U.S. intelligence agencies say they’ve detected that President Bashar Assad’s government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use. Senator John McCain says he’s ‘deeply disturbed’ by the news.
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During Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting, County Planner, Bob Isaac presented three different plat projects requesting approval. The first project involved the final plat of the Larson addition. The Larson families main request was to receive a residential use designator lot for their farmstead, which would require re-platting. The second request involved two different plats on the Stony Brook Addition-Lot 17 of Stony Brook Addition Unit 2, and Lot 2 of Stony Brook Addition Unit 3. Lot 17 is currently occupied by a resident, but Lot 2 is not. The third request is the most complex of the three, as…
Several months ago KMAN did a story about a Pirate radio station operating in Manhattan. The individual has been fined $10,000 by the Federal Communications Commission. In a release from the FCC office in Kansas City, Glen Rubash, licensee of amateur radio station KCOGPV in Manhattan, apparently willfully and repeatedly violated the communications Act of 1934, by operating an unlicensed radio transmitter on the frequency of 88.3 megahertz (MHz). A complaint came to FCC’s enforcment bureau in Kansas City and used direction-finding techniquest to locate the source of the radio frequency transmissions at a Manhattan residence. The agents reportedly located a…
In what could be an indication of how Heisman Trophy voters are leaning, the Maxwell Award will be handed out Thursday night at the ESPN College Football Awards at Walt Disney World. The three candidates are the same for both awards, K-State senior quarterback Collin Klein, Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, and Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o. Even though Tim Tebow won both awards in 2007 and Cam Newton did the same in 2010, the Maxwell has not exactly been in sync with the Heisman in recent years. Players like Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Ken Dorsey, Larry Johnson,…
For the first time, there will be two former K-State Wildcats on the PGA Tour. Aaron Watkins earned his tour card for the second time by finishing in a tie for 17th in the final “Q” school, held over six rounds at two different courses in La Quinta, CA. Watkins was on the tour in 2009, where he recorded a seventh place finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, but lost his card. His play picked up this year, highlighted by a top 15 finish in the US Open. Watkins joins former Wildcat Robert Streb on the PGA Tour, as Streb finished seventh on the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The estate or guardian of the infant of the Chiefs player who killed her mother before turning a gun on himself will receive more than $1 million under terms of the NFL’s collective-bargaining agreement. Jovan Belcher’s 3-month-old daughter, Zoey, stands to receive $108,000 annually over the next four years, $48,000 in the fifth year and then $52,000 each year until age 18. She’ll continue to receive that amount until age 23 if she attends college. The beneficiary of Belcher, who was in his fourth season, also will receive $600,000 in life insurance, plus $200,000 for…
Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died.
Marijuana is now legal according to Washington state law, starting on Thursday. Voters decided to legalize it last month.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas regulators have approved a 7 percent rate increase for the state’s largest natural gas company that will generate $28 million a year in new revenues for the utility. The Kansas Corporation Commission said a legal settlement it accepted Wednesday will raise bills for average residential customers of Kansas Gas Service by less than $2 a month. The settlement was reached in October by the company, the KCC’s staff and other parties. They included the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board, a state agency representing residential customers and small businesses. The agreement will allow Kansas Gas Service to earn…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Plane maker Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is a step closer to exiting bankruptcy after a court ruling approving the company’s disclosure statement. The ruling by the bankruptcy court on Wednesday means Hawker Beechcraft can begin soliciting approval of its plan of reorganization from its creditors. The voting is expected to be completed by Jan. 22. The company says it will seek court approval to exit bankruptcy at a confirmation hearing scheduled for Jan. 31. Hawker Beechcraft says its reorganization plan is supported by a committee of unsecured creditors and the majority of its creditors. It plans to rename…