KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A 53-year-old Leavenworth woman has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office for western Missouri says in a release Wednesday that Paula A. Cathey pleaded guilty to 15 counts of bank fraud. She is accused of embezzling more than $561,000 from her Kansas City employer, Mega Industries Corp., a highway and general contractor construction company. Cathey worked as controller for the company from 1997 through March 2011. In her plea, she admitted that she embezzled the money by depositing company checks in her personal bank account. The prosecutor’s office said Cathey used…
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HazMat responded to Manhattan High School East Campus Wednesday. USD 383 officials indicate a student accidentally broke a thermometer that contained mercury. A small amount of the mercury spilled onto a table and the floor. The Manhattan Fire Department Haz-Mat team were called and responded to the incident. Communications Coordinator Michele Jones says the mercury reading in the room was well below the acceptable level for mercury. All students and adults that were in that room during first and second hours were isolated and readings were done on their shoes. All shoes were also found to be well below the acceptable level…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Suspended TCU quarterback Casey Pachall is leaving school for the rest of the semester and enrolling at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. Coach Gary Patterson made the announcement Tuesday, five days after the junior starter was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near campus. That came eight months after Pachall admitted to police that he smoked marijuana and failed a team-administered drug test. Patterson said most of the inpatient programs like the one Pachall will enter are 30 to 60 days. The coach said that keeps the door open for Pachall re-enrolling at TCU next…
– Manhattan High volleyball lost to Washburn Rural 25-21, 25-19. – Rock Creek volleyball swept a pair of matches from Rossville, 25-17, 25-17 and 25-18, 25-23. – Riley County volleyball took both matches from St. Marys 25-14, 28-26 and 25-17, 25-18. – Frankfort volleyball defeated Linn 25-21, 17-25, 25-18. – Wichita Northwest scored three second half goals to beat Manhattan High boys soccer 4-3 at Anneberg Park.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Sports fans in Kansas City are back in the national spotlight. Once again, it’s a glaring one. The latest flashpoint occurred Sunday, when Chiefs offensive lineman Eric Winston laid into a small percentage of Chiefs fans who cheered when struggling quarterback Matt Cassel suffered a concussion in the fourth quarter of a 9-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Winston called the cheering fans “sickening,” and his locker-room diatribe went viral, picked up by everyone from ESPN to “Good Morning America.” It’s left the city with a black eye, and has served as the impetus for…
The number of people sickened by a deadly meningitis outbreak has now reached 119 cases, including 11 deaths.
The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam.
The Manhattan Public Library hosted a Mental Health Panel on Monday night to discuss the possibility of creating a mental health care facility for Riley County and surrounding areas. Representatives from area mental health care providers, the Riley County Police Department, Riley County Commission, and members of the Manhattan community were in attendance for the discussion. A “Task Force” of decision makers was suggested as a means to further efforts towards the creation of a facility in a more efficient manner. Members of a possible “Task Force” will continue to be discussed at a future panel. KMAN will continue to keep you updated on any progress made towards a…
Manhattan city commissioners followed the recommendation from city staff on Tuesday night’s work session to take steps to ensure public water safety. The commission gave the go ahead to city staff to create a status report on the wellhead protection plan, and work to develop a joint city and surrounding county well drilling permit ordinance in the ten-year capture zone. Recent levels of toxins at well 13 required a filtration unit to be installed to ensure the safety of the local water supply. The commission also held a public education presentation on the half cent sales tax issue. The presentation featured Manhattan…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 69-year-old pedestrian has died after stepping into traffic in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star reported that the man was struck around 3:30 p.m. Monday. He then was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man’s family told authorities he had Alzheimer’s and had wandered away from home earlier in the day. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.