Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling “significantly below” the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway.
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The three women held captive in Cleveland for about a decade have ended their public silence. In a YouTube video, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight thanked the public for their emotional and financial support.
Passengers in plane crashes today, such as the one in San Francisco involving Asiana Airlines Flight 214, are more likely to survive than in past disasters.
The death toll in the devastating oil train derailment in Canada has reached 13. Eight bodies have been found in the wreckage now that investigators have better access to the zone closest to the blast. About 40 people are still missing.
The Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization has opened the public review and comment period for the 2014-2017 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP outlines all federally funded and/or regionally significant transportation projects expected to be completed in the region during the next four years. The TIP will be open for public review and comment until Monday, August 12th. You may access the TIP by visiting www.flinthillsmpo.wix.com/fhmpo. Other public participation and outreach efforts will include: Making a draft of the TIP available at Manhattan City Hall, Junction City City Hall, and the Manhattan Public Library Posting the draft TIP on the…
Two individuals who set a fire that claimed the life of a K-State Researcher in a Manhattan apartment have been sentenced for their roles in the killing. The complete release from U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom’s office is below: Two people have been sentenced to federal prison for setting a fire that killed a woman in an apartment complex in Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Patrick Martin Scahill, 20, Manhattan, Kan., was sentenced to 30 years. Virginia Amanda Griese, 20, Manhattan, Kan., was sentenced to 20 years. Both of them pleaded guilty to one count of arson resulting…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An SUV crashes through a glass storefront in Topeka, causing minor injuries to three people. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the accident was reported Monday morning at a Mattress City store. Police Cpl. Louis Cortez says the SUV driven by a woman in her late 60s failed to stop in the parking lot and crashed through the store’s front window before hitting mattresses. Cortez says the driver told police she couldn’t stop the car. Cortez says a two adults and a 7-year-old boy who were in the store were struck by flying debris, but refused treatment. The driver…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Nearly two years after most state funding of the arts was eliminated in Kansas, the state is starting to provide small grants to some arts groups. The Wichita Eagle reports the state’s commerce department is expected to announce $58,400 in grants to eight groups across the state this week. In 2011, Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed $700,000 of cultural arts funding, triggering the loss of about $1.2 million in national grants that depended on state investments in the arts. The money was restored last year but the new Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission put much of its money…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas student has received a NASA fellowship to design better tools for predicting how climate change will affect sea levels. Theresa Stumpf of Wentzville, Mo., is a doctoral student in electrical engineering at the university’s Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. Her fellowship is worth $90,000 over three years. She’ll conduct research on a new type of ice-penetrating radar. The university says the new radar is designed to gather data from a wider area and provide a much clearer picture of the conditions where the ice meets bedrock. Whether there’s solid ice, melting…