The Popocatepetl volcano on Saturday vented a dense cloud of ash over the central Mexico state of Puebla, with ash falling to the ground in several towns. In San Andres Cholula, residents were worried about ash contaminating the water.
Author: KMAN Staff
The United States and Japan offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the over its nuclear and missile programs, but said the reclusive communist government first must lower tensions and honor previous agreements.
Jared King collected four hits and drove in a pair of runs and Blake McFadden won for the fourth time in five decisions as Kansas State knocked off Iowa 5-3 Sunday afternoon in Iowa City to take two out of three games in their non-conference weekend series with the Hawkeyes. The Cats outhit the Hawkeyes 14-5 as they recorded their second straight victory after Friday’s series-opening loss and their eighth win in their last nine games. McFadden gave up three runs on four hits in his six innings of work while registering five strikeouts and Jared Matthys and Tanner Witt…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Nearly 7,000 eastern Kansas residents were without electricity after a transformer went out and knocked out power in one of the utility’s main lines. The Board of Public Utilities website says power went out around 9:10 a.m. Sunday at a substation in Kansas City, Kan. Service was restored in the area by late Sunday morning. BPU spokesman David Mehlhoff says the utility was trying to figure out what happened to cause the outage.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say an attempted weekend robbery involving a video game system advertised on Craigslist shows why people need to be careful when buying or selling items on the website. The Wichita Eagle reports two men in their early 20s went to a meeting place at 2:30 p.m. Saturday to buy a Sony PlayStation. Police say the men were in their vehicle negotiating a purchase price when the male seller tried to climb into the vehicle and rob them. The assailant pulled a handgun from his backpack and fired at the would-be buyers as they tried to…
“One stop drop” is the the new motto for K-State Recycling. The new strategy removes the need for students and faculty to sort through their recyclable material. Instead, all recyclable material can be placed in a single bin with the exception of glass items. “A lot of people just didn’t take the time to sort so a lot of it we had to throw away because it was all contaminated, mixed together. Now we push it all in one container and now we’re increasing our weight at least, I’d say, 10,000 lbs a week,” said Bill Spiegel with the KSU…
There are not many details yet, but KMAN has received a report of an Ogden man being taken into police custody in connection with an arson incident. Steven Meredith (26) was arrested just after 10:00 Saturday night and charged with one count of obstructing the legal process, one count of criminal threat, and one count of arson. He remains confined on a $8,000 bond. KMAN will keep you up to date with the latest information as it becomes available.
The Popocatepetl volcano on Saturday vented a dense cloud of ash over the central Mexico state of Puebla, with ash falling to the ground in several towns. In San Andres Cholula, residents were worried about ash contaminating the water.
The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrated its first birthday on Saturday by hosting “Discovery Day 2013: Making a Difference”. The day featured several family-focused activities including: a three-floor scavenger hunt, recycling projects & educational display from the K-State Recycling Center, Flint Hills themed arts & crafts, and free admission. “What an honor it was to be able to help sponsor this great event. We had nearly 3400 people that came in to see the Flint Hills Discovery Center. We had girl scouts from Marysville, Ks, the entire troop came down. We had countless soccer teams that were in town for a soccer tournament,…
A Lincoln, Nebraska bus driver accused of assaulting a passenger repeatedly punched the man before dragging him off the vehicle and leaving him on the side of a road has been fired.