A recent ad paid for by a Political Action Committee has prompted an apology from the candidate who was supposed to benefit from the ad. Kansas Senator Roger Reitz has apologized for an ad from the Kansas Jobs PAC which attacked fellow 22nd district candidate Bob Reader’s choice to home school his children amongst other items. Senator Reitz said quote ” Politics have become too mean and too personal, and that ad crossed the line.” Candidate Bob Reader accepted the apology and thanked Senator Reitz for releasing it. Reader explains the campaigns can’t control what the PACs issue saying ” We have both been blamed…
Author: KMAN Staff
Riley County standout and K-State freshman-to-be Kelly Thomson scored 16 points in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association all-star game on Thursday night in Topeka. Thomson proved she’s one of the best shooters in the state by draining four three pointers, and tying the game-high in points with Highland Park post Shanise Brooks. Their Blue team though lost to the White, 79-69 at Washburn University in Topeka. In the boys’ game, Clint McCullough of St. James Academy scored 28 points to lead the White to a 112-101 win over the Blue. Clint is headed to William Jewell in Liberty, MO, and is…
The Manhattan Manko Senior 17’ers will now have to battle thru the losers bracket at the “AAA” American Legion State Tournament, after a 15-7 loss to Pittsburg on Thursday night in the winners bracket semis. The Manko Senior 17’ers will match up with Salina at 1:00pm on Friday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. The morning game is Leavenworth against Newton, who fell to Hays 8-1 on Thursday night. Hays will play Pittsburg at 5:00 in the winners’ bracket finals.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alcides Escobar’s RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning gave the Kansas City Royals a 7-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night. Escobar’s two-strike hit scored Eric Hosmer, who led off the inning with a single. The Indians rallied from a six-run first-inning deficit, but lost their sixth straight, their longest losing streak since dropping seven in a row from June 19-26, 2010. Aaron Crow (2-1), the sixth Royals pitcher, worked a spotless 11th inning to pick up the victory. Reliever Esmil Rogers (1-1), the fifth of six Indians pitchers, took…
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis discuss the US political climate at the Los Angeles premiere of their latest political comedy, ‘The Campaign.’
Kofi Annan announced his resignation as peace envoy to Syria and issued a blistering critique of world powers, as the country plunges into civil war.
A double-decker Megabus hit an interstate bridge support pillar in Central Illinois on Thursday. One person died and several dozen were hurt in the accident.
The Manhattan Public Library Auditorium was the location of last night’s “What’s Happening with Medicare and Medicaid” public forum. Janet Witt, Grassroots Manager for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, was invited to Manhattan by a joint effort from the North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging, The Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice and the Manhattan Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Witt spent two hours talking about medicare, medicaid, social security and what is happening at the federal level. Through the presentation, Witt presented information, told stories and created discussions with the audience…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The discovery of bedbugs has prompted the Wichita public library to close its main branch. A patron reported seeing an insect Wednesday in a chair at the library’s downtown branch. An expert identified it as a bedbug. KWCH-TV reports the building was closed while personnel searched for more bedbugs. Library officials said as of Thursday afternoon, some were also found on chairs in two reading areas. Library director Cynthia Berner Harris says officials don’t believe any library materials have been infested, but transfers from the central branch to other branches have been suspended. It’s not known when…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Officials at the University of Kansas say thousands of books have been damaged by a water leak at the Spencer Museum of Art. The Lawrence Journal-World reports a break in a water line sent water into the building’s lower floors, which house the Murphy Art and Architecture Library. University spokesman Joe Monaco says there was no damage to the museum’s artwork, which is displayed on the upper floors. Officials estimate 15,000 to 20,000 of the museum’s 170,000 volumes were damaged. Students and staff worked Wednesday night and Thursday morning to box the books and load them onto…