A Junction City woman is among two K-State undergraduate students receiving 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarships, according to a Monday release. Lexe West of J.C. and Avanelle Stoltz of Leawood were named as the recipients of the award from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. 417 college students across the US received the 2022 award, chosen from a pool of more than 1,200 applicants. “When we search for Goldwater candidates, our K-State nominating committee looks for individuals who are outstanding academically,” said Jim Hohenbary, director of the K-State Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships. “However, we are also looking…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — An 18-year-old has been charged in the death of his 6-month-old daughter. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Friday that Tray’vonne Da’Mont Jones-McNeal has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Brielle Jones. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that he also faces an alternative count of reckless but unintentional second-degree murder. Kagay said that rescue workers were called early Thursday to an apartment and found Brielle suffering from blunt-force trauma injuries. She was taken to a Topeka hospital, where she died an hour later. Topeka police Lt. Manuel Munoz said the girl’s mother was also…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Applebee’s has confirmed that an employee of a Missouri-based franchisee has been fired after sending an email speculating that high gas prices and the end of pandemic stimulus money would force employees to work longer hours for lower pay. Kevin Carrol, Applebee’s chief operations officer, said in a statement, that the opinion was not shared by the company. The email got into the hands of a Lawrence, Kansas, restaurant manager last month, who made copies of it. The manager told the Springfield News-Leader that he also shared it with a friend, who posted it on Reddit.
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 theft in the 1200 block of Laramie St. in Manhattan on April 1, 2022, around 12:34 p.m. Officers listed a 22-year-old male as the victim when it was reported his PlayStation…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 4/4/22: Parks & Rec, Discovery Center, ATA Bus 00:00 – Segment 1 12:06 – Segment 2 25:12 – Segment 3 35:12 – Segment 4 Monday’s In Focus featured guests from Manhattan Parks and Recreation, the Flint Hills Discovery Center and Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency. The program closed with a replay of KMAN’s conversation with Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art Director Linda Duke. Manhattan Parks and Recreation’s Advisory Board meeting is Monday at 4:30 p.m. in Manhattan City Hall. In Segment 1, Recreation Supervisor Ryan McKee previewed the agenda and also discussed the…
No Stone Unturned will be holding their 14th annual Wildcats for No Stone Unturned fundraiser. Kelly Keogh, Executive Director, tells KMAN that No Stone Unturned is a therapeutic learning center that meets the needs and changes lives of children of their families who are battling intellectual disabilities of all ranges. She talks more about the center. “A foundation and pediatric therapeutic learning center for children with all types of challenges or special needs or disabilities,” Keogh says. “So, we have a collaborative care approach to the therapies that we do, which makes us very unique, but also really a haven…
The annual Grow Green Match Day is just around the corner. Vern Hendricks, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation President and CEO, says now that they have rounded out the CFAs, it is time to move to the next event. On Grow Green Match Day, donations made through the GMCF to nonprofits will receive a 50% match. “If you like the stories you heard on Monday night (during the CFAs), you can support those stories and many others with nearly 80 organizations that are participating in match day this year on April 22.” Hendricks says these nonprofit organizations are crucial to the…
The City of Manhattan is offering free collection of yard debris this week. The annual spring clean up is an effort to encourage residents to rid their yards of tree limbs, grass clippings, brush and leaves from their yards that may have collected over the fall and winter. That debris needs to be placed in paper bags on the curb for pick up this week. The city has partnered with local refuse collectors to collect those bags on different collection dates dependent on what part of the city you live in. The city asks residents to create separate piles on…
After a late night in Topeka Friday, most of Manhattan’s State legislative delegation stopped by the Manhattan Public Library Saturday afternoon for the League of Women Voters mid-term legislative forum. Sen. Tom Hawk as well as Reps. Sydney Carlin, Mike Dodson and Ron Highland were in attendance for the event, also sponsored by the American Association of University Women and Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. The four talked about a variety of topics of interest in this legislative session. Following opening statements by the lawmakers, they were given 90 seconds to respond to an assortment of questions curated by the…
The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 4/1/22 Hour 1 – Interview with Kellis Robinett 00:00 – Interview with Kellis Robinett 21:04 – Coach Tang Loses First Transfer Portal Battle 33:58 – #1 Song of the Day The Game on 1350 KMAN · The Game 4/1/22 Hour 2 – New MBB Assistant Ulric Maligi with Media 00:00 – New MBB Assistant Ulric Maligi with Media 18:08 – Ask Us Anything