Author: KMAN Staff

On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Certified Personal trainer with Grace,Goals, and Guts, Leslie Graves, as well as Chief of the Nutrition Care Division at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Trinity Storey. She also talked to Clinical Director/Assistant Director at Pawnee Mental Health, Karen Smothers.

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Currently, concealed carry signs are posted on a few of the Riley County buildings.  If these signs were to remain, both opened carry and concealed carry would be prohibited on July 1st, according to County Counselor, Clancy Holeman. With House Bill 2578 becoming effective on July 1st, Holeman shared his recommendations with commissioners during Thursday’s county commission meeting. As far as the Carnegie building and the courthouse, Holeman advised that the signs be left in place.  That will automatically prohibit open carry by both the public and employees.  However, with courthouse plaza east and the office building, he recommended removing the…

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The Riley County Police Department responded to a complaint of aggravated robbery and criminal damage to property Wednesday afternoon. These crimes reportedly occurred in the 3000 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and involved two persons known to each other.   RCPD indicates at approximately 12:00 PM, the victim, identified as Brock Mitchell, 18, of Manhattan reported he had invited an 18-year-old male acquaintance to his home. Shortly after, it was reported the suspect accosted the victim and took possession of several hundred dollars in US currency.  An exact amount is unknown at this time.   The suspect then fled the scene and…

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MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University Foundation’s board of directors has voted to begin development of the first phase of a master plan for a 14-acre tract of land at the corner of Kimball and Denison avenues in Manhattan. The initial project for the site will be an office building for the KSU Foundation. Future phases will add three additional buildings that will provide commercial space for corporate office and lab space. “We are unanimous that this is the right time to initiate this project,” said retired Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the foundation board. “Now that the National Bio…

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K-State football preaches family, and the Cats’ latest recruit is a legacy.  Bishop Carroll running back Denzel Goolsby, cousin of Bryan Goolsby, became K-State’s sixth football commit for the 2015 recruiting class, released via Denzel’s Twitter account. I am officially committed to play for… *deep breath*… KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY!! #Wildcats #EMAW — Denzel Goolsby (@PeeBeeAndZelly) June 25, 2014 The 5 foot 11 inch Goolsby is a two-star recruit according to Rivals.com and reportedly picked the Wildcats over KU and Iowa State. He ran for 490 yards and 12 touchdowns, and had 304 receiving yards with three more scores for Bishop…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Wade Davis plunked A.J. Ellis of the Dodgers with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning Wednesday night, sending Los Angeles to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Jamey Wright threw 2 2-3 scoreless innings in relief of Dan Haren to pick up the win. Davis had not allowed a run in 22 1-3 innings spanning his last 20 outings. But after nearly escaping a jam by catching Adrian Gonzalez in a rundown between third base and home for the second out of the eighth, the reliever walked Scott Van Slyke…

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A Junction City man faces an August jury trial in a fleeing and eluding case that involved a couple of counties last November.A review hearing was held for Devoris Newson Wednesday in Riley County District Court, with a pretrial set for July 18th and jury trial August 20th. Newson originally faced a number of charges and Riley County police used the IRIS alert system and social media to warn the public they were looking for him on a Sunday in early November. Using information gathered from the public, police located Newson and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. However the…

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Manhattan Ogden USD 383 School Board members closed their last meeting of the fiscal year, Wednesday evening, by discussing interests in officer positions for the coming fiscal year. Current Vice President of the Board, Leah Fliter informed her fellow board members that she would be honored to run for the president position. Board Member, Darrel Edie expressed his interest to run for the vice president position, and mentioned he will have more free time next year in order to fulfill the potential increase in commitment.  Although she was absent, Board Member, Marcia Rozell is also interested in running for the…

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A Manhattan Christian College student pursuing a degree in the LEAD Program was presented with a grant check by members of PEO, Chapter IW, of Manhattan Wednesday afternoon. Colleen Musil  of Eskridge received the check from IW’s Continuing Education Chair Cathy Scroggs, with committee members Sydney Carlin and Usha Reddi also present. Cheryl Arthur, who also served on the committee, was not present. The PEO Program for Continuing Education is a grant program providing financial assistance to women whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families. The LEAD Program…

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