Manhattan has a new Fire Chief. Scott French, who had been serving as Deputy Chief of Operations, will take over the new role March first, replacing Chief Jerry Snyder who is officially retiring as Director of Fire Services. French is pleased with his new role, but tells KMAN not to expect any big differences in the way things are taken care of. French also thanks Chief Snyder for his dedication and leadership. In addition to serving as Deputy Chief of Operations for the city of Manhattan, French has held the positions of Assistant Chief, Lieutenant I and II, Fire Driver…
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In a letter to fans on Thursday morning, K-State athletic director John Currie announced a new five-year contract with head football coach Bill Snyder that will keep him on the sidelines thru the 2017 season. The deal replaces his current contract, which was signed in 2009. Snyder will be paid $2.75 million in the 2013 season, and $14.75 million over five years. The contract has a rollover clause with a $100,000 increase per season, as the 73-year old coach will make $2.85 million in 2014-15, $2.95 million in 2015-16, $3.05 million in 2016-17 and $3.15 million in 2017-18, as well as…
Suspected tornadoes are under investigation in a number of states, after severe storms blasted the South and Midwest. Two deaths are blamed on the weather.
Security teams are preparing to shut the airspace over the Superdome, all cargo is being scanned and the waterways secured in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Thomas Gipson had 17 points and seven rebounds as #18 K-State broke a two-game losing streak with an 83-57 rout of Texas. The Cats won their third straight game over Texas at Bramlage Coliseum as Omari Lawrence had a career-high 12 points and Angel Rodriguez added 11. Rodriguez added eight assists, his fourth game in the Big 12 with at least eight assists. K-State built a 38-19 halftime lead, and never looked back in the second half as their lead was as many as 28 points. Texas (9-11, 1-6) was topped by Sheldon McClellan with 15 points and Jaylen Boyd…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Saline County authorities say a television crew has been in Kansas looking for Bigfoot. The Salina Journal reports that Saline County sheriff’s deputies got a call of suspicious vehicles Monday near a rural residence. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says deputies found a television crew with several sport utility vehicles and a U-Haul at the site and determined the vehicles belonged to the crew from Ping Pong Productions of Los Angeles, Calif. The sheriff says the crew had the landowner’s permission to be at the location. A representative of the television crew said they had received information about a…
MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) A preliminary hearing resumes Thursday afternoon for two suspects in the death of a Tabor College football player. The hearing for Alton Franklin and DeQuinte Flournoy began last week. But it was continued to give prosecutors time to search for a key witness to a fight that led to the death of Brandon Brown, 26. The redshirt defensive lineman from Tabor College was found unconscious Sept. 16 at a McPherson Party and died about a week later. The suspects both are former McPherson College football players. They’re charged with being accessories to second-degree murder. The missing witness…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City, Mo., lawyer has pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the drug money of an undercover agent posing as a marijuana dealer. Ronald Partee, 66, entered the plea Wednesday in federal court in Kansas City, Kan. Partee admitted that he and the operators of a credit counseling service agreed to funnel drug money through Kansas bank accounts. As part of the scheme, a certificate saying the purported dealer had completed training as a bankruptcy specialist was created. Prosecutors say that Partee served on the counseling service’s board and approved two wire transfers that he…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has approved a proposal to give the governor and legislators more power over appointments to the state’s appellate courts. Wednesday’s vote on the proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution was 28-12, slightly more than the two-thirds majority needed for passage. The measure would have the governor appoint judges to the Kansas Court of Appeals and the state Supreme Court, subject to Senate confirmation. The proposal would scrap an attorney-led commission that screens applicants and nominates three finalists for each vacancy. The governor must pick one, with no role for legislators. The measure goes next…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas lawmakers are introducing measures aimed at limiting employers’ access to job applicants’ social media accounts. The Kansas City Star reports that Rep. Gail Finney and Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, both Democrats, are supporting measures that seek to protect job seekers from employers who want access to user names and passwords to look through social media accounts like Facebook or Twitter. Finney is also pushing a bill that would ban colleges and universities from asking for the same information from students and potential students. Finney understands why employers might research applicants using Facebook, but says she doesn’t…