Live performances are returning to McCain Auditorium at Kanas State University. Todd Holmberg, auditorium director, tells KMAN six events are being offered this fall beginning on September 16 with a small-town Midwest girl herself, Sara Evans. “She has a sound that is kind of similar to Faith Hill and Martina McBride, for those of you who really aren’t familiar with Sara Evans,” Holmberg adds. Holmberg says that this event will also be the first event that the community can see the new McCain lobby as well as other completed construction projects at the auditorium. Following the performance from Sara Evans…
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MISSION, Kansas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration extended the original date by a month. The moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September has been the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and have fallen months behind on their rent. Landlords successfully challenged the order in court, arguing that they also had bills to pay. They pointed out that tenants could access nearly $47 billion in…
EMPORIA, Kan. — A former maintenance manager at the Tyson Foods plant in Emporia has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for defrauding the company out of more than $416,000. David John Ranger was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in April to one count of wire fraud. He was also ordered to pay $410,000 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release when he finishes his jail term. Prosecutors say Ranger used company cards and created a fictitious company in a scheme to pay personal expenses for nearly seven years.
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court says a man who beat an Ottawa woman and then left her to die does not have to register as a sex offender. Korrey Raine White Rinke was sentenced in December 2019 to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years for the 2016 death of Julianna Pappas of Overland Park. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender. On Friday, the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling and said Rinke did not have to register as a sex offender. The court said prosecutors did not…
Officers filed a report for burglary in the 15500 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Randolph on July 29, 2021, around 8:47 a.m. Officers listed a 59-year-old male as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect stole a 2013 orange and white Polaris Ranger and 2008 red Big Bear ATV. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $9,000. Anyone with information can contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Officers…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Game Warden Ben Jedlicka will discuss outdoors information including an upcoming fishing clinic. USD 383 Transportation Director Andrea Adams gives us an update on how the buses are gearing up for the upcoming school year. And in our final segment McCain Auditorium Director Todd Holmberg previews the upcoming fall series.
Kansas State University will require masks to be worn indoors on university property, starting Monday. The mandate comes after CDC recommendations this week for universal masking of all teachers, staff, students and visitors regardless of vaccination status. All three university campuses fall within counties considered to have substantial or high transmission. Lafene Health Center continues to offer COVID-19 vaccines. The changes are a result of the rapid rise in cases due to the delta variant, which is much more transmissible than previous strains of the COVID-19 virus.
Two sisters, a desire to help the community, and a little inspiration from a friend all came together to create Laundry Love MHK. Tahnee Jacobs, co-founder of Laundry Love MHK, tells KMAN she and her sister fell in love with Manhattan after attending Kansas State University so they both decided to stick around. She says after getting involved in the community they wanted to take it a step further. “We had a friend who also went to K-State who had moved off to Hutchinson,” Jacobs says. “So, there she got involved in starting a Laundry Love in Hutchinson. She was…
The 83rd session of the American Legion Boys State of Kansas is set to take place next week on the K-State campus. Boys state aims to expose high school students to an interactive experience during which they learn about government, leadership and civic responsibility. While the event is normally restricted to boys who have completed their junior year of high school, Boys State of Kansas executive director Tom Wierman says this year’s session will be different. Last year’s session was canceled due to the pandemic. Wierman says 2020 was one of the only years in Boys State of Kansas history…
USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Schools has announced that effective Friday face masks will be required in all buildings again, no matter anyone’s vaccination status. The announcement comes after the Centers for Disease Control issued guidance this week for areas where coronavirus spread has been at a high rate over the past few weeks. Central registration is coming up Saturday at Manhattan High’s West Campus and the district will require masks for anyone entering the building. Earlier this week, Riley County’s Health Department noted the two week positivity rate for coronavirus is at 8.83 percent.