At around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, the Manhattan Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a housing duplex located at 1313 Newfoundland Drive. Deputy Chief, Ryan Almes, says the fire was put out quickly, without anyone being injured. The fire was confined to the kitchen. All occupants were outside of the duplex when fire crews arrived on scene. Reports Thursday morning indicate the fire loss for the structure was 20-thousand dollars, with 15-thousand dollars damage to contents.
Author: KMAN Staff
Efforts by Senate Democrats to win a speedy confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director have run into a snag. Republican Sen. Rand Paul has begun what he calls a filibuster of Brennan’s nomination.
Update Thursday morning: A fatal fire case has apparently moved from the local Riley county attorney’s jurisdiction to the U-S Attorney’s office in Kansas. That was the word with an announcement made by U-S Attorney Barry Grissm at a news conference in Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson’s office in Manhattan Thursday morning. Two Kansas State University students have been indicted in connection with the case– Patrick Scahill, 20, and Virginia Griese, 19, have been implicated in the fatal fire, which took the life of Vasanta Pallem, 34, a postdoctoral researcher in chemical engineering at Kansas State. KMAN news first told…
When a woman checked her cattle one morning, she was not expecting to find one missing. Brenda Jordan, of Riley, reported to Riley County police around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, that one pregnant red heifer was missing from her field. Jordan lives on Walnut Creek Road, and reported a gate appeared to have been tampered with. One pregnant red heifer had been taken from the field, with a brand on the left hip of a “3”. There are no suspects at this time and the case is still under investigation by Northern county officers. The total loss in this theft is…
“Green break” is perhaps a nicer name for Fake Patty’s Day which is approaching this next weekend– and Aggieville business owners are getting prepared for the event, which they continue to stress they did not create. During Tuesday’s Aggieville Business Association meeting, A-B-A Executive Director Evan Tuttle reminded members of details for the event , with streets being shut down for the day an no parking warnings going out before that. Food and product Vendors will be lined up along sidewalks. Tuttle admits efforts are more toward reacting to the event in a proactive way. Tuttle says portable restrooms will…
Italy’s Mount Etna had a spectacular eruption Tuesday night, shooting out lava and hot ash.
A fierce winter storm is turning its fury on the Mid-Atlantic states after dropping huge amounts of snow on the Midwest.
Four general items topped the agenda Tuesday for the Manhattan City Commission. Of those, the issue of the expansion at the public library held a lot of discussion from both the commission and the public itself. From both sides of the table, both views were expressed. Commissioners and public voiced that the expansion is needed and would be beneficial for the community. The other side showed this is not the right time for such a endeavor. Commission Wynn Butler brought up the issues of a new commission would be brought in and there are legislative issues still unknown. Butler made…
It’s time to talk Manhattan, as Cathy sits down with Mayor Loren Pepperd and City Manager Ron Fehr. [mp3-jplayer]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says she supports an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program encouraged by the federal government’s overhaul of health care. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Praeger said Tuesday that Kansas is hurting poor residents by not expanding Medicaid coverage for the needy and disabled. The federal health care law promises to pay for most of the expansion. Praeger already has broken with many fellow Republicans, including Gov. Sam Brownback, over the 2010 federal health care law. The insurance commissioner has praised the overhaul as a step toward universal access to health care. A resolution…