Monday’s program featured an update from Manhattan Fire and Codes officials. Joining the show were Assistant Chief, Risk Reduction and Code Services Ryan Courtright, Deputy Building Official Darren Emery and Deputy Fire Marshal Jake Powell. Topics discussed included the retirement of former Assistant Chief Brad Claussen last week after 30 years of service, fire prevention week beginning Oct. 6 and the upcoming Manhattan Fire Department Open House on Oct. 13. Flint Hills Wellness Coalition Chair Debbie Nuss joined KMAN to discuss the ongoing Riley County Community Needs Assessment, of which she is the project manager on. The survey is available…
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Runners from all age groups showed their support for Shepherds Crossing on Saturday with the 8th annual C. Clyde Run. Taking place at the K-State Student Union’s Bosco Plaza, hundreds of runners and walkers gathered to show their support. Coordinator and Assistant to the Dean of the College of Business Melanie Horton says they usually average around 300 runners for the event, but saw around 350 this year. “We have runners from all ages, 80s to babies in strollers. It’s a real family event,” says Horton. Horton says they have averaged around $20,000 each year for Shepherd’s Crossing. However, this…
(AP) Patrick Mahomes converted a fourth down with a run to extend a game-winning drive that ended with Darrel Williams’ 1-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left for his second score in the fourth quarter, lifting the Kansas City Chiefs to a 34-30 win over the Detroit Lions. Kansas City, which started on its 21, faced fourth-and-8 from the Chiefs 34 when Mahomes ran up the middle for 15 yards to help him finish with a career-high 56 yards rushing. He completed just enough passes to set up Williams for a short run to take the lead for good. Detroit…
(AP) Jorge Soler locked up the AL home run crown with his 48th homer, Brett Phillips drove a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Sunday in manager Ned Yost’s final game. Phillips’ first career walk-off RBI gave Yost a celebratory send-off on the final day of the regular season. Yost finished 746-839 over 10 seasons leading Kansas City, by far the most wins in franchise history. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli turned over coaching duties to infielder Ehire Adrianza because he thinks he has the makings of a future manager.…
From K-State Athletics K-State figured if it could win the battle of the red zone against a high-powered Oklahoma State offense, it would have a chance on Saturday night in Boone Pickens Stadium. The No. 24/22 Wildcats did so defensively, limiting the Cowboys to one touchdown in five red zone opportunities. K-State’s offense, however, only reached the red zone twice and struggled to find success for most of a 26-13 loss to start Big 12 play. “We thought if we could win the red zone, we’d have an opportunity,” K-State head coach Chris Klieman said, “so I was pleased with…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Latest on the criminal case involving an Army solider charged with distributing explosives information online (all times local): 4:25 p.m. A prosecutor says an Army soldier charged with distributing information about making explosives online is a Satanist who wanted to overthrow the U.S. government. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Mattivi said during a federal court hearing Thursday in Kansas that 24-year-old Jarrett William Smith had a specific plan to overthrow the government and told the FBI he was distributing information on explosives “for the glory of his Satanist religion.” But an attorney for Smith said he is…
Alan Murray, the CEO of Fortune, an international media company that is responsible for the Fortune 500, presented the 191st Landon Lecture in McCain Auditorium Friday morning. Murray’s speech, entitled “The Future of Facts: Searching for Truth in the 21st Century,” focused on the importance of facts and truth in both the news industry and society as a whole and how facts and truth are consumed. Murray says that despite how critical facts are, overall faith in them and their existence is fading. He also says continuing to have apathy for and disbelief of facts presents a danger to society.…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina-based nonprofit that provides child welfare and adult services plans to merge with the former St. John’s Military School, which closed in May after years of litigation over its supervision of cadets. Saint Francis Ministries, an Episcopalian organization, announced Thursday that it will lead a collaboration to establish future uses for the nearly 40-acre campus in north Salina. The Salina-Journal reports the campus name has been changed to St. John’s Ministries and School. The Rev. Bobby Smith, dean and CEO of Saint Francis Ministries, says initial plans include working with the business and educational leaders…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 76-year-old northeast Kansas man has pleaded guilty to trying to rape a 4-year-old girl. FOX4KC reports Galen Hurt, of Linwood, pleaded Thursday in Leavenworth County court to attempted rape and aggravated child endangerment. Hurt was originally charged in 2018 with rape of a child. Investigators say the girl told her mother that Hurt touched her inappropriately while she was at his house. Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said his decision to offer the plea out of consideration for the girl, who is now 6.
Riley County Police Department Captain Josh Kyle joined the show Friday to discuss a variety of topics from facilities to drones and Text-to-911 technology and some community policing events happening in the near future. Mercy Community Health Foundation Senior Development Director Tina Rockhold also highlighted where the foundation is at in terms of fundraising for a new cath lab and interventional radiology lab at Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan.