On Monday, June 10, weather permitting, a local roadway improvement project will begin on a two-block portion of Bluemont Avenue from Manhattan Avenue east to 11th Street. Project work includes grading and surfacing, storm sewer and traffic signal installation, and the addition of a raised median in the center of Bluemont Avenue. Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, with some occasional Saturday work. The Bluemont Avenue improvement project will be constructed in phases to allow for traffic flow through the area. There will be lane restrictions or lane closures on Bluemont Avenue throughout the summer months…
Author: KMAN Staff
The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May_ a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment.
Authorities say a gunman carrying an assault-style rifle killed at least six people in Santa Monica before police killed him during a gunfight in the Santa Monica College library.
A pregnant Texas actress who initially told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested.
President Barack Obama is defending his government’s secret surveillance, saying Congress has repeatedly authorized the collection of America’s phone records and U.S. Internet use.
Two K-State juniors have been taken in the 2013 MLB draft. Jared King was the first Wildcat off the board, selected as a left fielder, in the fifth round at pick 146 by the New York Mets. King is hitting .327 this year with six home runs and a team-leading 51 RBI’s. Jared’s brother Jason King is currently playing under the Detroit Tigers minor League system with the Class A Midwest League West Michigan Whitecaps. Jason was a fourth round draft pick in 2011. Ross Kivett was taken five rounds later by the Cleveland Indians at pick number 291 overall.…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Gregg Eyestone, Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent, followed by Fred Goss, Flint Hills Discovery Center Director, and Don Stubbings, Kansas State Campus Police Captain. [mp3-jplayer]
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) His voice cracking at times, a former Kansas lawman told jurors that it was his fault his wife is dead but that he didn’t kill her. Brett Seacat returned to the witness stand Friday in his first-degree murder trial in the April 2011 killing of Vashti Seacat, 34,. The 37-year-old Kingman man also is charged with aggravated arson and two counts of child endangerment. The defense contends his wife set the fire before killing herself. Seacat told jurors he threatened his wife the last evening she was alive when he realized she wanted to go through with…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The most visible member of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s staff is leaving next month to become the state Lottery’s deputy director. Brownback announced Friday that Communications Director Sherriene Jones-Sontag will be joining the lottery July 8. Jones-Sontag has overseen Brownback’s communications and served as his press secretary and chief spokeswoman since he took office in January 2011. She had the same role in his successful gubernatorial campaign in 2009 and 2010. The governor praised Jones-Sontag in a statement as a “trusted adviser.” She said she looks forward to “a new career challenge.” Jones-Sontag is a former broadcast…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 120 days in prison for a wrong-way accident that killed a man in downtown Kansas City. Robert J.K. Domsch II, of Shawnee, pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week for involuntary manslaughter in the death last April of Marco G. Vendetti, 28, of Kansas City. Police say Domsch was drunk and driving the wrong way in downtown Kansas City when his car hit Vendetti’s vehicle. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that police say Domsch had a blood-alcohol content of .242 nearly four hours after the crash. Domsch, a recent graduate of…