Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the nation’s ongoing sluggish job growth is unacceptable and his policies would work better than President Barack Obama’s. He calls another flat jobs report a ‘kick in the gut’ that must end.
Author: KMAN Staff
U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended.
The Manhattan Municipal Band will be performing on July 10th at the Larry Norvell Band Shell starting at 7:30pm. The concert will feature a salute to Duke Ellington, and include traditional marches and overtures. Also featured is the Little Apple Barbershop Chorus. The concerts are free and open to the public.
At the first meeting in July, the Manhattan Ogden Board of Education elects a new president and vice president to serve a one year term. At their July 5 meeting, the board did just that. For board presdient, Dave Colburn was nominated and unanimously selected. For board vice president, Curt Herrman was nominated and also unanimously selected. Both members added their new titles to their placecard on the board table. The board also went through their annual duty appointments and annual organization matters. Both which passed with a 7-0 vote. The only new business item was that of the chiller…
The 4th of July holiday is done and the report from the Manhattan Fire Department has been released as to the fires that were caused or suspected to be caused by fireworks. The Fire Department responded to six dumpster / trash fires, seven grass fires and two structure fires. The first fire was a trash can fire at the 2100 block of Patricia Pl. It was reported at 11:34 pm on Saturday, June 30. No dollar amount lost. The second fire was a rubbish fire at the 1600 block of McCain Lane. It was reported at 10:56 pm on Sunday, July 1. No dollar amount…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A third member of a Kansas City, Kan., police unit has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for stealing electronics from houses during searches. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 34-year-old Dustin Sillings also has to serve one year of supervised release for violating a federal civil rights law. He was sentenced Thursday. Sillings and two other members of the Police Department’s Selective Crime Occurrence Reduction Enforcement Unit were charged after a sting operation in January 2011. Thirty-two-year-old Darrell M. Forrest has been sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison, and 34-year-old Jeffrey…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials say the death of a 43-year-old man in northwest Kansas was heat-related, making it the state’s third such fatality this year. The state Department of Health and Environment confirmed Thursday the latest heat-related death was reported last week but declined to provide additional details to protect the victim’s privacy. The state’s other two heat-related deaths occurred in May. Health department officials also said hospitals have voluntarily reported about 40 heat-related injuries and illnesses since the beginning of June. High temperatures in northwest Kansas have hit or exceeded 100 degrees for most of the past two…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) State officials have lifted a health advisory for a south-central Kansas creek that was contaminated last month by a sewage leak. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday lifted the advisory for Eight Mile Creek in Butler and Cowley counties after taking water samples that showed bacteria concentrations in the creek are back to acceptable levels. The Wichita Eagle reports that KDHE issued the health advisory June 25, a day after finding that a pump station equipment failure resulted in untreated sewage being dumped into a tributary of the creek. It’s unclear how much untreated…
JETMORE, Kan. (AP) Authorities investigating a string of burglaries at pharmacies in southwestern Kansas and northwest Oklahoma say they may have a break in the case. KAKE-TV reports the Hodgeman County sheriff’s department arrested four people this week following reports of suspicious activity near a pharmacy in Jetmore, about 20 miles north of Dodge City. Officials said the suspects are from the Dodge City area, and are in their mid-20s to early 30s. Two were arrested after a traffic stop and another while running from the scene. The fourth suspect was arrested when he tried to contact the others after…
MEADE, Kan. (AP) Three inmates of a southwest Kansas jail are back in custody after beating a guard, stealing his keys and making a brief escape. KWCH-TV reports other inmates at the Meade County jail helped the guard after he was beaten, stomped and kicked around 10 p.m. Wednesday. The guard was taken to a hospital in Wichita. The sheriff says one inmate was arrested north of the town of Meade. Another was picked up after a short chase farther north. The third was captured after a chase on U.S. 54 that ended when he drove off the highway and…