Author: KMAN Staff

Ashley Mason has been named the Program Manager for Health Connect, the new Health Home Program of Pawnee Mental Health Services. Health Homes are a program of the Kansas Medicaid program which provides coordinated physical and behavioral health care for eligible KanCare consumers. Health Connect will provide comprehensive and intense care coordination for people with complex chronic conditions, like diabetes, asthma, or serious mental illness. The goal of Health Connect is to improve consumer care and health outcomes, lower Medicaid costs, and reduce preventable hospitalization and emergency room visits.  Ms. Mason has a bachelor’s degree from Baker University in Music…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Pineda kept throwing strikes. The Royals kept taking them, trying in vain to drive his pitch count up. When Yankees catcher Brian McCann looked up in the third inning, his right-hander had still thrown just 35 pitches. He knew then that Pineda was in a groove. Pineda wound up pitching into the seventh inning Monday night to win for the first time since April 16, helping New York beat the Kansas City Royals 8-1 for its fifth straight win. In the makeup of a game rained out in early June, Pineda (3-2) gave up…

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  While no injuries were  involved, an aircraft accident was reported at the Manhattan Regional Airport Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a Mooney Aircraft was on approach to the airport, when the pilot neglected to deploy landing gear.    The pilot has been identified as Douglas Ward, 56, of Iowa. Again, he was not injured.   The accident was reported shortly before 1:30 Monday afternoon

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EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas man has died after being hit by a tree branch while putting out a small fire caused by lightning. Radio station KVOE reports the accident happened in rural Emporia around 9:30 a.m. Monday. Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope says 49-year-old Gary Fuller and 86-year-old Kenny Fuller were both hit by a large branch that fell from about 30 feet up. Gary Fuller suffered critical injuries and was pronounced dead at Newman Regional Hospital. The sheriff says lightning had set fire to grass around the tree. The men were pouring water on the grass when…

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Hour 1 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h1-s1.mp3 Coach Snyder announced the starting running back https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h1-s2.mp3 K-State Volleyball finally has some depth https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h1-s3.mp3 K-State Football’s biggest weakness? https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h1-s4.mp3 Pregame playlist and other Big 12 games this weekend Hour 2 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h2-s1.mp3 K-State’s junior college tranfers https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h2-s2.mp3 Preview of  Stephen F. Austin https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h2-s3.mp3 Other Big 12 games this weekend https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/h2-s4.mp3 K-State vs SFU this Saturday

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To be a global leader in food systems is the goal of Kansas State University authorities–and a presentation to that effect was made by Jackie Hartman and Kent Glasscock, representing the university at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting.   Hartman, who serves as Chief of Staff at the University, told the group she is excited to embark upon the journey–and talked about this initiative, which is part of a wider goal  of the University and part of  Vision 2025.   Hartman say the global middle class is expected to double from one to two billion people in a very few years. And as…

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