Mother of Nepalese mountaineer Ang Kaji Sherpa, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, cries while she waits for his body at Sherpa Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Rescuers were searching through piles of snow and ice on the slopes of Mount Everest on Saturday for four Sherpa guides who were buried by an avalanche that killed 12 other Nepalese guides in the deadliest disaster on the world’s highest peak. The Sherpa people are one of the main ethnic groups in Nepal’s alpine region, and many make their living as climbing guides on Everest and other Himalayan…
Author: KMAN Staff
After two years of renovations, the new Wonder Workshop Children’s Museum facility is open to the public. The old building was located on Poyntz Avenue, and the new location is at 506 South Fourth Street. An open house took place Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. to commemorate the new building. Admission was free and children roamed the one story house to look at the differently themed rooms. One room was dedicated to science, and had a static electricity machine for children to enjoy. Other activities included face painting, legos, and drawing. Executive Director of Wonder Workshop, Richard Pitts said the…
HILLSBORO, Kan. (AP) A former six-term Kansas House member who was appointed in December to the state’s Supreme Court Nominating Commission has died in an ultralight plane crash near his hometown. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports 69-year-old Donald Dahl was flying at low altitude at 1:45 p.m. yesterday when he ran into a tree branch 2 miles south of Hillsboro. The retired U.S. Navy officer served in the House as a Republican from 1997 through 2008, including the last two years as speaker pro tem.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with State Senator, Tom Hawk of Manhattan, Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent, Gregg Eyestone, Riley County Senior Service Center Assistant Director, Susan Peterson and Doug Tippin with the Rocky Ford School. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4-18-14-pt1.mp3 Tom Hawk-segment 1 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4-18-14-pt2.mp3 Gregg Eyestone-segment 2 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4-18-14-pt3.mp3 Susan Peterson-segment 3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/4-18-14-pt4.mp3 Doug Tippin-segment 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Vargas began tinkering sometime between the second and third inning, after his pitch count had risen perilously high yet he’d managed to wiggle out of three straight jams. The left-hander wound up pitching seven shutdown innings, Mike Moustakas cracked a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals romped to a 5-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Vargas (2-0), who signed a $32 million, four-year deal in the offseason, allowed seven hits while striking out four in another dazzling start. The crafty left-hander lowered his ERA to 1.24 while going at least seven…
A Kansas City Man was arrested by Riley County Police for violating his probation. Phillip Krites was arrested early Friday evening and is being held with a 5-thousand dollar bond.
K-State won it’s first Big 12 series of the season in thrilling fashion 6-4 over Baylor on Friday night at Tointon Family Stadium. Blair DeBord’s infield single in the bottom of the eighth scored the two go-ahead runs to break a 4-4 tie and push the Wildcats ahead one final time in a back-and-forth game. DeBord dove headfirst to beat out the throw and was called safe, though replays showed the throw beat him to the bag. Jake Matthys picked up the win in relief after shutting the door on Baylor in the 9th inning. Tanner DeVinny, Ross Kivett, Shane…
The Kansas Department of Labor released labor force estimates and the City of Manhattan had the lowest unemployment rate in the area at just 4% for the month of March, which is down a tenth-of-a-percent from February and a half-percent from a year ago. Other area unemployment numbers for March include: Riley County at 4.4%, down slightly from 4.6% in February. Pottawatomie County at 4.7%, down from 5.6% in February. Geary County had the highest unemployment rate in the area at 6.2%, down slightly from 6.8% in February. Clay County had the second lowest unemployment rate at 4.3%, down from 4.6% in…
Published reports from numerous media outlets say former Kansas Governor and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will not run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by incumbent Pat Roberts. Health and Human Services spokeswoman Dori Salcido told the Associated Press on Friday afternoon: “”Secretary Sebelius is continuing her important work at HHS and is not considering a run for the Senate.” Sebelius resigned from her position on April 3 following a rocky rollout of the sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. Two days earlier, Sebelius had announced that the goal of seven million…
A finally Friday edition of “The Game” on KMAN gets you set for a big sports weekend. The Kansas City Royals are fresh off a sweep in Houston against the Astros and are back in KC for a three game home series with the Twins. Can the Royals get payback from last week when the Twins swept the Royals in Minnesota? The K-State baseball team picked up a much needed conference win against Baylor on Thursday night and still have a couple left with the Bears. Do the bat cats need a sweep to keep postseason play alive? Four star top 100 hoops prospect for 2014 Malek Harris has Kansas State on one of his top schools as the six foot seven forward will be visiting the Manhattan campus over the weekend. How important would that be for Bruce Weber if he could land Harris with that last scholarship? Frank Haith is the new coach at Tulsa replacing Danny Manning. Did Frank Haith do Missouri a favor by getting out sooner rather than later? All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.