(News Release Prepared by City of Manhattan) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District has begun a large pilot project in Manhattan to help communities in the Big Blue River floodplain apply tools for managing flood risks. The tools being discussed are home elevations, flood proofing and, for some, possibly buyouts. These are strategies not typically found in USACE projects.Homes and businesses in the project area are on the border of Pottawatomie and Riley counties, including the following neighborhoods: Brookfield, Dix, Eagles Landing, Knoxberry, Countryside Estates, Northview and the commercial areas along U.S. 24 Highway. A public open…
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with State Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan, followed by Ginny Barnard, Riley County Extension Health, Nutrition and Food Safety agent, then Debbie Nuss, Project Coordinator with the Riley County Senior Service Center, and ending with Paul Fleener regarding the “Jesus” film project.
A Kansas native has thrown his name into the race for the 1st Congressional District. Republican Kent Roth, of Ellinwood, Kansas, decided to run back in October, but has since officially announced he will be running to take the seat that covers 63 counties in Kansas. Roth is a University of Kansas and Washburn School of Law graduate. Though, being away for politics for about 30 years, Roth explained in an interview with KMAN, there needs to be new leadership in Congress. “I view him [Congressman Tim Huelskamp] as the apple that spoiled the rest of the apples in the…
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Lawrence Alexander hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to force overtime and freshman Carlin Dupree scored four points in the final 75 seconds as No. 12 seed North Dakota State knocked off Oklahoma 80-75 Thursday night. The Bison (26-6) picked up their first NCAA tournament win by rallying in the final minute and then outlasting the No. 5 seed Sooners in overtime. Alexander finished with a career-high 28 points, but it’ll be his falling-down, fist-pumping celebration after the tying 3-pointer that will be replayed in Fargo for years. Dupree came on in the closing seconds…
MILWAUKEE (AP) Cameron Ridley’s buzzer-beating layup lifted Texas to an 87-85 victory over Arizona State in the second of the NCAA tournament on Thursday night. Jonathan Holmes missed badly on a long 3-pointer for the seventh-seeded Longhorns in the final seconds, but Ridley emerged from the scrum with the ball and banked it in as time expired over the outstretched fingers of an ASU defender. The call stood after a video replay, giving Texas its first win in the NCAA tournament since 2011. Ridley finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Longhorns (24-10). Jordan Bachynski scored 22 points…
Hayes Drive has reopened near McCall, following a two vehicle accident Friday morning. A Riley County Police dispatcher indicates one minor injury was involved in the accident. Further details are not yet available.
Search planes are flying out of Australia to scour rough seas in one of the remotest places on Earth for objects that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
Four gunmen who opened fire inside a luxury hotel in Afghanistan’s capital were shot dead by security forces Thursday.
A man in unmarked uniform and wearing a mask holds a gun as he climbs aboard the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky in Sevastopol, Crimea, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Pro-Russian crowds seized two Ukrainian warships Thursday. Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol. Another ship, the Lutsk, was also surrounded by pro-Russian forces.
Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines, MH370 watch a TV news program about the plane at a hotel ballroom in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean spotted by satellite imagery were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.