Author: KMAN Staff

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win. This comes on the same day that Democrats announced their impeachment charges against the president. Just before Pelosi announced her support, Trump said the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will “be great” for the U.S. Pelosi says the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a significant improvement over the original North American Free Trade Agreement. In Mexico City, The trade agreement, which had bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats, would represent President Trump’s primary legislative success if ratified.…

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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into possible employee misconduct at the Cloud County Sheriff’s Office. According to KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood, a number of search warrants were executed Tuesday at the Cloud County Law Enforcement Center in Concordia as part of an ongoing investigation which began earlier this year. The Concordia Blade-Empire newspaper posted a photo online showing a “jail closed” sign on the jail’s front entrance Tuesday. Cloud County Attorney Robert Walsh told local media in Concordia it is not a safety issue with the prisoners. The warrants are in relation to employees of the…

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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 as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Officers filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center in Manhattan on December 9, 2019, at approximately 2:50 PM. Officers listed Footlocker as the victim when it was reported four unknown suspects…

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Tuesday’s guests were Riley County Commissioner John Ford and new health department director Julie Gibbs. We also had Woody Shoemaker, CSA with At Home Care discussing the Santa for Senior Angels Trees around Manhattan.

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Riley County Police are investigating the unattended death of a 26-year-old man in Ogden. Officers responded to the 500 block of Riley Ave. just after 8 p.m. Sunday after a caller reported finding the individual in a parking lot. According to police, the man appeared to sustain a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other information has been provided but police say there was no danger to the public.

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Commission-expenditures discussion A Pottawatomie County citizen brought up allegations of the Pottawatomie County Commission going over budget with expenditures during a meeting Monday. The citizen mentioned various travel expenditures and meetings, such as a $1000 one-day trip to Washington D.C., a $900 iPad and a meeting at a local restaurant with John Ford, a commissioner for Riley County, citing “highly reliable sources.” Dee McKee, a commissioner for Pottawatomie county, was the first to respond to the comments, saying traveling and meeting with different groups and people that play a role in government are essential to being a commissioner. “Anyone in…

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas researcher is charged with receiving illegal discounts and not paying sales taxes. The Kansas Attorney General’s office says 37-year-old Liuqi Gu, of Lawrence, was charged Thursday with four felonies and two misdemeanors. Prosecutors allege he claimed purchases he made from Thermo-Fisher Scientific were for the university so he could receive discounts. He also allegedly used confidential information from the university to avoid paying thousands of dollars in sales taxes.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas lawmakers who are running for federal office are free to accept campaign contributions from lobbyists despite a state rule limiting such contributions during the legislative session. The state limit doesn’t apply to federal elections. So state Senate President Susan Wagle, Sen. Barbara Bollier and state Rep. Troy Waymaster are all free to raise money for their Congressional campaigns. Wagle, a Republican, and Bollier, a Democrat, are both running for U.S. Senate. Waymaster is a Republican running for Congress, Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, said the lawmakers running for federal office should voluntarily…

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Monday’s program featured a discussion with Dr. Beth Davis from the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine about the shelter medicine program and the Veterinary Health Center’s ongoing work with students. We also previewed Science on Tap with Sunset Zoo Marketing/Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood and K-State student and this week’s presenter Kelsey Panfil.

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LANSING, Kan. (AP) – A 44-year-old man who has been in prison for murder since 1994 was found dead Saturday inside the Lansing Correctional Facility. The Kansas Department of Corrections said the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of Joshua Kaiser. Kaiser was paroled last year for a 1993 carjacking and killing in Topeka, but was still serving a sentence for another crime. He was expected to be released in 2021. Kaiser’s criminal history includes the following convictions from Shawnee County, Kansas: Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Kidnapping, Sale/Manufacturing/Purchase/Possession/Carry Unlawful Firearm and first-degree murder. Kaiser and another man robbed 33-year-old…

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