WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A memorial service takes place in Wichita to honor Sedgwick County law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The ceremony was scheduled for noon Friday in the City Council chambers at Wichita City Hall. It’s part of an effort by law enforcement agencies across the nation to remember their fallen comrades. Twenty-nine law enforcement officers have died on the job in Sedgwick County since 1871. They include 19 Wichita police officers, eight Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputies and one officer each from Derby and Clearwater. The first was Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos B. King, who died in…
Author: KMAN Staff
Surveillance video from the Ocean Inn in Fort Lauderdale, Florida captures the moment a car hit a parked vehicle, sending it into the pool.
The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views.
Brandon Bolden, a guard from Sumter, South Carolina who played last season for Georgetown University has been added to the Kansas State Men’s Basketball program in an announcement made today by Head Coach Bruce Weber. The full release from K-State Athletics Communications is below. Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced today the addition of sophomore forward Brandon Bolden (Sumter, S.C./Quality Education (N.C.) Academy/Georgetown University) to the Wildcat men’s basketball program. A transfer from Georgetown, Bolden will receive a scholarship to attend the university and will have three years of eligibility after he sits out the 2013-14 season due to…
In front of the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Friday morning, preparations were made for a ceremony to honor officers who now serve and who have lost their lives in the line of duty.In attendance during Friday’s event were not only the officers of the Riley County Police department and it’s staff, but representatives from the Kansas State University Police, Fort Riley, Junction City and others during the ceremony. Positioned under the flag poles, Mayor John Matta took some time to speak, as did Riley County Commission Chair Dave Lewis.Director Brad Schoen also made a few remarks reflecting on the tragedies…
A Manhattan man has ben sentenced to more than four years with the Kansas Department of corrections for aggravated burglary. Christopher Webber, 30, was remanded to serve 57 months with KDOC during his sentencing Thursday in Pottawatomie county court. Webber entered a plea of no contest in April to aggravated burglary. He had faced several charges in connection with a string of burglaries in Pottawatomie County, and in and around rural Manhattan. Also Thursday in Pottawatomie county court, Jon Getzlaff ,24, of Wamego was sentenced to 24 months on drug-related charges and 12 months on an escape charge. The sentences are to…
Fort Riley began efforts May 13 to capture headstone images and review interment records as part of an Army-wide gravesite accountability initiative to ensure all decedents interred in Army post cemeteries have been identified and are all properly commemorated. A team from Installation Management Command (IMCOM) helped launch the efforts and trained post cemetery staff and augmentees on the accountability process and the use the specialized tools. IMCOM’s goal is complete 100 percent accountability of 27 IMCOM post cemeteries at 17 locations by June 30, culminating in the review of more than 40,000 graves. The multi-faceted process incorporates many new…
Unemployment numbers released by the Kansas department of labor show a slight decrease compared to last month. The Manhattan metro area, which is made up of the city of Manhattan, as well as Geary, Pottawatomie, and Riley counties is the lowest in the state and shows a 4.8 percent rate, which is down from 5.8 percent last month and is only slightly higher than the 4.5 percent for April of last year. Clay county shows a rate of 4.3%, which is down from 4.9% last month, but significantly higher than 3.7% for this time last year. Geary County has the…
An Uzbekistan national is due in court in Boise, Idaho Friday, one day after his arrest on terror-related charges. Fazliddin Kurbanov is accused of supporting a foreign terrorist organization.
According to the Kansas Department of Labor the overall labor markets in April showed a pause in the seasonally adjusted job growth. However, considering positive growth recorded in building permits issued and average weekly hours of production workers in manufacturing, it seems that this may be a temporary trend. For the month of April not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined from 5.8 to 5.3 percent, while the smooth seasonally adjusted number saw a slight decline from 5.6 to 5.5 percent. The Kansas Department Of Labor processed 13,187 initial claims for unemployment benefits in April, down from 15,069 initial claims in…