The post office faces the year’s busiest days, as it delivers billions of pieces of mail and millions of packages during the holiday season. Monday was expected to be the busiest mail day. It’s expected to handle the most packages on Thursday.
Author: KMAN Staff
The Mega Millions’ jackpot has reached the second highest amount in the game’s history at $586 million. Ticket holders have a one in 259 million chance of winning, but can win up to a million dollars if they get 5 out of the 6 numbers correct.
An effort by the Riley County Police Department to accept a Nighttime Seat-belt Enforcement Program Grant from KDOT was shot down by the County’s Law Enforcement Agency Law Board, Monday. KDOT’s Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) awards personnel reimbursement grants to participating local and state law enforcement agencies to increase enforcement efforts directed at compliance with Kansas safety belt, child passenger safety, texting, and impaired driving laws. “It simply just pays for the overtime to put extra officers out to reinforce alcohol violations as well as specifically seat-belt use,” said Kurt Moldrup, RCPD captain. Board Chairman, John Matta, had…
Wildcat Insider gets fans ready for the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl with Kansas State taking on Michigan in Tempe Arizona on December 28th. The K-State men’s and women’s basketball teams were in action throughout the week and the guys will preview the rest of the non conference schedules coming up for both Wildcat basketball teams. The K-State baseball schedule has been released in full for the 2014 season and the guys will break that down and get you ready for another season of Wildcat baseball. All that and much more on this weeks edition of “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.
It’s a book centered on Kansas State University along with the surrounding Manhattan area. Included within the history are recipes that have found their way through the times to where the community is now. “Teatime to Tailgates: 150 years at the K-State Table” was written by Jane Marshall, a local author and K-State teacher. Within the book, there are recipes, history, and pictures that came from a number of sources including Kansas State, the Riley County Historical Society, and from discoveries made by Marshall as she was putting the book together. Marshall commented that a few of the more odd recipes within the…
Topeka – Governor Brownback today announced his intention to support a State Board of Education proposal to fund all-day kindergarten in Kansas. “This is a strategic investment in helping our children be better prepared for success in school,” said Governor Brownback. “Numerous studies show that all-day kindergarten results in students who are more involved, productive and ready to read at appropriate grade levels.” This will be an additional investment of $16 million to support education in Kansas. The program will help Kansas children improve reading skills at the fourth grade level. Recent meetings between the Governor, his staff and the…
In one of his last speeches, Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve’s willingness to make “tough but necessary decisions” was one of its greatest assets over the last 100 years.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Congressman Tim Huelskamp is challenging a statement by a fellow Kansan in the U.S. House that funding for a new bioscience lab is secure under a new budget agreement. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Huelskamp is questioning comments last week by fellow Republican Lynn Jenkins about why she voted for the bipartisan measure. Huelskamp says the bill does nothing to secure money for construction of the $1.25 billion National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. Huelskamp voted against the budget deal. Jenkins issued a statement when the bill passed the House suggesting the money was moving forward…
Four buildings on Harvard University’s campus near Boston were evacuated Monday after campus police received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed inside, interrupting final exams.
RIVERTON, Kan. (AP) The victim in a fatal head-on collision in southeast Kansas has been identified as a Pittsburg State University student. A report from the Kansas Highway Patrol says James Lee Potocnik, 30, was killed shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday. The patrol says Potocnik was northbound on a highway north of Riverton when his SUV crossed the center line and struck a southbound tractor-trailer. In a statement Monday, Pittsburg State officials said Potocnik was a junior majoring in electronics engineering. He was a native of the southeast Kansas town of Frontenac.