Press Release from Congresswwoman Lynn Jenkins Washington—Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins issued the following statement today in response to the latest jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. In June, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2%. “Today’s disappointing jobs report marks the third straight month of bad news for the economy. There are still 12.7 million unemployed Americans struggling to find work and millions more that have completely given up looking. “We have yet to make much, if any, progress in the past six months. We can do better. It is time for Washington to wake up, and…
Author: KMAN Staff
TORONTO (AP) Luke Hochevar won for the third time in four starts after leaving the game with a sprained ankle, Eric Hosmer had three RBIs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Blue Jays 9-6 on Thursday night. All-Star Billy Butler snapped a season-long 0-for-24 hitless streak against Toronto pitching and Yuniesky Betancourt homered as the Royals won for the second time in six games. Salvador Perez tied a career-high with four hits, all singles, and Kansas City finished with a season-high 16 hits. Hochevar (6-8) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings before leaving with…
CHICAGO (AP) Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish and St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese are headed to the All-Star game after fans voted them into Tuesday’s showcase in Kansas City. Darvish, 10-5 with a 3.59 ERA, is the eighth Rangers player on the AL team managed by Texas’ Ron Washington. He beat out four other pitchers: Chicago’s Jake Peavy, Baltimore’s Jason Hammel, Kansas City’s Jonathan Broxton and the Angels’ Ernesto Frieri. Freese emerged from an NL field that included Atlanta outfielder Michael Bourn, Nationals rookie outfielder Bryce Harper and Arizona second baseman Aaron Hill. Freese is batting…
The Wamego Police Department is working with the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office on an investigation of two residential aggravated burglaries in Pottawatomie County… The burglaries occurred on JC Rogers Drive and on Country Club Circle on the west side of Wamego. Both homes were occupied at the time they were entered on Thursday morning. In both cases the suspect was confronted by occupants and fled the area on foot. Police officials say the suspect is a male as tall as 5-9 and MIGHT have a dark complexion. Officials also believe the suspect is targeting higher income homes. There were no…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the nation’s ongoing sluggish job growth is unacceptable and his policies would work better than President Barack Obama’s. He calls another flat jobs report a ‘kick in the gut’ that must end.
U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended.
The Manhattan Municipal Band will be performing on July 10th at the Larry Norvell Band Shell starting at 7:30pm. The concert will feature a salute to Duke Ellington, and include traditional marches and overtures. Also featured is the Little Apple Barbershop Chorus. The concerts are free and open to the public.
At the first meeting in July, the Manhattan Ogden Board of Education elects a new president and vice president to serve a one year term. At their July 5 meeting, the board did just that. For board presdient, Dave Colburn was nominated and unanimously selected. For board vice president, Curt Herrman was nominated and also unanimously selected. Both members added their new titles to their placecard on the board table. The board also went through their annual duty appointments and annual organization matters. Both which passed with a 7-0 vote. The only new business item was that of the chiller…
The 4th of July holiday is done and the report from the Manhattan Fire Department has been released as to the fires that were caused or suspected to be caused by fireworks. The Fire Department responded to six dumpster / trash fires, seven grass fires and two structure fires. The first fire was a trash can fire at the 2100 block of Patricia Pl. It was reported at 11:34 pm on Saturday, June 30. No dollar amount lost. The second fire was a rubbish fire at the 1600 block of McCain Lane. It was reported at 10:56 pm on Sunday, July 1. No dollar amount…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A third member of a Kansas City, Kan., police unit has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for stealing electronics from houses during searches. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 34-year-old Dustin Sillings also has to serve one year of supervised release for violating a federal civil rights law. He was sentenced Thursday. Sillings and two other members of the Police Department’s Selective Crime Occurrence Reduction Enforcement Unit were charged after a sting operation in January 2011. Thirty-two-year-old Darrell M. Forrest has been sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison, and 34-year-old Jeffrey…