FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas City Chiefs players, including Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Willie Lanier, are heading to Fort Leavenworth for talks with Army officials on traumatic brain injuries. Wednesday afternoon’s meeting at the post is part of an Army-NFL partnership on treating and preventing head injuries in both organizations. Lanier, who played from 1967 through 1977, serves on an NFL player safety panel studying ways to make the game safer. Lanier suffered numerous concussions in his early playing days before converting to a padded helmet and changing his tackling technique. The military has been looking…
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Prominent American business man Herman Cain gave a lecture Tuesday evening, in the Ballroom of the K-state Student Union. As a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, his status as a front runner would mark the first time ever, that a minority candidate lead national polls in a Republican Presidential Primary. Cain earned a master’s degree from Purdue University. At various points, he worked for the Department of the Navy, the Coca-Cola Company, Pillsbury, and would be appointed CEO of Godfather’s Pizza. Cain, said that despite the struggles we face today, the American Dream is alive. He made sure to thank…
The Powerball Lottery Jackpot topped $500 million on Tuesday. Ticket sales are brisk for the Wednesday drawing.
Most of an animal cruelty case in Pottawatomie County KMAN news has been telling you about for almost a year has been resolved. Amanda Hoke (21) and Derrick Hoke (42) have entered into a diversion with the state on the 10 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Pottawatomie county attorney Sherri Schuck tells KMAN the state offered a diversion based on the lesser culpability of the defendants and the benefits to each party. Each defendant will be on diversion for 12 months, with certain terms and conditions that must be completed. Shuck adds a failure to complete the requisite terms and conditions could result…
Authorities in Panama say more than 1,500 homes have been damaged or destroyed by flooding from heavy rains over the weekend. The Panamanian Red Cross says a mudslide may have buried two Red Cross workers.
Fireworks were on the agenda for the Manhattan City Commission meeting on Tuesday night, and the meeting had its share of explosive debates as the commission took on the issue at city hall. The commission heard from Fire Service Director Jerry Snyder on a new proposal to ban a certain type of firework called flying lanterns and proposing a new way of controlling situational bans on fireworks in the city with a joint decision from the mayor and city emergency staff. Commissioner Jim Sherow would like to see a ban on all fireworks for safety’s sake, and believes Manhattan’s public display is sufficient…
Investigators in northeastern Kansas are looking for links between recent arson fires at a partly demolished grain elevator and a nearby home. Officials have identified two people as “persons of interest” in the St. Marys fires. Pottawatomie County Fire Supervisor Bruce Brazzle told KMAN news the first blaze broke out around 2 a.m. Friday at the downtown St. Marys grain elevator owned by Nemaha County Co-op. The fire destroyed the elevator, which was being razed. It also scattered chunks of burning wood for several blocks and caused heat damage to nearby buildings. Late Sunday, another fire broke out at an…
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) A judge has refused to let a southeastern Kansas woman withdraw her guilty plea in last year’s killing of her boyfriend’s grandmother. Lyndsey Giovinazzo and Jacob Hoyt were both 19 when they were arrested in December 2011 in the death of Loyce Cody. The 69-year-old teacher was found strangled in her Augusta home; her car and debit cards were missing. The El Dorado Times reports Giovinazzo was in Butler County District Court on Tuesday, seeking to change her plea of guilty to first-degree murder. Judge Jan Satterfield rejected the defendant’s arguments that she received poor advice…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback and members of his Cabinet are taking the lead in a weight-loss contest aimed at encouraging Kansans to fight obesity and adopt healthier eating habits. The Republican governor on Tuesday challenged other executive, legislative and judicial branch employees to field five-member teams that will compete to lose the largest percentage of body weight. The contest will run Jan. 15 through May 15. Brownback says the rising obesity rates in Kansas and the nation pose serious health risks. The governor said he’s recruiting four members of his Cabinet to join his team. Prizes will be…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A former teller at a northeast Kansas bank will spend 10 months in home confinement for embezzling more than $27,000 from the bank. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 23-year-old Brittney L. Crane will also serve two years of supervised release under the sentence she received Monday. Crane worked at a branch of US Bank in Kansas City, Kan. In a guilty plea she entered in August, she admitted processing forged counter withdrawal slips totaling $27,700 in late 2011. A video recording of one transaction showed her processing a forged withdrawal slip for 20-year-old Cierra Clayborn at…