Thursday’s Riley County commission meeting featured a full agenda of updates from department heads, and a few items to be decided on. County Corrections Director, Shelly Williams kicked off the meeting with information on a statewide policy they have been working on with District Court Judge David Stutzman. After months of collaborating together, Stutzman decided he did not want to wait on the legislative process, as it takes a long time to change existing laws. Instead, Stutzman proposed “Probation 180”. A similar policy is currently in place in Hawaii. This policy grants corrections the power to charge repeat criminals with…
Author: KMAN Staff
According to Riley County Police there was a call for assistance by motorists on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 317 shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday. Seven vehicles were reportedly involved. Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. Greg Harkrader tells KMAN troopers found evidence that some motorists lost control and slid off. However KHP did not work a single accident and only one vehicle needed to be towed out. The other motorists apparently were able to get off the shoulder or median on their own.
Starting on Tuesday the Manhattan Homecare and Hospice is hosting a new training program. The national We Honor Veterans program is working to train veterans to help other veterans through serious illnesses, and end of life issues. Christine Nolte, Director of Development at Homecare and Hospice, says the training is an important step towards helping the veteran population care for each other. Nolte says veterans in a crisis situation are more likely to allow another veteran for support them through the trying times. The training will equip participants to handle items like VA benefits, and grief and bereavement. Volunteers will…
Parts of Colorado and Wyoming are kicking off May with some winter weather. The Denver area could get up to around 5 inches, though not much is sticking to the pavement.
Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of removing a backpack containing hollowed-out fireworks from Tsarnaev’s dorm room three days after the attack.
The Kansas City Chiefs have parted ways with CB Javier Arenas and in exchange receive FB Anthony Sherman from the Arizona Cardinals. The Alabama product played in a total of 47 games for Kansas City since being drafted by the Chiefs in 2010. Arenas recorded eight passes defended in 2012, a number that ranked third on the team. Besides playing corner, the 25-year-old can also return punts. Arenas averaged 12.8 yards per punt return in 2011, a number that led the AFC and ranked third in the NFL. Sherman started in four games for the Cardinals last season, but rarely touched…
A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 41/4 square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions.
Seattle police used flash bangs and pepper spray, while May Day protesters threw objects at them on Wednesday. Some protesters were taken into custody.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with USD 383 outgoing board member Walt Pesaresi and Supt. Bob Shannon, followed by Kansas State cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch. [mp3-jplayer]
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Saline County commissioners say the county’s juvenile detention center will be closed through the end of the year, and might close permanently. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski shut down the center on Monday, but said he hoped to reopen it by July. But on Tuesday, the commissioners said closing the center will save the county money, although they were still studying how much the savings would be. When he closed the center, Kochanowski said it was unsafe because of a staff shortage and overcrowding. The juveniles are being taken to a center in Junction City, at a…