TOPEKA — Kansas is reporting that its unemployment rate remained at 3.5% in April and that the number of private sector jobs grew slightly over the previous year. The state Department of Labor is reporting that the seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate was slightly higher than the 3.4% rate in April 2018. The state’s unemployment rate has remained below 4% for more than two years. The department also says that the number of private-sector, nonfarm jobs was 10,500 higher than it was in April 2018, exceeding 1.16 million. The growth was 0.9%. Construction experienced the biggest gain, 3.6%. The state…
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Commerce plans to have business recruiting managers working in Missouri and Texas. Commerce Secretary David Toland says two recent personnel moves are part of a larger restructuring aimed at strengthening his department’s Business and Community Development Division. Toland says longtime department employee Alicia Janesko Hutchings will become business recruitment manager. The position has been vacant for nearly four years. Hutchings has been working on projects in Texas and will remain there. Toland also says that International Trade Representative Chang Lu will manage the recruiting of businesses from southern and central states. He will be…
Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 2300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on May 19, 2019, at approximately 9:15 PM. Officers listed RC McGraws as the victim when it was reported an unknown male damaged a glass door at the business. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $500.00. Police ask that anyone with information please contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00. Reginald Carter,…
Success in their upcoming lives was the focus of Bill Snyder’s commencement address on Saturday. Snyder was the speaker during the College of Architecture, Planning and Design’s 2019 graduation ceremony. He says while everyone on stage has something that makes them unique, they have more in common than they think. “These graduates have a tremendous desire to be successful, they have certainly proven that,” said Snyder, “Also the fact they will be thrust into leadership roles in their lifetime in a variety of ways. Leadership will certainly be a part of their lives.” Snyder says when the graduates think about…
Representatives from Manhattan and Riley County will pull together more data before continuing a discussion on whether or not to alter the funding split for Riley County Police operations. The topic was on the agenda for the joint meeting in Manhattan City Hall Thursday between the City of Manhattan as well as Riley and Pottawatomie Counties. The discussion was initiated by Manhattan Commissioner Wynn Butler, who proposed changing how the two governmental organizations fill out the RCPD operations budget. He says that Manhattan residents pay both bodies’ taxes, which according to numbers he’s seen results in them paying 96 cents…
Hour 1-K-State makes their new assistant official 0:00 – Jermaine Henderson promoted 11:48 – Would this have been different two years ago? 21:03 – Gene’s expectation/Tag Team Promo 32:07 – Polls and Nike on the jersey Hour 2 0:00 – Jermaine Henderson isn’t a bad move 11:12 – YCBS
A Junction City woman will have to repay thousands of dollars obtained through Medicaid fraud. 50-year-old Terry Sherrick pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 15, to three charges in Pottawatomie County District Court — making a false claim to the Medicaid program, unlawful acts concerning computers as well as theft. She has been ordered to repay more than $3,800 to Kansas’ Medicaid program. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office says Sherrick repeatedly claimed her personal care attendant was providing home-based services when she was clocked in and working for other employers. They say she would report the expense on the Medicaid electronic…
Friday’s guests included Green Apple Bikes Program Director Jonathan Rivers discussing the nonprofit organization’s new Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH). Riley County Seniors Service Center’s Program Coordinator Melissa Colby discussed May and June events happening at the Senior Center. Greg McClure from the K-State/Riley County Extension Office also joined us to discuss wheat plot tour on May 30, a tractor safety course May 28 & 29, and other general farming concerns.
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a tax relief plan from the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature for the second time in two months. Kelly’s action Friday is likely to lead to an effort by GOP lawmakers to override her veto on May 29, their last day in session this year. She said the measure would “decimate” the state budget. The bill was designed to provide relief to individuals and businesses that have been paying more in state income taxes because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017. It would save taxpayers roughly $90 million during…
TOPEKA — Abused and neglected children are again sleeping overnight in the offices of Kansas foster care contractors because homes cannot be found for them quickly enough. According to the Department for Children and Families, more than 70 children have been kept overnight in the offices of the two nonprofit agencies providing foster care services beginning in January. That’s when Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly took office. Her Republican predecessor’s administration kept children from sleeping in offices during its final months. The state agency provided statistics in response to questions from The Associated Press after it received a tip that the…