News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/3/22: K-State Extension, Manhattan CVB, Dr. Timothy Shaffer Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 09:01 Segment 3 – 26:12 Friday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from K-State Research and Extension, the Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau, and K-State’s Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy. The show opened with KSRE 4-H Agent John Jobe with CVB Director Karen Hibbard joining KMAN for segment two. The show closed with Dr. Timothy Shaffer, joining In Focus for his final time as he departs Kansas for Delaware.
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News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/2/22: NBAF, Special Olympics, Gen. Perry Wiggins Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 14:07 Segment 3 – 22:36 Segment 4 – 29:37 Thursday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility, Manhattan Special Olympics and Governor’s Military Council Exec. Dir. Perry Wiggins. NBAF Deputy Director Dr. Ken Burton, Communications Director Katie Pawlosky and NBAF Attending Veterinarian and Animal Resource Unit Lead Dr. Maggie Behnke joined the show for the first two segments. The trio talked about the ARU’s job at the installation, when animals will begin entering…
The USA Special Olympic Games start next week, and the unified volleyball team from Manhattan earned a spot in this year’s games. Manhattan will compete against teams from all over the United States. Head coach Kim Schnee said it was very exciting to be selected for this year’s competition. The team is having a special send-off this Saturday for the athletes. They will be departing from the Bus Barn, located on Hayes Drive, at 8:00 a.m. and head directly to the airport. Orlando is this year’s host for the Special Olympic Games, and head coach Kim Schnee said the team…
WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities say a shooting at a graduation party in Wichita left two teenagers dead. One of the victims succumbed to a gunshot wound and the other was hit by a vehicle while fleeing the scene. Police say the events unfolded after an argument Saturday night between two groups. The shooting victim, a 17-year-old Wichita boy, was taken to a nearby a hospital where he died. A 15-year-old girl fleeing the scene of the shooting was struck by a car. She later died at a hospital. The 18-year-old driver fled the scene and was later arrested on suspicion…
OLATHE, Kan. — A Missouri man has been convicted of killing a woman he was accused of stalking and faces life in prison when he’s sentenced in October. The Kansas City Star reports that a Johnson County jury found 44-year-old Clyde James Barnes Jr., of Kansas City, guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder and other counts in the July 2020 killing of 42-year-old Jessica Smith in her Olathe home. Barnes was also found guilty of aggravated burglary, unlawful tampering with electronic monitoring, criminal threat and violation of a protection order. Olathe police who were responding to a burglary call at Smith’s…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Konnor Pilkington struck out eight in five innings for his first major league win and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. Pilkington, making his third career start and sixth appearance, worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fourth. The left-hander is taking the rotation spot of injured Aaron Civale. Pilkington was showered with beer by teammates to commemorate the win. He knew the importance of getting out of the fourth inning. “I know I needed some kind of action, maybe a strikeout, maybe a double-play…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Presumed Republican nominee Derek Schmidt has chosen a staffer for one of Kansas’ two U.S. senators as his running mate in the governor’s race. Schmidt filed the necessary paperwork Wednesday to get him and Katie Sawyer on the ballot in the Aug. 2 primary. He faces no GOP opposition to his bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Sawyer is a 38-year-old McPherson resident. She is state director for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall and worked on Marshall’s congressional staff before his election to the Senate in 2020. Schmidt said he expects Sawyer to be a key…
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 a filed report for theft and criminal damage to property in the 500 block of Osage St. in Manhattan on May 31, 2022, around 3:20 p.m. Officers listed a 23-year-old male as the victim when…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/1/22: USD 383, Manhattan Fire Department, Downtown Manhattan Inc. Segment 1 – 00:00 “USD 383” Segment 2 – 14:18 “USD 383” Segment 3 – 22:56 “Manhattan Fire Department” Segment 4 – 32:35 “Downtown Manhattan, Inc.” On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 383 Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and Board Vice President Darell Edie. We also spoke with Manhattan Fire Department Battalion Chief Jason Hudson. And in our final segment we spoke with Downtown Manhattan, Inc. Gina Snyder.