Author: KMAN Staff
As sports continue to wait on the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, KMAN continues to air classic games from both the Kansas State Wildcats and Kansas City Royals. Three games will be featured this weekend, with the first kicking off at 2:00 on Saturday with K-State and Baylor from 2011. In that game, K-State took down the #15 ranked Bears 36-35, and Arthur Brown was the first player to intercept eventual Heisman winner Robert Griffin III. Later Saturday night, the Royals Radio Network will have Game 2 of the 2015 World Series between the Mets and Royals. Johnny Cueto was…
An Alternate Care Site location for the Riley County health department to treat potential coronavirus patients has been announced. County Counselor Clancy Holeman informed the Riley County Commission Thursday that the Holiday Inn Express at Blue Earth Plaza has been selected as the chosen care site. The hotel has been closed since last month. It came available after plans fell through securing the Four Points by Sheraton location on Fort Riley Blvd. The ACS is a location where patients who do not require hospitalization could continue their recovery. The site would also house the swabbing station and a respiratory clinic. As of…
Update 5 p.m. Friday Riley County health and safety officials provided no additional updates on the new positive COVID-19 tests at their daily online press conference Friday, but say the community could see a large jump in pending test numbers as soon as Saturday. Officials reported 113 pending tests earlier Friday due to increased availability of testing kits, but officially released a pending test count of 24. The discrepancy is due to still pending confirmation of where those tested individuals reside and whether they are Riley County residents. “We’ll have a little bit more clarification about that hopefully tomorrow morning,”…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with RCPD Director Dennis Butler.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Laura Kelly says her goal is to start reopening the Kansas economy on May 3 but she may not be able to do it because the state is “nowhere near” having the supplies needed for adequate coronavirus testing. Kelly’s comments Thursday came after hundreds of people protested around the Statehouse against a stay-at-home order from the governor set to expire May 3. Kelly said a key issue in lifting restrictions is being able to test enough to identify and contain outbreaks quickly and take steps to contain them locally. Kansas has struggled to get enough supplies…
President and CEO of Ascension Via Christi, Bob Copple joined KMAN in the 7 AM hour to give our daily COVID-19 update.
A new candidate for the District 2 seat for the Riley County commission has filed this week. Retired Brigadier General Philip Mattox filed to run for the seat currently held by Commissioner Marvin Rodriguez, who is running for re-election. He will also be running against Riley City Council Member Greg McKinley. Mattox says the reason for his filing is simple; he wants to be a candidate for reform and see some change at the county level. “It’s time to hold the county as a whole accountable, it’s time really for us to look forward into the future, says Mattox. “What’s happening…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Topeka say a motorist who was shot and wounded by an officer who was being dragged by the suspect’s car has been released from the hospital and taken to jail. Police say 19-year-old Dujontez Jaimandre Jerome Owens has been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated battery of an officer while fleeing and other counts. Police say the shooting happened Sunday afternoon when a Topeka police officer was dragged by Owens’ car when Owens took off being stopped for a traffic violation. The officer suffered minor injuries in the incident and was…