By: Amanda Kim Stairrett1st Inf. Div. Public Affairs, Fort Riley FORT RILEY, Kan. — First Infantry Division noncommissioned officers got a chance to interact with officers from 88 countries across six continents Wednesday, Sept. 5, when they visited Fort Riley. The 114 foreign officers are attending the International Military Student Division’s Intermediate Level Education at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. The CGSC brought groups of international students to Fort Riley 14 times in the last 15 years, Michael J. Brettmann, field studies program manager with the IMSD, said. Though the officers are in the United States for…
Author: KMAN Staff
A rape in the Northwest part of Manhattan resulted in a recent arrest. William Yankey (28) of Manhattan was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for rape and his bond is set at $50,000. The rape reportedly occurred December 8th, 2007. The victim allegedly was a 26 year old woman. ————- Saving an animal’s life put a Manhattan woman’s own life in danger. Shortly before 5:30. Tuesday evening, a one vehicle accident occurred on Fort Riley Boulevard and Stagg Hill Road. Ignacia Dominquez (20) was driving her 2003 Chevy Trailblazer westbound when she swerved to miss an animal in the road. The vehicle rolled…
– The Manhattan High volleyball team swept a pair of matches on Tuesday night, winning 25-22, 25-14 over Clay Center, and Rossville 25-17, 25-14. The Indians are now 8-2 on the season. – The Manhattan High girls tennis team hosted a quad on Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan City Park, and came in third place. Washburn Rural won the meet, and Marysville was second. Cathy Lei played #2 singles and went 2-1, and the #1 doubles team of Annie Roberson and Kaitlyn Wichmann also won two matches. – Manhattan High boys soccer beat Shawnee Heights 7-0 on Tuesday night at Anneberg…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Will Smith pitched seven shutout innings, Eric Hosmer homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 9-1 on Tuesday night. Lorenzo Cain had two RBIs and was a home run away from the cycle as Kansas City beat Minnesota for just the sixth time in 16 games. Salvador Perez extended his hitting streak to a career-best 15 games and threw out two runners trying to steal in support of Smith (5-7), who struck out a career-high seven and gave up seven hits in his first win in four starts. Ryan Doumit had the Twins’ RBI…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Chiefs have waived linebacker Cameron Sheffield to make roster space for linebacker Tamba Hali, who was suspended for Week 1 for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. The Chiefs announced the roster move Tuesday night. Hali did not count against the Chiefs’ 53-man roster while he was suspended for the season-opener against Atlanta. He’s eligible to return for this week’s game at Buffalo. Sheffield played in 17 games and made one start during two seasons in Kansas City, but he’d often been shuffled back on the depth chart. The former fifth-round draft pick only made…
A roll-over accident caused by a distracted driver caused a slight delay on Fort Riley Blvd and a trip to the hospital. As KMAN news previously announced on Saturday, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a roll-over accident occured on Fort Riley Blvd and Scenic Drive, near Stagg Hill. Riley County police say Hannah Byun (18) of Junction City, was driving her 2006 Pontiac G6 Eastbound on Fort Riley Blvd. She was attempting to change the song on her iphone when she swerved to miss a traffic cone. She overcompensated, and clipped a 2000 GMC Yukon driven by Michael Packer (48), also of Junction…
September 11th of each year has come to be a time of rememberance for many Americans. We come together on this date every year to remember those we consider heroes. Those men and women who put their lives on the line for us on a daily basis, and who deserve our recognition and praise. Wheather it be a firefigher containing a blaze, a policeman keeping the peace, an emergency medical technician saving a life or a soldier fighting for our freedom, they all deserve the title of hero. It was with this in mind that the School of Hope…
As the massive underground construction project in front of the White House West Wing ends, the mystery deepens as to what was actually built there — and what’s coming next.
One American was killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Protesters also stormed the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
On Tuesday night Manhattan City Commisioners unanimously accepted a 1.8 million dollar FAA grant to improve a new aviation apron at the Manhattan Regional Airport, and voted to begin contracting the construction of the new addition to the airport. Next commisioners tackled the Manhattan metropolitan planning organization or MPO. A presentation outlining the two plans and their budgets were given by Assistant Manhattan City Manager Lauren Palmer. Discussion revolved around two maps outlining initial working boundaries for the MPO. Map Option 2 includes portions of Pottawatomie and Riley counties along with the city of Ogden. Map option 4a is a far larger…