Author: KMAN Staff

An Indonesian Navy crew member scans the water bordering Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand during a search operation for the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 near the Malacca straits on Monday, March 10, 2014. Dozens of ships and aircraft have failed to find any piece of the missing Boeing 777 jet that vanished more than two days ago above waters south of Vietnam as investigators pursued “every angle” to explain its disappearance, including hijacking, Malaysia’s civil aviation chief said Monday.

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On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Dr. Bob Larson,  Edgar E. and M. Elizabeth Coleman chair in food animal production medicine and Professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, as well as Aggieville Business Association Executive Director, Evan Tuttle and Ben Sigle, co-ower of Manhattan Running Company to discuss the upcoming St.Patrick’s Day festivities.  She also spoke to Melissa Windsor, Executive Director of the Emporia Arts Center. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-10-14-part-1.mp3 food animal production medicine https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-10-14-part-2.mp3 Aggieville St. Patrick’s Day https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-10-14-part-3.mp3 Aggieville St. Patrick’s Day https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-10-14-part-4.mp3 Melissa Windsor

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Preliminary numbers were reported to the Riley County Commission, during their Monday meeting, involving EMS calls on Fake Patty’s Day. Riley County EMS Director, Larry Couchman noted that the numbers are within midnight of the morning of Saturday, until seven o’clock Sunday morning. During the 31 hour period of time, there were 45 total calls for service, which is down from last year’s 64 calls. Although the call volume was down, the Emergency Room patient numbers increased.  110 total patients were taken to the ER, while there were only 70 patients last year.  Only four patients were admitted to the…

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The Excel Road project could be looking at a delay if agreements can’t come to pass. During Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting, John Watt, County Counselor, brought forth a complaint by a developer after review of the Memorandum of Understanding that was drawn up a couple of weeks ago. Watt explained the developer is wishing the county to pay inspection costs that for about a decade has been the responsibility of the developer. Stan Hartwich, Commission Chair, stated they need to “stay with what has been done in the past” on this matter. Gary Yenzer, Commissioner, agreed with the sediment…

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Information from 1st Infantry Division Facebook: A Medal of Honor recipient, former 1st Infantry Division Soldier and Junction City native, Walter Ehlers was laid to rest March 8 in Riverside, Calif. He died Feb. 20 at the age of 92. Ehlers, who received a battlefield commission to second lieutenant in 1944, was a staff sergeant six months earlier when he earned the Medal of Honor. He was the last living Medal of Honor recipient who stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day and served with the 1st Inf. Div.’s 18th Infantry Regiment. His passing means there are now 75 living recipients of…

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Marcus Foster is now a second team all-big 12 selection by the Associated Press and the Big 12 coaches. Foster was named to the coaches second team on Sunday and picked up the AP honor Monday morning. He was also named to the coaches all-newcomer team. Will Spradling and Thomas Gipson were both honorable mention selections by the coaches, but no one other than Foster received any mention from the AP. This is the 11th straight year that K-State has had at least one selection on one of the all-league teams. Iowa State’s Melvin Ejim won both Big 12 player…

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Ukrainian riot police block the entrance of the regional administrative building during a pro Russian rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Following an extraordinary meeting of the Ukrainian government, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced he would be flying later this week to the United States for high-level talks on “resolution of the situation in Ukraine,” the Interfax news agency reported Sunday.

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A U.S. Navy helicopter lands aboard Destroyer USS Pinckney during a crew swap before returning to a search and rescue mission for the missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370 in the Gulf of Thailand, Sunday, March 9, 2014. The plane, which was carrying 239 people, lost contact with ground controllers somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam after leaving Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning for Beijing.

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