U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said there is no possible way that Syrian leader Bashar Assad can gain the legitimacy to govern his country. However, Kerry also said only Syrians can remove Assad.
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Purdue University senior Andrew Boldt was shot dead in class on Tuesday allegedly by fellow Engineering student Cody Cousins. The motive is still unknown.
Update 10:00 Wednesday Fort Riley officials have released details to KMAN regarding the Fort Riley soldier, who died in the accident on I-70. Michalak was an automatic rifleman in the 1st armored combat team. He was originally from Ursa, Illinois and had been in the army for three years. Fort Riley officials commented, “we are heartbroken this happened, and are working to assist the family”. ———- Original Story A Fort Riley soldier has died in an accident on I-70 in Ellsworth County. The Kansas Highway Patrol is reporting the death of Calvin Michalak, 22, of Fort Riley. According to the KHP,…
The Manhattan City Commission voted to enter into an agreement between local jurisdictions for the creation of the Flint Hills Regional Transit Administration (FHRTA). The proposal was made by the Flint Hills Regional Council (FHRC) during Tuesday night’s City Commission meeting. “We have suggested that we create a public entity at a regional level through an interlocal agreement, which would then be signed off on by the Attorney General and would give that entity (FHRTA) status as a public entity and would be able to apply for and receive directly from FTA, the 5307 funds,” said Gary Stith Planner for…
Johnathon Holmes’ shot from the right side as time expired lifted Texas to a stunning 67-64 victory over 22nd-ranked Kansas State Tuesday night at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. Moments earlier K-State which had trailed by four points in the final minute tied the game on a layup by Shane Southwell. Texas then called two timeouts, the second after nearly messing up the inbounds pass and it was after that second timeout that the Longhorns knocked down the three-pointer that put an end to K-State’s modest two-game winning streak and sent the Wildcats to their second consecutive road defeat.…
The Manhattan high girls basketball team was playing Washburn Rural for the second time this season Tuesday night inside the Manhattan high gymnasium. The first meeting between the two saw MHS erase an 11 point deficit in the third quarter to pull out a 57-51 win back on January 7th. Tuesday’s meeting between the two was much more of a defensive struggle. Washburn Rural built a 12-11 lead at half time with both teams combining to go 10-38 from the field in the first half. Manhattan built a 22-14 lead heading into the fourth quarter but Washburn Rural hung around…
Wamego City Commissioners are taking care of the Julie Drive issue. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Merl Page, City Manager, said they met with property owner Jeff Adams at the site to review the field modifications to his property. Based on the recommendations by an engineer, Page asked for funding authority to do the changes for an estimated cost of $3,854. The changes involved lowering portions of the sidewalk and lowering the grade of the driveway. Adams appeared at a prior meeting to discuss the issue with the driveway at his residence. The Julie Drive project involved major street repairs…
Hezbollah members stand next to burned and damaged cars at the site of an explosion in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in south Beirut on Tuesday, killing several people and sending plumes of smoke over the area in the latest attack to target supporters of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.
A plow makes its way along Market Street during a winter snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Philadelphia. A swirling storm with the potential for more than a foot of snow clobbered the mid-Atlantic and the urban Northeast on Tuesday, grounding thousands of flights, closing government offices in the nation’s capital and making a mess of the evening commute.
K-State has added a non-conference opponent to their 2015 schedule. According to a tweet from Louisiana Tech athletics, the Bulldogs will play the Wildcats in Manhattan on September 19th, 2015. @LATechFB LA Tech Football (@LATechFB) will play at Kansas State (@kstatesports) on Sept. 19, 2015 in a single-game deal. #WeAreLATech Louisiana Tech finished 4-8 last season in head coach Skip Holtz’s first season. K-State’s entire 2014 non-conference schedule is known, but K-State officials are still waiting on ESPN to finalize a move to Thursday night for the Wildcats’ game with Auburn according to the Wichita Eagle. K-State athletic director John…