Hundreds of demonstrators marched in cities across the U.S. on Thursday in honor of International Workers’ Day. In Seattle, police made arrests as anti-capitalist marchers meandered through Seattle several hours after peaceful demonstrations.
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A 27-year-old Junction City man faces rape and aggravated indecent liberties charges. Allen Michael Amenson was taken into custody Thursday on two counts each of rape and aggravated indecent liberties. Amenson was taken into custody shortly before 9 a.m.Thursday in the 900 block of Grant Avenue in Junction City.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas point guard Naadir Tharpe, who started 30 games during last year’s Big 12 title run, is expected to transfer, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the school had not announced his decision. It is unknown where he plans to transfer. Tharpe was suspended for last season’s opener after playing in an unauthorized summer league game. He also was seen in a lewd photograph that circulated on social media that prompted coach Bill Self to say he was “extremely disappointed.” The 5-foot-11 guard averaged…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Mark Buehrle pitched into the seventh inning, Juan Francisco and Colby Rasmus each went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Thursday night to avoid a series sweep. Francisco and Rasmus each drove in a pair of runs for Toronto, as did Anthony Gose, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to start in place of injured outfielder Melky Cabrera. Buehrle (5-1) worked through plenty of trouble to last 6 2-3 innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits and a pair of walks. It was a solid bounce-back performance after the…
After a previous lengthy and somewhat heated law board meeting, a special meeting was held to continue discussions Thursday. Riley County Police Director, Brad Schoen began the meeting by sharing some statistics, including the numbers of calls for service. There were 219 calls for service from Rusty’s and Kite’s, according to Schoen. The owner of those bars, Rusty Wilson claimed these statistics were not fair, as his bars were grouped together, while the other bars listed were not. A majority of the meeting revolved around a video, which Wilson had referenced during the previous law board meeting, involving a police…
Debris from an explosion at the Escambia County Jail is scattered at the entrance to the facility, Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Pensacola, Fla. Two inmates were killed and more than 100 others injured in the explosion according to an Escambia County spokeswoman.
Survey crews in boats look over tanker cars as workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Virginia state officials were still trying Thursday to determine the environmental impact of the train derailment.
Thursday’s edition of “The Game” on KMAN breaks down the Royals first complete month of the 2014 season. KC won on Wednesday night against the Blue Jays 4-2 which put the Royals at 14-12 through the month of April. Where would you grade the start for KC and has it exceeded expectations? Kansas guard Nadiir Tharpe has decided to transfer away from the Jayhawk program for his last season to be closer to his daughter. Would this move help or hurt the Kansas for the upcoming 2014 season? Doc Sadler is the new head coach of Southern Miss which means Brad Underwood appears to be staying at Stephen F. Austin. The NBA playoffs continue and it has provided fantastic games night in and night out. “Full Throttle” as always on Thursday’s plus “you can’t be serious” to close out the show as always on KMAN.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Governor’s Military Council Executive Director, John Armbrust, and Randi Dale, Kathy Dzewaltowski, and Chris Boxberger with the Peace Memorial Auditorium project.
A cash management discussion quickly took a different turn during Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting. Commissioners had previously requested that County Treasurer, Eileen King provide them with an education about cash management. King shared details about balances, long term investments, deposits, electronic fund transfers, outstanding checks and ACH deposits. After King has finished her presentation, she asked commissioners if this is what they were wanting to hear about. Commission Chair, Robert Boyd answered with, “you kind of missed the mark. This wasn’t exactly what I was looking for”. Boyd requested additional statistics, mainly comparing numbers throughout the years on some…