The Sunflower CASA Project, Inc. held its annual Blue Ribbon Kick-off event Friday afternoon on the Riley County Courthouse lawn. “We planted a garden of 213 blue pinwheels in the ground, representing the 213 children served by our agency last year who are victims of child abuse or neglect,” said Jayme Morris-Hardeman, executive director of the Sunflower CASA Project. Child abuse is an unfortunate reality in our community and shows up in many different forms. “Anything from physical neglect where they weren’t having food provided for them, or didn’t get to school regularly, all the way to sexual abuse or physical abuse, emotional abuse, we see…
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MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 4, 2014 – Brian D. Johnson, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer, for the City of Manhattan, has been promoted to City Engineer effective immediately. Robert K. Ott, Director of Public Works, for the City of Manhattan, announced the promotion today. Johnson will assume a key position with the City’s Public Works team. He will be responsible for planning, directing, managing and overseeing all facets of operations, budget and personnel within the Engineering Department of Public Works. Functions within the Public Works Engineering Department include streets, storm drainage, engineering, GIS and traffic. In addition, he will be responsible for overseeing…
A Manhattan woman was hospitalized following an accident Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Fort Riley Boulevard and Richards Drive in Manhattan. Letia French, 51, remains a patient at Mercy Regional Health Center. Riley County Police report French was heading west on Fort Riley Boulevard in a 2011 Ford Taurus, which collided with the back end of a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix drive by Luke Helten, 21, of Manhattan, which was at the stoplight heading west, also on Fort Riley Blvd. Helten was not injured. Riley County EMS did transport French to Mercy Regional following the accident, reported at about 2:30 p.m. French was cited…
A combination of storms, hail and at least two suspected tornadoes pounded areas from Texas to Missouri and Indiana.
Late Show host David Letterman announced on Thursday that he is retiring. Letterman said he and band leader Paul Shaffer will be ‘wrapping things up’ and ending their run in 2015.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Authorities say an Arizona State University student who died after falling from the 10th floor of a Tempe apartment building had earlier attended an off-campus party sponsored by a banned fraternity. Tempe police still are investigating the death early Sunday of 18-year-old Naomi McClendon (of Manhattan). Investigators believe the Kansas native was intoxicated when she was taken to the high-rise apartment complex. They say it appears she walked on to the balcony, lost her balance and plunged to her death. Police say party sponsored by Alpha Epsilon Pi encouraged binge drinking because those who attended paid a…
Former Kansas State basketball star Mitch Richmond has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Mitch played at Kansas State from 1986-1988. During his two years at Kansas State, he averaged over 20 points per game along with six rebounds and three assists per game. Mitch was the fifth overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft and he was selected by the Golden State Warriors. He captured rookie of the year in his first stint with the Warriors when he averaged 22 points per game. Along with the Warriors, Mitch had stints with Sacramento, Washington and the Los Angeles…
Final show of the week gets you set for a big time sports weekend. The Royals and Tigers game on Thursday afternoon was postponed so the Royals head to “The K” for the home opener on Friday afternoon. What is the overall take from the first two games of the season for Kansas City? The K-State baseball team lost a mid week game at Omaha and now has to turn around and get ready for the sunflower showdown this weekend in Manhattan. How important is this series going to be for the bat cats as Big 12 play ramps up? K-State spring football is underway, what are some key points that need to be addressed for the 2014 Wildcats? Mike DeCourcy from the Sporting News joins the show as he gears up to cover the final four in Dallas. How intriguing are the match ups in the final four and what match up do the fans want to see in the National Championship. Full Throttle plus you can’t be serious, all that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
Army Secretary John M. McHugh, left, accompanied by Army Chief of Staff Gen Raymond Odierno, pauses on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014, as they updated members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about the deadly shooting rampage by a soldier yesterday at Fort Hood in Texas. An Iraq War veteran being treated for mental illness was the gunman who opened fire at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding 16 others before committing suicide, in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. arrives to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014, after a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s expected vote to approve declassifying part of a secret report on Bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects puts the onus on the CIA and a reluctant White House to speed the release of one of the most definitive accounts about the government’s actions after the 9/11 attacks.