FORT RILEY, Kan. – Fort Riley civilian employees began receiving notices of decision to furlough Thursday. These notices are required by federal law to inform employees they will be furloughed no sooner than 30 days from the date of the notice. A furlough work schedule accompanies the notice. Furloughs will affect approximately 2,400 civilian workers across a broad spectrum of services at Fort Riley when the administrative furloughs begin in July. “Beginning on or after July 14 and lasting until the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30), civilian employees will be furloughed for 11 non-consecutive days,” said Col. William…
Author: KMAN Staff
“One thing about Kansas and rural America is that we rally and respond to those in need”–those were the words of U-S Senator Jerry Moran of Manhattan, who toured the tornado damage in Marshall County Wednesday. He saw the two businesses that were leveled,but plan to rebuild… as well as 20 to 30 country homes that were damaged by strong winds, with roofs demolished. The Senator toured the area, with the help of law enforcement and city and county authorities. He doesn’t foresee qualification for federal assistance at this point, but says there are other options. He says there may…
IRVING, Texas (AP) The Alamo Bowl is close to getting the first choice of Big 12 teams outside the championship picture. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Wednesday the league’s bowl lineup wasn’t complete but “it looks like it’s going to work” for the Alamo Bowl to replace the Cotton Bowl as the first destination for teams not in the BCS or the four-team College Football Playoff that starts in 2014. Bowlsby said the league had agreed in principle with most slots, and indicated one of those would be a new alliance with a Florida bowl, possibly the Russell Athletic…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas defensive lineman Chris Martin has been arrested on robbery charges. Jayhawks coach Charlie Weis says in a statement released Wednesday night that the school is aware of the charges and gathering facts. KUSports.com is reporting that Lawrence Police arrested Martin, 21, earlier Wednesday, along with former Kansas player Jeremiah Letrell Edwards, 21, of Garland, Texas; and Joshua Edwards, 28, of Lawrence, in connection with an armed robbery on May 13. Martin, who went to high school in Aurora, Colo., is charged with aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Martin is a junior college…
ST. LOUIS (AP) Pinch hitter Daniel Descalso hit a two-run single with the bases loaded to snap an eighth-inning tie and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past the Kansas City Royals with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday night. Luis Mendoza got his first career hit and RBI and held the Cardinals to a run in 5 2-3 innings before the bullpen failed for the Royals, who have lost a season-worst eight in a row. They dropped the first two games of the interleague series by a combined 10-4 score and have totaled 11 runs the last six games. Matt Holliday…
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will kick-off the 2nd Annual Read Kansas Read Thursday morning during a news conference in the Kansas State Library in Topeka. The statewide summer reading program is a collaborative effort by the Governor’s Office, Kansas Book Festival, Kansas State Library and the Kansas State Department of Education to challenge Kansas children to read while they aren’t in school. First Lady Mary Brownback, State Librarian Jo Budler, and State Education Commissioner Dr. Diane DeBacker will join the Governor for the launch of the summer reading program. The Governor will read a short story to children visiting the…
Iraq is experiencing its most sustained wave of violence since the U.S. military withdrawal in 2011. Attacks have left more than 500 people dead this month.
New York City police say two anonymous letters sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg contained traces of the deadly poison ricin. Both contained threats referencing the debate on gun laws.
MOSCOW, Kan. (AP) A large grass fire in southwest Kansas has spread to thousands of bales of corn stalks stored at a facility in the Stevens County town of Moscow. KAKE-TV reports the fire broke out late Tuesday and involved about 50,000 corn stalk bales by Wednesday. Moscow Mayor Billy Bell told the station that a bioenergy company had planned to use the stalks to produce ethanol. Bell says firefighters have contained the blaze, which investigators believe was intentionally set. The mayor also says no injuries have been reported and no structures were in danger, but residents have been told…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas car theft victim is out of the hospital after paying a heavy price for trying to recover the vehicle herself. KFDI-FM reports the 31-year-old Wichita woman had her 2011 Dodge Avenger stolen on May 23. She went looking for the car the next afternoon and found it with another woman in the driver’s seat. The Sedgwick County sheriff’s office says the victim opened a door and told the driver to get out. The driver backed up, hit the victim and ran over her before driving off. The victim spent several days in Wesley Medical Center…