Author: KMAN Staff

The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office has located a missing juvenile KMAN news first told you about last Wednesday. Anne Cooney, 17, from St.Mary’s was located by Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputies on Saturday  in Meriden. With the assistance of the Jefferson County Sheriff”s Office Cooney was taken into custody.

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Riley County Commission Chair, Dave Lewis officially introduced Brenda Nichols as the new County Health Department Director during Monday’s commission meeting. That was Nichols’ first day on the job, and she said the staff has gave her a very warm welcome. Although she is new to the area, she was aware that Riley County currently ranks 2nd, out of all the counties in Kansas, for health and safety. “This really speaks to the commitment that not only leadership has in the city and the county, but the leadership in the various organizations in assuring there is health and safety”, Nichols…

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A Silver Lake woman died in an accident on I-70 in Wabaunsee County Sunday night. Kayla Lowrey, 22, died in the one vehicle crash, reported shortly before 11:30 three miles west of Maple Hill. The Kansas Highway patrol reports Lowrey was driving a 2007 Pontiac G-6 four door passenger car westbound on I-70 in the left lane when a deer ran in front of the vehicle from the south. Lowrey hit the brakes to avoid the deer and the vehicle began skidding sideways and entered the center median. The Pontiac impacted a washout and rolled several times across the eastbound…

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Wade Davis stopped his five-game winless streak, Jeff Francoeur homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Sunday. Davis (4-5) gave up two runs and five hits in six innings for his first win since he beat the Los Angeles Angels on May 15. It was the right-hander’s first game against the Rays, who traded him to the Royals during the offseason. After Francoeur hit a solo homer in the fifth inning, Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon had RBI singles to put the Royals ahead 4-2 in the sixth. Gordon added…

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