President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless wiretapping program to head the FBI for the next decade.
Author: KMAN Staff
A three-story building collapsed Friday in India’s financial capital killing ten, half of those children. The collapse comes amid monsoon rains and flooding that are being blamed for near 600 deaths.
President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless wiretapping program to head the FBI for the next decade.
Summer is the peak season for lightning strikes, one of the top three storm-related killers in the United States. On average over the past 50 years, at least one Kansan has died from a lightning strike, each year. Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 23 to 29, and is sponsored by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service, and the American Red Cross. The week-long event is a nationwide effort to encourage individuals, families, businesses and communities to avoid the dangers of lightning. The most dangerous place to be in the event of a storm is outside.…
After months of public discussion, the federal furlough will take place this summer. During a recent visit to KMAN, Colonel William Clark of Fort Riley shared that the furlough will affect nearly 2,470 civilians at the base. Workers who are paid through funds appropriated by Congress will be affected by the furlough while individuals paid by unappropriated funds will not. The furlough will affect the service times of military facilities such as the Commissary, offices to renew identification cards and museums by closing at least one day a week. Workers will face 11 non-consecutive unpaid days off affective July…
On today’s InFocus, Tom and Eli talk with Ginny Barnard, Riley County Extension Health Nutrition and Food Safety Agent, and Jami Ramsey, Center Director for the Riley County Senior Service Center, followed by Terry Robinson, Parade of Homes Committee Chairman, Loren Pepperd, FABA Board of Director/Past Parade of Homes Chairman and T-Shane Roberts, Executive Officer of the Flint Hills Builders. [mp3-jplayer]
WICHTA, Kan. (AP) The state of Kansas and Wichita are seeking a federal grant to move up plans to extend rail passenger service between Wichita and Oklahoma City. The Wichita Eagle reports that the state and the city of Wichita are asking for $12.7 million in federal grant funding to complete planning for the possible extension of Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer line to Wichita and nearby Newton. The project would then connect the Wichita area with the Southwest Chief line, closing a 185-mile service gap from Oklahoma City to Wichita. The grant project includes $3 million in matching funds from the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The first compressed natural gas pump for public use in Kansas is now open in Wichita. The $1 million station was officially opened Thursday at the CNG Services in Wichita. It was designed by Midwest Energy Solutions of Kansas City, Kan. Michael Batten, president of Midwest Energy, said it is the first in Kansas for the public. But Batten expects the number to grow rapidly because natural gas costs less and provides better gas mileage than other fuels. The Wichita Eagle reports the natural gas comes from Black Hills Energy’s regular gas lines. A compressor condenses the…
LANSING, Kan. (AP) A man who walked away from a minimum security job at Lansing Correctional Facility has been recaptured. The Kansas Department of Corrections reports Paul Cohagen, 43, was caught Thursday evening in Leavenworth County. Prison officials did not release more details of where or how he was found. Cohagen was reported missing Monday. He was a plumber at the prison, which allowed him to leave the minimum security area to go to the prison’s main campus. Cohagen is jailed for an August 2011 burglary in Osage County. He was scheduled to be released in November. He has several…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The city of Wichita plans to settle a lawsuit filed after a 12-year-old girl was hit and killed by a police patrol car. Officials say the city will pay the parents of Suhani Bhakta $300,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. The girl was killed in February 2012 when she was hit by the patrol car as she ran across a road near her home. A Kansas Highway Patrol investigation verified that the officer was speeding in a 30 mph zone and was not using lights or a siren. Police said the officer was following policy and…