On Monday, Riley County officials shared their post-Stampede thoughts with the community. Tuesday KMAN news spoke with Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat about his overall thoughts from the weekend .Riat says multiple security and emergency officials were on hand to help throughout the Stampede area. 29 people were taken to the Pottawatomie county jail. There were 80 incidents of minor in possession, 10 transporting open containers, and seven reports of possession of an illegal drug. In Addition, A-B-C officials reported 105 incidents of minor in possession and two furnishing intoxicants to a minor. There was one rape reported during the…
Author: KMAN Staff
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran will be visiting Riley and Pottawatomie Counties over the Fourth of July weekend as part of his statewide Listening Tour. Senator Moran is traveling across the state of Kansas to talk with area residents about their hopes and concerns. He will be stopping in Manhattan on July 2nd at the Historic Union Pacific Depot from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. His next stop will be in Wamego on the Fourth of July at the 2011 Wamego Independence Day Parade. Area residents are encouraged to attend both events.
The withdrawal of the City of Manhattan from the Riley County Manhattan Health Board was a major item of discussion at last night’s special City Commission meeting. Several speakers involved with both the County and the Health Board came forward to provide their thoughts on the matter. Health Board President Brady Burton asked Commissioners to take some more time to allow the Health Board to prepare, while Health Department Administrator Chuck Murphy foretold several difficulties that the Health Board could face due to the split. In the end, Commissioners thought differently, voting to separate from the Health Board by a…
Environmental Graffiti has assembled this collection of some of the strangest looking trees in nature. Slideshow: Click to see creepy trees
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday. “The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms… Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years,” Andrei Finkelstein, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ AppliedAstronomy Institute, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying. Speaking at an international forum dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life, Finkelstein said 10 percent of the known planets circling suns in the galaxy resemble Earth. If water can be found there, then so can life, he said, adding that aliens would most…
Kids these days. Ever since that young Phillies fan tossed her dad’s gift of a foul ball back over the railing, it’s become a bit of a “thing” for children to reject ballpark souvenirs. You’d like to call ’em ingrates or maybe even dismiss the meme as tired, but check out the rocket on this little guy’s arm!
You’ve heard him on the radio for almost a month, now see what Erik Stone looks like….CLICK HERE for pics from last Saturday’s remote at Pella Windows….we tried to tag ’em but for some reason they won’t show up on this wall….gotta love technology!!
Rather than purple, K-State high jumper Erik Kynard will wear red, white and blue for team USA later this summer. Kynard leapt seven feet, five and three quarter inches Sunday at the USA track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon. He finished in 3rd place and hit the “A” qualifying standard of 7 feet 7 inches earlier this season, to make the US squad for the World Championships in South Korea. K-State heptathlete Ryann Krais will be an alternate for Team USA after the national championships. Krais finished second in the meet with a personal best of 6, 030 points,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alex Gordon extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI double in a four-run first inning and Luke Hochevar won another afternoon start as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 Sunday. Hochevar is 9-3 with a 4.43 ERA in 14 day starts the past two seasons, compared to 2-11 with a 5.28 ERA in 21 appearances at night. He picked up just his second victory in his last 10 starts, with both coming in afternoon games. Hochevar (5-8) departed after 5 2-3 innings. He gave up three runs on seven hits…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Florida and South Carolina don’t immediately come to mind when conversation shifts to Southeastern Conference rivalries unless you’re talking about baseball. The Gators (53-17) and defending national champion Gamecocks (53-14) will play their biggest series to date when they meet in the College World Series finals beginning Monday. Last year, the Gators traveled to Columbia, S.C., the final weekend of the regular season and won two of three to edge out the Gamecocks for the SEC title. Three months ago, South Carolina went to Florida and won two of three, and the teams ended up in a…