By Mollie Miller 1st Inf. Div. As the clock winds down on America’s longest period of armed conflict, Army senior leaders are busy framing a future force designed to thrive in a changing global environment. This new force will be agile and adaptable and “will be asked to do more” to ensure the nation’s security, the Army’s senior officer said May 14 during a visit to Fort Riley. “Throughout time, our Army has been given one major mission, and that is to win our nation’s wars,” said 38th Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno. “We are not going…
Author: KMAN Staff
Readers of all ages will explore things underground and beneath the surface, and discover groundbreaking reads this summer with Manhattan Public Library’s “Dig Into Reading” program. Summer reading begins with a kickoff party at the library on Saturday, June 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This year’s party will be indoors, so no one will have to worry about hot, cold, or stormy weather! The 2013 Summer Reading Program is open to people of all ages, from babies to adults, with programs, prize drawings, story hours, reading clubs, and more. Registration for “Dig Into Reading” begins on May 20th,…
AFH’s last basketball game before the Kansas State Basketball team moved to Bramlage Coliseum. March 5, 1988 vs. Missouri.
Officials in Texas are awaiting daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury that killed six people.
President Barack Obama says the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, has submitted his resignation in the aftermath of an investigation that found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups.
After getting swept in a three-game series by the New York Yankees at the end of their homestand, the Kansas City Royals turned things around against the underachieving Los Angeles Angels by winning two out of three in the series. Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run double and Billy Butler capped his most productive series of the season with a two-run single, leading the Royals (20-17) to a 9-5 victory Wednesday night and helping them climb within 1½ games of AL Central-leading Detroit. Butler, who entered this series in a 4-for-35 rut, went 8-for-13 with a home run and nine RBIs in…
The Mutual of Omaha, Wild Kingdom TV series, was a popular show that aired for over 25 years, from 1963-1988. Hosts, Marlin Perkins and Jim Fowler, traveled around the world to educate viewers about animals and their natural habitats. The show will return this fall, and Mutual of Omaha is holding an online competition to find a new host, or “Wild Guide”. Out of 200 applicants, 12 semifinalists remain; and one of them, is nature enthusiast, world traveler and K-State alumna, Regina Busse. She began her travels in 2004, and has visited over 50 countries. To reach the next level in…
ABBYVILLE, Kan. (AP) The small central Kansas town of Abbyville is ready for its annual influx of cowboys. The 51st annual Abbyville rodeo is scheduled for this weekend. It draws thousands of contestants and spectators to the Reno County town of 87 residents. The Hutchinson News reports that Abbyville Frontier Days also includes good food, music, a parade and a cowboy church service on Sunday. Events begin Thursday, with the first rodeo competition on Friday evening.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The widow of a man who became a successful geologist has donated $1 million to the University of Kansas. The university announced the gift Tuesday from Kathleen Hall of Lecompton. She and her husband, Hubert Hall, both earned bachelor’s degrees from Kansas in 1949. She says several other members of Hubert Hall’s family attended the university. The gift will establish the Hubert H. and Kathleen M. Hall Professorship in Geology. The Lawrence Journal-World reports it’s intended for a mid-career faculty member or an incoming professor. Hub Hall worked for Standard Oil, now ExxonMobil, and led the company’s…
HAYS, Kan. (AP) Ellis County voters easily approved a half-cent sales tax increase to improve county buildings. The Hays Daily News reports the issue was approved Tuesday with 82 percent of the vote, 2,603 to 569. The increased revenue will help pay for a $14.3 million building for the county’s EMS and rural fire trucks. It will also pay to expand and renovate the county jail, law enforcement center and courthouse. The sales tax will take effect no sooner than Oct. 1. It is scheduled to end in five years or when the project is paid off, whichever comes sooner.