4:30 p.m.- The Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 729 Brierwood Drive early Thursday afternoon for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a two-story residence with smoke and flames coming through the roof. The fire was contained to the attic within 30 minutes of the initial alarm assignment. Crews responded with 5 fire apparatus and 17 firefighters, with the last units still on scene at roughly 3:30 p.m. Brierwood Drive was closed for several hours due to the fire. The building is a single family residence and the owners, Terry and Tara Cupps of Manhattan, were not at home at the time…
Author: KMAN Staff
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 29 points, including six straight late in the game, to lead #6 Kansas to a 92-81 victory over #16 Iowa State on Wednesday night and help push the Jayhawks’ winning streak to seven straight games. Wiggins, the nation’s top ranked recruit, sealed up the win with an emphatic dunk that gave Kansas an 81-72 lead with just under 3 minutes remaining in the game. Perry Ellis added 20 points for the Jayhawks (16-4, 7-0 Big 12), which has won five straight over the Cyclones (15-4, 3-4). Georges Niang led Iowa State with 24…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Royals acquired outfielder Carlos Peguero from the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday for a player to be named or cash. The 26-year-old Peguero has spent parts of the last three seasons with Seattle. He is a career .195 hitter with nine home runs and 27 RBIs in 219 at-bats in the majors. Kansas City also designated left-handed pitcher Everett Teaford for assignment. Teaford made one appearance for the Royals in 2013.
Justin Bieber turned himself in to Toronto police on an assault charge Wednesday, the second arrest in a week for the baby-faced 19-year-old pop star. An official said the charge has to do with an alleged assault on a limo driver in December.
Tuesday’s storm deposited mere inches of snow, barely enough to qualify as a storm up North. And yet it was more than enough to paralyze Deep South cities such as Atlanta and Birmingham, and strand thousands of workers.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and a member of the Conference Committee, Tuesday took to the Senate floor to oppose the Farm Bill Conference Report. Audio and video of his remarks available here. The following are the Senator’s remarks as prepared for delivery: “I rise today to discuss the “Agricultural Act of 2014” – the new name of the Farm Bill. “After over three years of hard work by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees and other interested members, we are finally near the finish line…
The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday voted to approve the conference report for the 2014 Farm and Food Stamp Bill. Following the vote, Rep. Huelskamp (KS-01) released the following statement: As a fifth generation farmer myself, I understand how important it is to have certainty as you plan for the future. But there are simply too many problems with this bill to allow me to support it. It continues to allow urban food stamp policy to drive agriculture policy. It does next to nothing to provide regulatory relief our farmers, ranchers, and small businesses so desperately need. It threatens to…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The owners of an eastern Kansas construction framing company are going to prison for harboring workers who were in the United States illegally. The U.S. Attorney’s office says James Humbert (45), Kimberly Humbert (47), and Charles Stevens II (51) were all sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison. The Humberts are married, and Stevens is Kimberly Humbert’s brother. Their Spring Hill company, Advantage Framing Systems, provided builders and contractors with flooring, wall and roof materials and crews to perform the framing. All three pleaded guilty earlier to conspiring to harbor workers not…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is trying to make sure propane gets to families who need it to heat their homes by easing trucking regulations and directing state officials to provide help to poor families. Propane’s energy efficiency and small environmental impact has made it a valuable commodity in many people’s homes, and groups such as Propane Arizona have advocated the use of the alkane for a while now. Brownback announced a series of actions Wednesday to deal with propane shortages and high costs. The national average price for propane spiked earlier this week at more than $4 a…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old woman charged with killing a Lawrence businessman is expected to return to Kansas from Florida, where she was arrested over the weekend. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Sarah Brooke Gonzales McLinn waived an extradition hearing Wednesday in federal court in Miami. 6NewsLawrence reports she was being placed in Florida state custody awaiting a state court hearing. McLinn is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Harold Sasko (52), who owned pizza restaurants in Lawrence and Topeka. McLinn was an employee, and Sasko’s relatives have said he let her move into his home while she…