In this photo provided by Kerri L. Berney, people gather in New York’s Times Square, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in New York. Thousands of people peacefully gathered in Manhattan’s Times Square and Union Square Thursday, invoking the rallying cries “hands up, don’t shoot” and “I can’t breathe,” alluding to the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, 43, who was arrested on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes and was placed in an officer’s chokehold in New York.
Author: KMAN Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals didn’t let Jarrod Dyson’s defensive miscue slow them down on Thursday. Dyson drove in the tying run in a five-run seventh, while Nori Aoki and Billy Butler each drove in two runs and the surging Kansas City Royals rallied to defeat the Oakland Athletics 7-3. The Royals have won 18 of 22 to move 12 games above .500 for the first time since July 20, 2003. The Royals took the season series, winning five of seven against the Athletics, who have the best record in the majors. Aoki’s two-run triple put the…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A bicyclist who was struck and killed by a pickup truck in northeast Kansas has been identified as a 66-year-old university librarian. The Douglas County sheriff’s office says the collision happened Wednesday afternoon south of Clinton Lake, near Lawrence. WIBW-TV reports the bicyclist was identified Thursday as Lawrence resident Cal Melick, who worked as a public services librarian at Washburn University in Topeka. Deputies said Melick was riding eastbound when he was hit by a westbound pickup truck that was trying to pass another vehicle. The 69-year-old pickup driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that humanitarian efforts in northern Iraq are proving successful, meanwhile Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announces he will step down.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol will take over supervising security in the St. Louis suburb that’s been the scene of violent protests since a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, the governor announced Thursday.
Drugs, a possible bipolar condition, and violence were all part of the testimony of a Wamego man’s sentencing on Thursday afternoon in Pottawatomie County Court. Dustin Monroe’s defense attorneys called experts in mental health and addiction to the stand to testify on his challenges, but also his determination to become a better person going forward. Prosecutor Sherri Schuck brought the two officers who shot Monroe onto the stand, and they described their repeated attempts to get Monroe to drop his weapon and the fear for innocents that finally drove them to end the confrontation by shooting Monroe. Monroe was convicted…
KSU Men’s Basketball full schedule announced today. Did the Royals win today? Texas Tech and West Virginia Powercat Gameday reporters join the show. So does Lyle Shepard for “Full Throttle”. You Can’t Be Serious wraps up the show.
K-State senior forward Thomas Gipson was arrested in Geary County yesterday on suspicion of driving while his licence was revoked. Gipson was stopped for speeding on US-77 near the I-70 junction at 11:56 a.m. He was booked into the Geary County Detention Center after a check showed that his licence had been revoked. He was later released on a $1,000 bond. Gipson averaged over 11 points and 5 rebounds per game as a junior last season for the Wildcats.
K-State will appear on national television in a school record 17 of their 18 Big 12 games. The league released the full Big 12 schedule on Thursday. The Wildcats will be on ESPN or ESPN2 nine times, ESPNU six times and ESPNNews twice. Five of the Wildcats nine Big 12 home games will be on Saturday, including games with Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa State. Full Schedule: 14-15 MBB Schedule_8.14.14
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to several Fort Riley officials and Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer, Matthew Droge, about August 2014 Antiterrorism Awareness Month and military children going back to school. She also spoke with Flint Hills Christian School Administator, Tim McDonald and Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal, Scott Hulshoff.