On Sunday July 1, 2012 at approximately 2:39 am, a Deputy with the Geary County Sheriff’s Department attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a suspected intoxicated driver. The driver, later identified as Richard Sandoval, 21, of California, attempted to flee and elude the deputy. At about 2:40 am, the vehicle struck a tree and caught fire in the 500 block of West 8th Street, in Junction City. The deputy and an officer with the Junction City Police Department attempted to remove Sandoval from the vehicle but were unsuccessful. Junction City Fire Department responded to the scene to extinguish the fire.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Officials say the health exchanges created in President Barack Obama’s health care law should help millions of Americans get cheaper health insurance rates.
Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered on Saturday in the aftermath of violent storms that pummelled eastern America with high winds and downed trees.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has filed formal charges against Lance Armstrong, accusing the seven-time Tour de France winner of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout the best years of his career.
President Barack Obama was in Colorado Friday to get a first-hand view of the devastation brought on by wildfires. Later he stopped at a YMCA shelter, where he spoke to volunteers and fire victims, saying the country’s ‘got your back.’
Two felonies and one misdemeanor lands one Manhattan man in jail. Brian Kottke(42) was arrested in the 1200 block of Colorado Street around 12:45 A.M. Saturday morning. Kottke was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated intimidation of a witness and criminal damage to property. Kottke is being held on a $5,000 bond.
Associated Press Fri 03:07 PM 06/29/2012 Officials of a northeastern Kansas equipment company say one worker was killed and another was injured when a 9,000-pound electrical transformer they were salvaging tipped over. The accident occurred around 7 a.m. Friday at Solomon Corp.’s reclamation facility in Solomon. The company manufactures, maintains and recycles electrical equipment such as transformers and voltage regulators. Company vice president Tom Hemmer identified the man who was pinned under the transformer as eight-year employee Vicente Castaneda. The other employee was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. — Associated Press information from: The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
In a press release on Friday, it was announced that the Manhattan Ogden USD 383 and the Manhattan Ogden NEA have reach a tentative agreement after seven meetings spanning over the past three month. The highlights of the new contract include: -a 3% compensation package increase -an increase of $900.00 on the base salary, meaning starting salary for a teacher will be $34,900. -continued coverage of the basic health insurance premium. -small increase in supplemental contracts, which include advisors and coaches. -Continued longevity increment increase -continued payment for National Board Certification. -provides a new stipend for bully prevention teacher leadership. -continue…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has urged a large crowd at the Kansas Statehouse to work to overturn a federal government policy designed to ensure that most employers’ health plans cover contraceptive. Brownback joined the state’s Roman Catholic bishops Friday in decrying the policy as an attack on religious freedom. Several thousand people attended. The rally is part of a nationwide campaign prompted by the mandate announced by President Barack Obama earlier this year. The mandate included a religious exemption for houses of worship but not religiously affiliated hospitals, charities, universities and social service agencies. Obama later announced a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has again barred Kansas from stripping federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood clinics in Wichita and Hays as well as an unaffiliated clinic in Dodge City. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Friday extended his preliminary injunction first issued a year ago. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and the Dodge city Family Planning Clinic sought the extension after the Legislature this year re-enacted restrictions on family planning funding. The dispute stems from a Kansas law requiring the state to first allocate some federal family planning money to public health departments and…