News Radio KMAN · In Focus 1/6/23: Megan Dougherty, Karen Hibbard, Daphne McNelly, Jurdene Coleman, Tana Warner Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:38 Segment 3 – 26:56 Segment 4 – 33:35 On Friday’s edition of In Focus Riley County Extension Nutrition, Health and Food Safety Agent Megan Dougherty discussed some upcoming classes including Canning 101 and The Master Food Volunteer Program. We also spoke with Manhattan CVB Executive Director Karen Hibbard. Flint Hills ATA Bus’ Daphne McNelly joined the program as well. And in our final segment Board President Jurdene Coleman and Treasurer Tana Warner from new nonprofit…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas water experts are sounding an alarm decades in the making: Farmers and ranchers in the state’s western half must stop pumping more water out of a vast aquifer than nature puts back each year or risk the economic collapse of a region important to the U.S. food supply. That warning is setting up a big and messy fight for the annual session of the Kansas Legislature set to open Monday. The Kansas Water Authority is telling lawmakers that Kansas needs to break sharply with its decadeslong policy of slowing depletion while still allowing water levels…
(AP) – The NFL’s decision to cancel the Bills-Bengals game has major playoff implications for several teams. The league is changing the rules for the postseason to accommodate the cancellation and will hold a special meeting Friday to ask teams to vote on a resolution recommended by Commissioner Roger Goodell and approved by the competition committee Thursday night. Goodell said in a statement that the hope is to “limit disruption across the league and minimize competitive inequities,” adding later: “The proposal we are asking the ownership to consider, however, addresses the most significant potential equitable issues created by the difficult, but necessary,…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for burglary in the 80 block of John Pride Ln. in Manhattan on January 5, 2023, around 7:30 a.m. A 34-year-old woman was listed as the victim when it was reported a…
CINCINNATI (AP) — Mike Moustakas was released by the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday with $22 million remaining on his contract. The veteran infielder was designated for assignment Dec. 22 when the team signed catcher Curt Casali. The 34-year-old Moustakas batted .214 with seven homers and 25 RBIs in 78 games for the Reds last season. The three-time All-Star was drafted second overall by Kansas City in 2007 and signed a $64 million, four-year contract with Cincinnati in December 2019. He is a .247 career hitter with 203 homers and 635 RBIs in 12 major league seasons with the Royals, Brewers…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Douglas County District Attorney’s office has decided to drop prosecution of a woman who was accused of killing a 9-month-old boy in 2016 at a Eudora day care where she worked. District Attorney Suzanne Valdez announced Wednesday a new report from a forensic pathologist found Oliver Ortiz had a congenital heart defect and other pre-existing conditions that led to his death on Sept. 29, 2016, at Kids Group Daycare in Eudora. Buchhorn, 48, has always maintained that she did not hurt the child, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. She was convicted of second-degree murder in 2018, based…
The NFL said Thursday it will not resume the Bills-Bengals game that was suspended Monday night after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on the field. The league said some of the factors in coming to its decision included that “not playing the Buffalo-Cincinnati game to its conclusion will have no effect on which clubs qualify for the postseason. No club would qualify for the postseason and no club will be eliminated based on the outcome of this game.” Also, the NFL said playing the game between the Bills and Bengals would have required postponing the…
Manhattan City Commissioner Usha Reddi Thursday was selected by Democratic Party members to replace retiring State Sen. Tom Hawk by 23 to 19 vote. “Thank you everyone, I appreciate your support,” Reddi said following the vote. “I’m easily accessible, feel free to call me, text me — whatever you need, I’m working for you now.” A nine-year city commissioner, teacher at USD 383 and union leader, Reddi narrowly topped Riley County Democratic Party Chair Katie Allen for the nomination during a convention in the Flint Hills Discovery Center. “It was a very close race, it’s great to see that somebody…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 1/5/23: Ken Burton, Katie Pawlosky, Tim Barr Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:22 On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with NBAF Deputy Director Dr. Ken Burton, Communications Director Katie Pawlosky and DHS NBAF Program Manager Tim Barr.
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for burglary in the 700 block of Humboldt St. in Manhattan on January 4, 2023, around 10:45 a.m. A 28-year-old man was listed as the victim when he reported his car was…