Due to inclement weather in the Kansas City area, tonight’s Royals game against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium has been postponed. The Royals announced Friday afternoon that the game will be made up on Monday with a first pitch at 1:10 p.m. Monday had been a scheduled off day for the Royals. This is the second day in a row the Royals have been affected by the weather. Thursday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays was called off after a delay of more than two hours when snow began to fall at Kauffman Stadium. The game was stopped…
Author: KMAN Staff
President Barack Obama says he wants to set aside old stereotypes that have created misunderstanding between Mexico and the United States. He says Mexico is an emerging nation that is remaking itself.
A huge Southern California wildfire carved a path to the sea and burned on the beach Friday, but firefighters got a break as gusty Santa Ana winds turned into breezes.
The City of Manhattan will lose an official within the City Manager’s Office later this month. Assistant City Manager Lauren Palmer will resign effective May 22nd. Palmer has accepted the position as City Administrator for the City of Parkville, Missouri. Palmer has served Manhattan since 2008 as an Assistant City Manager and says she is excited to hold a chief administrative position in Parkville. In a statement on Friday, City Manager Ron Fehr says Palmer played an instrumental role in working with various agencies and businesses to foster the city’s economic development activities and he wishes her well as she and her husband move closer…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with St. Sen. Tom Hawk of Manhattan, Jennifer Wilson, Riley County Extension Director, Lt. Kirsten Aho with the Salvation Army here in Manhattan, and Tom Tavtigian with Wounded Warriors. [mp3-jplayer]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita’s school superintendent is asking the district to spend $3 million to improve school security. The school board will consider superintendent John Allison’s request at its meeting next Monday. Allison says the money is needed to install high-definition cameras, computers, keyless-entry doors, a revamped dispatch center and more. He has proposed a contract with Aventura Technologies Inc. to install and launch a centralized surveillance system that would monitor more than 100 schools and other sites. The district’s current surveillance system includes video cameras and digital video receivers that were installed through a grant nine years ago. The…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Former University of Kansas Chancellor Gene Budig and his wife, Gretchen Budig, will receive the Dole Humanitarian Award. The award from the university’s Department of Special Education will honor the Budigs for their work to improve the lives with people with disabilities and their families. The university announced Thursday that the Budigs will be honored during a private ceremony next Friday at the Dole Institute of Politics. Gene Budig was chancellor at the university from 1981 to 1994, when he resigned to become president of baseball’s American League. The university said in a news release that Budig…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Topeka police officers who died in the line of duty last year will be honored at a ceremony honoring Kansas law enforcement officers at the Statehouse. The 31st annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial service will be held Friday at the Statehouse. It will include the unveiling of a memorial that adds the names of Cpl. David David Gogian and officer Jeff Atherly of Topeka. They were shot to death in December while checking possible drug activity outside a supermarket. Their killer later was fatally shot by law enforcement officers. The officers were honored Thursday with a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The man accused of shooting and killing two people at a Wichita Dollar General store last year will face trial on capital murder charges. A judge bound Marquis Marshall over for trial after a preliminary hearing Thursday. He’s charged in the November 2012 shooting that killed a store employee, Zachary Hunt, 22, and customer, Henry Harvey, 79. Three witnesses at Thursday’s hearing did not indicate a possible motive for the shootings. Marshall will be arraigned May 16. Prosecutors have not said if they will seek the death penalty.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a former Kansas City Chiefs player and businessman to the board that oversees operations of the state’s only toll road. Brownback’s office announced Thursday that David Lindstrom of Leawood will serve a four-year term on the Kansas Turnpike Authority board. Lindstrom was a defensive end for the Chiefs in the 1970s and 1980s before entering the restaurant business and becoming a real estate associate and securities broker. He’s also served on the Johnson County Commission and the state arts commission. He was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002 as the…