Manhattan Parks and Recreation officials are looking to present a new fee resolution and cost recovery policy to bring in more money. Parks and rec director Aaron Stewart on Monday said the possible new policy aims to focus on total cost recovery instead of operational recovery, which is the basis of the current policy. Stewart said the purpose of the new policy would be to reduce the percentage of taxes used for operations by generating more revenue. “We’re looking to approach the city commission with a fully vetted cost recovery, which includes all fees and services to be set administratively…
Author: AJ Shaw
AJ Shaw
Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, AJ joined KMAN in the Summer of 2023 and is currently a news/sports reporter, producer and host of Scoreboard Saturday. You can contact him at aj@1350kman.com.
On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, the Royals have tied the ALDS with the Yankees at a game a piece. The guys discuss Bob Costas’ “biased” coverage on the broadcast as well as look ahead in the series. Then in Hour 2, ESPN College Football writer Max Olson joins the program.
Wednesday will be the third and final debate put on by the K-State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at the K-State Student Union Courtyard. The 90-minute debate will feature Senate candidates for the 22nd district in incumbent Democratic state senator Usha Reddi and Republican challenger Brad Starnes and is put on by the ICDD, K-State Young Democrats, Riley County Republican Party and the Department of Political Science at K-State. The debate will have a wide ranging number of topics from economic issues such as taxes to social issues such as child care and abortion. More on this story can…
Public transit riders will have new routes and new stops beginning next week. The Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency, or ATA Bus, will be introducing a revised route and a brand-new route that should be able to help riders across town. Those routes begin Oct. 14. The revised route will be Route No. 1 as it will be down to one bus while eliminating some trips that “didn’t make sense.” More on this story can be read at The Mercury.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority is warning those across the state of a potential smishing scam, which is defined as a “social engineering attack” that uses fake mobile text messages to trick people into downloading malware or share sensitive information with cyber criminals. Over the weekend, several people received text messages from numbers posing as the KTA saying that they were late funds that needed to be paid. According to a social media post from the KTA, the texts were intended to steal other’s personal information. In the text messages, the number tells the person to go to invoicedriveks.com to pay…
On this week’s edition of Wildcat Insider, Tim Everson and Mitch Fortner get you ready for K-State game week against Colorado. In Hour 2, Mitch is joined by “The Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson.
On this week’s edition of Scoreboard Saturday, we talk with Joe Schartz and Shane Sieban as Manhattan and Rock Creek pick up shutout victories at home.
A Manhattan man is being held on a large bond after his arrest on Thursday night. Jonathan Lesniak, 21, was arrested on probable cause charges of making a criminal threat and domestic battery just after 8:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Manhattan Avenue. Lesniak is currently being held on a bond of $10,000 at the time of this report.
On Thursday’s edition of The Game, we have a jam packed show for you. In Hour 1, K-State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie joins the program and then later The Voice of the Chiefs Mitch Holthus. Then in Hour 2, Curry Sexton joins for his weekly interview and then the guys discuss the Royals sweeping the Orioles in the AL Wild Card Series and look ahead to the ALDS with the Yankees with Royals beat writer Jaylon Thompson from the KC Star.
The annual Riley County Fall Apple Day is set to take place this Saturday as the military installation will be serving apple pie slices and showing the general public what Fort Riley has to offer. On Wednesday, Col. Gerald Nunziato, the garrison commander on Fort Riley and Sgt. Maj. John Adkerson, the command sergeant major, helped prepare two pies for Saturday’s event and both spoke more on why the day was so special. “To be a part of a role that the Fort Riley garrison has done for 171 years is special,” he said. “To get to make pies, which…