ALMA — Kansas residents are cleaning up from another round of rural wildfires that have burned at least 18 square miles. KSNT-TV reports that Alma City Councilmen Dan Deiter spent Wednesday sorting through debris at the Catholic school where he taught in northern Kansas. He says there was “no hope” for saving the building, which burned Tuesday.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — The Supreme Court has reappointed Judge Meryl D. Wilson to a two-year term as chief judge of the 21st judicial district. Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced the news Thursday. Wilson’s term is effective February 1, 2016, to December 31, 2017. Wilson has served as district judge in the 21st judicial district since
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19-year-old Shawn Crowder was sitting at home watching TV, when he came across a televised meeting of the Manhattan City Commission. The topic? – Protections against the discrimination of LGBT individuals. Crowder left his home at 10 p.m., determined to share his plea for help with local leaders. With several states around the nation considering
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Firefighters responded to the scene of a house fire Thursday morning. The Riley County Fire Department said crews from the Keats station arrived to smoke billowing from the attic of an unoccupied home at 3090 Keats ave. Additional crews arrived on the scene and a living room ceiling was opened to expose and extinguish the
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Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Danielle Jones, 37, of Junction City, Kansas while in the 400 block of Holiday Drive in Manhattan on several warrants for failure to appear. These 5 warrants originated in Geary County, Kansas and were served on April 6, 2016 at approximately 6:20 PM. Jones was given a
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Members of the USD 383 Board of Education were left scratching their head after hearing a report about a new House bill which could replace block grant funding. Director of Business and Accounting Lew Faust spent more than 30 minutes briefing Wednesday nights audience about recent legislative actions, including moves legislators to secure funding and
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Destructive fires that saw the close of Tuttle Creek Boulevard Tuesday, were ignited by workers at the K-State Beef Stocker Unit. As reported by the Manhattan Mercury, Riley County emergency management director Pat Collins revealed the news Wednesday afternoon – saying a “torch or a welder” ignited the blaze while a fence was being built.
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FORT RILEY — It wasn’t just another run-of-the-mill Wednesday at Fort Riley Middle School. Of course, that will happen when the Second Lady of the United States drops by. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, was in Fort Riley Tuesday and made a stop at the middle school Wednesday morning to
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Pottawatomie County firefighters had a busy Tuesday–KMAN’s Cathy Dawes visited with County Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes Wednesday morning.
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On Monday, April 11, weather permitting, an intersection improvement project will begin at the U.S. 24 and Flush Road junction in Pottawatomie County. Project work includes the addition of turning and acceleration lanes on U.S. 24 and a turn lane on Flush Road. Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, with some occasional
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