Denis Pushilin, foreground center, spokesman of the self-appointed Donetsk People’s Republic, speaks to reporters inside the regional administration building seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014. Pushilin told reporters that the insurgents do not recognize the Ukrainian government as legitimate. Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s east who have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said Friday they will only leave them if the interim government in Kiev resigns. Pushilin also denied being connected to leaflets reportedly distributed to Jewish citizens in Eastern Ukraine register themselves and their property by early May.
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A rescue diver jumps in near the buoys installed to mark the sunken 6,852-ton ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2014. Rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of ferry passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, as fresh questions emerged about whether quicker action by the captain of the doomed ship could have saved lives.
New revenue projections came out Thursday predicting the State of Kansas will collect nearly $178 million more in revenues than previously thought through June 2015. KMAN had a chance to speak with State Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan on his thoughts about the projections. Hawk said the revenue numbers are not as good as he thought they would be due to the reduction of the state income tax. According to Hawk $100 million out of the total is from this fiscal year and the remaining $78 million is projected. The revenues during the current fiscal year would still run about 6…
A gift of more than $629,000 is heading to the Department of Military Science at Kansas State. K-State’s Director of Military Affairs Art DeGroat tells KMAN the gift is from the estate of Lt. Colonel Albert E. Hylton III, to establish a fund in his father’s name, the Albert E. Hylton Jr. Excellence Fund. DeGroat adds he has utmost confidence the generous gift will help to perpetuate excellence in the military officer pre-professional program at K-State. DeGroat says the gift will be invested and the interest income each year will go to the excellence fund to develop programs for…
More than $25,000 in damage is being reported by T-Mobile of Overland Park for property located at a Manhattan location. Riley County Police indicate that Thursday at approximately 11:00 AM, police took a report for criminal damage to property in the 2200 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. Police were told that a hybrid Fiber Optic cable approximately 150 feet long was damaged. The damaged cable belongs to T-Mobile of Overland Park. Currently no arrests have been made. ### Two Manhattan men face citations after reports of taking down city street signs in the area of the 1800 block…
A five-run sixth inning rallied K-State past Baylor on Thursday night 8-2 at Tointon Family Stadium. The Cats trailed the Bears 2-1 entering the frame, when Tyler Stover scored on an error by Baylor pitcher Brad Kuntz. The next two batters struck out, and then senior all-American Ross Kivett came through with a 2-out 2-run single to give K-State the lead. RJ Santigate and Austin Fisher would close the inning with run scoring base hits. Max Brown closed the scoring in the seventh with his first career home run, a two run blast to left. Stover led K-State with three hits…
HOUSTON (AP) James Shields struck out 12 in eight innings and the Kansas City Royals completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 5-1 win on Thursday night. Shields gave up one run and four hits, all singles. He got back to his winning ways after seeing his nine-game road victory streak snapped in his last start at Minnesota when sloppy defense led to six unearned runs in a 7-1 loss. The Royals will return home looking for revenge on Minnesota, who swept them last weekend. First pitch at the K will be at 7:10pm on Friday night,…
At least 12 Nepalese guides are dead after an avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest along a route used to climb the world’s highest peak.
Kansas City police have a suspect in custody in the case of several highway shootings in Grandview, Missouri. Three people were wounded as a result of the string of random shootings.
Riley County Firefighters were called to Dry Creek Equestrian Center in the 3800 block of 69th Avenue in rural Riley County Thursday afternoon. While no real damage was reported to structures or property, County Fire Chief Pat Collins tells KMAN the fire came from a neighboring property, with varying winds, which he says is probably the “most dangerous winds to burn in.” He says the wind was blowing out of the south and all of a sudden shifted to the north, onto the Dry Creek property. Some 40 acres were affected. Collins adds firefighters were putting out some tree fires…