On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Pat Hudgins, USD 383 School Board Member, and Bob Seymour, Associate Superntendent.
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Three suspects facing murder charges in the death of a Junction City woman appeared in court Thursday for their initial hearings. Larry Anderson (25) of Manhattan, Drexel Woody (23) of Fort Riley and Marrysa Middleton (22) of Colorado, were arrested last week in connection with the 1st degree murder and aggravated kidnapping of 24-year-old Junction City woman, Amanda Clemons. During the initial hearing, Allen Angst was appointed for Drexel Woody; Linda Barnes was appointed for Larry Anderson; and the Geary County Public Defender’s Office is working with Marrysa Middleton. All three cases are set for a status hearing on March 27th at…
Thursday’s Riley County/Pottawatomie County/Manhattan City commission meeting featured two items, the first of which involved the Blue River Silver Jackets pilot project. This involves a four step project that Senior Planner for the City of Manhattan, Chad Bunger estimates will take 12-18 months to complete. Bunger took the time to explain the step he is most excited about, where a non-structural mitigation analyst will be visiting to share how to save houses from exposure to flooding. This often times can involve raising a house off the ground, or renovating the basement into a crawl space. ————– Monday, February 24th will…
Thursday’s edition of “The Game” on KMAN breaks down the Kansas State men’s basketball team win over TCU on Wednesday night. How much do the Cats miss the presence of Shane Southwell? How much will he play over the weekend at Oklahoma? The K-State women not so much luck in Ft. Worth against TCU, the women back in Bramlage on Saturday against West Virginia. CBSsports.com’s Rob Rang joins the show to talk about the NFL Combine and the NFL Draft. Rob Voelker from California to talk Kansas State baseball as the bat cats are now 0-5 to start the season after losing to Portland on Thursday afternoon. All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
Gov. Chris Christie rests on a post as he addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn’t come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm.
People inside their shack home wave to members of a pro-government “colectivo,” or “collective,” marching through downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters say the escalating protests against his socialist government in the oil-rich but economically struggling country are part of an attempted coup sponsored by right-wing and “fascist” opponents in Venezuela and abroad, particularly the United States. Meanwhile after a truce collapsed in Ukraine, more than 25 people were killed in renewed violence Thursday in the Capitol city of Kiev.
Cody Lenahan smacked a three-run bases clearing double to left center field to give Portland a 3-0 lead over K-State in the top of the second inning, and the Pilots carried that on to a 5-2 victory over the Cats on Thursday afternoon at Louis Gisto Field in Moraga, CA. Caleb Whalen added a pair of solo homers for Portland in the win. The Cats put runners on base throughout the game, but hit into five double plays, including one to end the game. A pair of fourth inning runs were driven in by Tanner DeVinny with a double to…
A tactical repeater was taken out of Aggieville, and was placed on the north side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium during the football season, and remained there for the duration of the season. With that portion of the stadium undergoing renovations soon, Emergency Management Director, Pat Collins raised his concerns with Riley County Commissioners, during their Thursday meeting. New screens and sound equipment can be expected for the stadium in the near future, as well as a few other minor construction projects. Collins requested that a permanent repeater be placed on the north side of the stadium, as it seemed…
Flint Hills Regional Council Executive Director Bill Clark is changing positions. Clark tells KMAN he is relinquishing his full time position with the Regional Council as part of an organizational financial decision. He will still work with the organization in a reduced capacity. Clark has accepted the position of Director of Business Operations with USD 475 in Geary County. Clark had talked on KMAN’s “In Focus” last week about some pending changes in the leadership of the Flint Hills Regional Council.
The Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization has hired URS Corporation out of Minneapolis to assist in the development of the region’s first Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). URS will team with Shockey Consulting, Schwab Eaton and Toole Design Group to prepare the multi-modal long-range plan. The planning process will kick-off in April and take about 18 months to complete. This plan will establish a vision for the future of the Flint Hills and identify projects to be implemented over the next 25 years to address both existing and future transportation issues. For more information or to sign up to…