while caring for Duncan.
Wildcat Insider with Wyatt Thompson, Brian Smoller and John Kurtz. Hour 1 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/12.mp3 Defense dominates Texas https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/23.mp3 Interesting tweet from Texas player Quandre Diggs/ Player development is important https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/33.mp3 KSU Volleyball wins a big game at West Virginia/ K-State basketball scrimmages Nebraska https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/43.mp3 More notes on the K-State defense Hour 2 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/53.mp3 K-State keeps improving on both sides of the ball https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6-Jeff-Mittie.mp3 K-State Women’s Basketball Coach Jeff Mittie https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/73.mp3 Coach Snyder comments from today’s Big 12 Coaches Teleconference Major Big 12 games coming up in the next weeks
Two Manhattan men charged in connection with an aggravated robbery and kidnapping incident, were set to appear in Riley County District Court Tuesday afternoon. Kaywaun Washington (25) and Ortegas Tune (26) were arrested earlier this month while at the Riley County Police Department. Both were charged with aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping and aggravated robbery. These arrests stemmed from a theft incident that occurred in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place, where three suspects reportedly displayed weapons. Tune faces a $100,000 bond while Washington faces a $150,000 bond. Both cases were continued for status hearings that will take place at 1 p.m.…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Pottawatomie County Commissioner, Pat Weixelman; Health Director, Leslie Campbell; and County Clerk, Nancy McCarter. She also talked to Dr. Steven Smethers,.Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University; Professor Emeritus and Co Founder of the Great Plains Radio History Symposium Dave McFarland.
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Educations called a Special meeting to discuss issues from the last meeting. At Monday’s meeting, Board President Richard Weixelman began the discussion of the Board’s advertising policy. The issue is an advertisement on the new scoreboard at the Sports Complex purchased by the Booster Club, who secured the advertising from a local liquor store, which was approved by the then Assistant Athletic Director. Superintendent Denise O’Dea had a handout of KASB’s (Kansas Association of School Boards) policy at the last meeting, spelling out “ads promoting the sale of any controlled substance, drug paraphernalia or any…
A teenager whose case got a lot of attention last May following a shooting on Manhattan’s north side was sentenced Monday morning to an underlying sentence of 25 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections and placed on probation for 18 months. Daeshawn Bryant of Manhattan was ordered to serve 60 days as a condition of probation. Bryant was originally charged with aggravated battery with a firearm in connection with the shooting of Dareen Starks,23, of Manhattan, who required treatment for several days following. But that charge and others were dropped as the case reportedly involved self-defense. Bryant ended up only…