LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Members of Occupy Lawrence are looking for a new site to camp after the city ordered them out of a downtown park. Lawrence police told the group members Tuesday that they might be arrested and have their gear confiscated if they didn’t move out of South Park. Police spokesman Sgt. Matt Sarna said police did not encounter any problems while the protesters moved out of the park. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that police cited a city ordinance that bars use of the park from 11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday evening several members of the group asked…
Author: KMAN Staff
The budget for 2012 may be finished, but that didn’t stop Manhattan’s City Commission from looking even further ahead at their work session Tuesday night. Director of Finance Bernie Hayen provided the Commission with a presentation detailing budget projections for the next three years, and Commissioners responded with much discussion and many questions. Following Hayen’s presentation, the topic was changed to a slightly more present matter: the possible cuts to social service funding proposed to begin next year. Many members of the public and officials from agencies came forward to make their opinions known, many to speak out in…
After several months of efforts, some exciting news for Manhattan came out of Topeka. Manhattan has won the Take Charge Challenge, which means $100,000 to the city of Manhattan. Manhattan/K-State defeated Lawrence and the University of Kansas in the challenge. Bruce Snead, who served as co-chair of the leadership team for Manhattan’s Take Charge Challenge with K-State First Lady Noel Schulz, had praise and thanks for the many involved. He says the money will be used for additional energy efficient improvements for the city and university. Snead says Manhattan won on a per capita savings basis, winning in two of…
The Big 12 board of directors on Monday expressed a “strong desire” for Missouri to remain in the conference. The Big 12 says in a release that all 10 current members and TCU, which will join next season, participated in the Monday’s meeting. Three days ago the Missouri Board of Curators gave Chancellor Brady Deaton the authority to move the school out of the Big 12. Missouri is considering a move to the Southeastern Conference. Interim Commissioner Chuck Neinas told The Associated Press that Missouri did not notify the conference that it would be withdrawing at the meeting. The Big…
For a second straight week, K-State has the Big 12’s special team player of the week. This time it’s freshman Tyler Lockett. Lockett returned a kick for a touchdown for the second consecutive week when took the second-half kickoff 97 yards to paydirt. He also set up a field goal just before the half with a 48-yard reception. He finished with 251 all-purpose yards, catching five passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. Lockett follows up his K-State teammate Raphael Guidry, who was Big 12 special team player of the week after blocking a pair of field goals against Texas…
K-State officials got word today that the Wildcats’ game at Oklahoma State on November 5 will be televised by ABC at either 2:30 p.m., or 7 p.m. The exact game time will be determined on Sunday as ABC utilized a six-day option. The selection marks the ninth straight week that a Wildcat football game will be televised and the third this season on ABC after the network picked up K-State’s games against Baylor and Missouri earlier this season. This Saturday the Cats host the Oklahoma Sooners at 2:30. Pregame coverage starts at 10:30 on SportsRadio 1350 KMAN with Powercat Gameday.
A suicidal man who forced the closing of Interstate 70 near Manhattan after releasing dangerous chemicals in his car has died. The man has been identified as a 20-year-old resident of Lawrence. The man died Tuesday at a hospital in Wichita, where he was flown after being decontaminated. Northeast Kansas law enforcement closed a stretch of I-70 late Monday night into early Tuesday morning after an as-yet-unidentified male phone Riley County Dispatch expressing the need for the phone number to a suicide hotline. According to Kansas Highway Patrol Lieutenant Gregory Harkrader, RCPD dispatchers were able locate the subject on I-70…
Arvin Shandiz met Alexandra Williams two years ago on a Delta Air Lines Shuttle, and decided to ask for her hand in marriage on a recent Delta flight.
Interstate 70 has reopened to westbound traffic but remained closed to eastbound vehicles near downtown Topeka, nearly 12 hours after the fatal, pre-dawn of a tractor-trailer. The crash happened just before 5 a.m. Tuesday, spilling hot asphalt oil from the rig’s tanker and pulling down an overhead sign. The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the driver as 57-year-old Paul Cardwell, of Abilene. The Kansas Department of Transportation says westbound lanes reopened about 4:30 p.m., but eastbound lanes were expected to remain closed until late Tuesday. Eastbound traffic was being detoured while the hazardous oil was cleaned up and other…
– Manhattan High volleyball will get the chance to defend their 6A state title this weekend in Topeka. The Indians won their substate in Wichita on Saturday with a 25-12, 25-14 victory over Topeka High in the semis, and a 25-20, 28-26 win in the finals over Wichita Heights. 30-9 MHS is the #4 seed in the state tournament, and will open with 5th seeded Blue Valley North on Friday at 4:30pm at Kansas Expocentre in Topeka. The Indians will also play pool play matches against #8 seed Wichita Northwest at 6:30, and #1 seed Washburn Rural at 8:30. The…