As the number of dead from the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh soars past 1,000, there’s a remarkable story of survival. A woman was found alive today in the wreckage of the building.
Author: KMAN Staff
About 1,200 students walked across the stage to receive their certificates and diplomas during Manhattan Area Technical College’s commencement exercises Friday. College President Rob Edleston tells KMAN several family members and friends attended the event, held at the Hilton Garden Inn, with 1,400 chairs filled. Featured speaker, Dr. Andy Tompkins, President and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, challenged the graduates to find a way to give of themselves. He also shared five suggestions with the graduates, including to treat other people the way you want to be treated, to value the importance of human relationships above all else, to pursue…
The Junction City Fire Department has been awarded with a FEMA 2012 Assistance to Firefighters Grant. With the grant, the department will be able to replace their existing 1989 75 ‘ aerial truck with a newer one. The goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and non affiliated emergency medical service organization. The award of the grant is $760,000 with a minimum match from the city of $84,444.
A power outage occurred on Manhattan’s west side at approximately 10:45am this morning. Westar Energy spokesman Nick Bundy tells KMAN that approximately 3,400 customer were affected. According to the Westar Energy outage reports on their website, as of right now that number has dropped tremendously with reports of just a few isolated outages. KMAN will continue to pursue information on the origin of the outage.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of two pickup trucks from the Bluebird Road area, North of Highway 24. The victim reported that the trucks were taken sometime around the 7th or 8th of May 2013. The trucks are owned by Bob Hull Incorporated. These trucks contained utility and general work tools. The first truck is a 2004 white Chevrolet HD 2500 4X4, with a Duramax Diesel. This truck is a crew cab with a pickup bed. The bed contained a tool box behind the cab, and then a fuel tank behind the tool box with a hand pump.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Legislators are touting changes made to Kansas driver’s license laws that they say will help poorer residents drive in limited situations while their licenses are suspended. The measure allows residents with suspended licenses to apply for a restricted permit to drive to work, school or other limited locations while they pay off traffic fines. The Wichita Eagle reports that the law was on the books four years ago and lawmakers initially didn’t notice when a sunset provision took effect in 2012. They took action this session to restore the law. Two interns with Kansas Legal Services said…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Johnson County Community College has promoted one of its administrators to president of the college. The college’s trustees on Thursday named Joseph M. Sopcich the school’s fifth president His is currently the college’s executive vice president of administrative services. The 58-year-old Sopcich will assume the presidency this summer. He will replace President Terry Calaway, who resigned after serving as president since June 2007. The Kansas City Star reports Sopcich signed a three-year contract with a total compensation package of $317,900 a year. His base salary will be $240,000.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A homeless man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for beating another homeless man to death over cigarettes. Patrick R. Perkins, 41, was sentenced Thursday for involuntary manslaughter and robbery in the death of Marshall K. Hauschulz, 41. Police say the beating occurred as Perkins was robbing Hauschulz of cigarettes in December 2011. The Wichita Eagle reports state prison records show Perkins was paroled from prison six weeks before he killed Hauschulz. He had served time for a Reno County aggravated battery conviction and also had a 1994 Saline County conviction for aggravated…
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) An administrator at an Oregon community college will be the new president of Cowley College in Arkansas City. The college’s board voted Thursday to hire Clark Williams to lead the college. He will replace Patrick McAttee, who retired at the end of 2012 after serving as Cowley’s president for 25 years. The Arkansas City Traveler reports Williams currently is the vice president and chief operating officer for Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Ore. Williams will begin his new job on July 8.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Data from the Kansas Geological Survey show oil production in Kansas last year was up over 2011, but natural gas production was down. Officials with the survey, based at the University of Kansas, report the 43.7 million barrels of oil produced last year were the most since 1995. The oil had a value of $3.7 billion. The survey also reported that Kansas natural gas production declined from 312 billion cubic feet in 2011 to slightly less than 300 billion cubic feet last year, a drop of 4 percent. The value of the gas declined 34 percent last…