RSVP has served the community as a conduit between need and volunteers for some time, and now they’re expanding their reach to help younger volunteers and families engage in volunteer work. They are reflecting that mission statement change with a new name of Flinthills Volunteer Center as the organization moves forward in its service to the community. That is according to director Lori Bishop as she told KMAN the move will help facilitate the younger demographic to begin volunteer work, and create more opportunities for the families to work together. Bishop said it enhances opportunities as well for the younger…
Author: KMAN Staff
Junction City police reported a juvenile had escaped custody of a home they were placed in that led to some charges on Thursday morning. According to police reports the juvenile stole a vehicle on the 2400 block of Deerfield Boulevard in Junction City and was later apprehended on Fort Riley and faces additional charges of aggravated escape from custody. A spokesperson for the Junction City Police says the department won’t release anymore information as the suspect is a juvenile.
U.S. stocks had their worst one-day drop since February as traders worried about weak corporate earnings and the looming end of economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
The worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history has now surpassed 700 deaths since March and the United States is now issuing the highest-level travel warning for 3 West African countries because of the crisis.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals’ clubhouse mood was somber after a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Eric Hosmer will be going on disabled list after an X-ray revealed a displaced fracture of the third finger of his right hand. Hosmer was hit by pitch from Jon Lester on July 20 and was held out of the lineup for six of the next seven games. He returned to the lineup Tuesday and aggravated it on a check swing in the fourth inning. Alcides Escobar hit a two-run triple and Yordano Ventura pitched seven effective innings as the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals’ clubhouse mood was somber after a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Eric Hosmer will be going on disabled list after an X-ray revealed a displaced fracture of the third finger of his right hand. Hosmer was hit by pitch from Jon Lester on July 20 and was held out of the lineup for six of the next seven games. He returned to the lineup Tuesday and aggravated it on a check swing in the fourth inning. Alcides Escobar hit a two-run triple and Yordano Ventura pitched seven effective innings as the…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014, for final votes as Congress rushes for the doors and a five-week summer recess. The institutional split of a Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate has added up to inaction, especially in a midterm election year with control of the Senate at stake. Lawmakers have struggled to compromise on a handful of bills to deal with the nation’s pressing problems amid overwhelming partisanship.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas, a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, supported the agreement struck Thursday between the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives on legislation to overhaul access to veterans’ health care – the Veterans Access to Care Act. The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 91 to 3. “I am pleased the Senate and House did not walk away from this issue,” Sen. Moran said. “This legislation is another important step toward ensuring veterans no longer struggle with unacceptable wait times at VA facilities by giving certain…
Palestinian children, wounded during fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, are treated as they lie on the floor of an emergency room at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israel acknowledged that troops fired a mortar shell that hit the courtyard of a U.N. school in Gaza last week, but said aerial footage shows the yard was empty at the time and that the shell could not have killed anyone. It also stated that shell was not fired at…
Steve Physioc joins the show. KSU is #21 in preseason coaches poll. Couple injuries at Chief’s camp. Royals win 3-2 yesterday and trade deadline is today. Ray Rice audio. Jordy Nelon is on the show. YCBS wraps things up.