House Democrats call for vote to end the federal shutdown.
Author: KMAN Staff
The focus of efforts to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default shifted to the Senate on Saturday, where leaders were in talks to resolve the twin stalemates. The Senate rejected a Democratic effort to raise the debt ceiling.
Throughout the week many of he so-called experts around the region and the country were using calculators to figure out just how many points Baylor’s video game-like offense would put up against Kansas State’s Defense. Coming into Saturday’s game the 15th-ranked Bears had scored no fewer than 69 points in their first four games and in the last three they had broken the 70-point barrier each time. However, Kansas State was focused on getting a Big 12 win after two tough road losses and the Wildcats were able to hold Baylor’s running attack largely in check. The difference in the…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Authorities have identified the woman found dead after an unreported fire in her Hutchinson home. Hutchinson Fire Deputy Chief Mike Miller says authorities have determined that 72-year-old Dorothy Cobb died of smoke inhalation. The Hutchinson News reported that Cobb was found Thursday afternoon by a family member. Miller says careless smoking sparked the fire either Tuesday or Wednesday. The blaze burned itself out, and the exterior of the home had no damage. Most of the interior damage was in the living room where Cobb was in a chair.
A newly announced candidate in the 2014 Kansas GOP primary for the U-S Senate will be visited the Flint Hills Tea Party’s monthly meeting Saturday morning at the Manhattan Public Library. Dr. Milton Wolf announced his intentions to run against incumbent Senator Pat Roberts Tuesday. “I can give you 17 trillion reasons why we need to replace the current career politicians in Washington. Our National Debt is crushing our economy and it threatens our future. I’ll give you 600 billion reasons why we need to replace our Senator, Pat Roberts. That’s the size of the tax increase he voted for…
The Manhattan High School Indians are now 5-0 in league play after a 41-24 win over Shawnee Heights Friday night.
A 3-car accident at the intersection of 24 Highway and Salzer Road occurred at about 7 p.m. Friday. According to a Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputy, there were numerous individuals transported by ambulance to the Wamego Health Center with non-life threatening injuries. Eastbound 24 Highway was reduced to one-lane traffic for over an hour. No other details are available at this time.
On a finally Friday edition of “The Game” Brandon Tadtman and Erik Stone get you set up for the showdown in the Little Apple between Kansas State and Baylor. What are the realistic expectations for the Wildcats and how many points could Baylor score? Week 6 of high school football and also a preview of the Chiefs and Raiders on Sunday from Joel Thorman from Arrowhead Pride. Jaime Mendez and Kevin Lockett also chiming in on the show this afternoon plus “You can’t be serious”.
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. laughs as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Republicans from the House of Representatives were offering to pass legislation to avert a potentially catastrophic default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown as part of a framework that would include cuts in benefit programs, officials said Friday. But the impasse was not yet over. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old girl from Pakistan who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October for advocating education for girls, waves as she leaves the stage after speaking about her fight for girls’ education on the International Day of the Girl, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at the World Bank in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)