Monday’s In Focus guests included Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Jack Allston discussing a workforce crisis event coming up in Manhattan. Segment three featured Flint Hills Discovery Center Events Supervisor Jonathan Mertz discussing the upcoming Flint Hills Festival on May 11 at Blue Earth Plaza. We also chatted with T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Director Deb Watkins who brought in 3-week old kitten C-3PO who is currently available for adoption. Segment four featured more with Manhattan Parks & Recreation Department with Aquatics Specialist Sydni Baker, Arts and Humanities Supervisor Zach Bayless and Community Relations Officer Melissa Kirkwood.
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Amanda Wilroy, 41, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 700 block of Allen Rd. in Manhattan on May 3, 2019, at approximately 12:41 PM. Wilroy was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear and a charge of violating offender registration act. Wilroy was issued a total bond of $11,000.00 causing her to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 400 block of 3rd St. in Manhattan on May 3, 2019, at approximately 1:45 PM. Officers listed TGK Properties as the victim when…
A few dozen residents met Saturday at Kansas State University to discuss three potential ways to improve housing affordability in the greater Manhattan area. The community forum is the second of its kind in two years, part of the Community Solutions to Affordable Housing project. The three solutions that were discussed were identified as goals by study circles formed from participants of the previous forum held in April 2018. Those solutions were a mandatory, periodical rental inspection program, neighborhood revitalization programs and public housing trusts. Donna Schenck-Hamlin is a facilitation organizer for the KSU Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy…
The K-State College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2020 received their white coats during a ceremony on Sunday. This is a ceremony that celebrates the transition of K-State College of Veterinarian Medicine third year students as they begin their clinicals before they get their doctorate. For the next year, these students will be working over at the Veterinary Health Center at K-State. Department Head of Clinical Sciences Beth Davis began the ceremony by congratulating the students for making it this far. She explained to the group of students what they will be doing over the next year as they earn…
KANSAS CITY — Freshman Republican Congressman Steve Watkins of Kansas has forgiven $225,100 in loans he made to his 2018 campaign, according to a letter filed with the Federal Election Commission. The Kansas City Star reports Watkins had given his campaign nearly half a million dollars in loans during the seven-way GOP primary for an open eastern Kansas congressional seat. Watkins’ loans represented a substantial amount of his declared wealth at the time, which was somewhere between $440,053 and $2.7 million, according to required personal financial disclosure forms. Federal campaign finance rules allow candidates to lend unlimited amounts of their…
TOPEKA — Kansas is reporting that it collected $81 million more in taxes in April than anticipated even after officials issued a more optimistic fiscal forecast during the month. The state Department of Revenue’s report Wednesday came as Republican legislators attempted to revive a tax relief bill. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in March vetoed a GOP bill aimed at preventing individuals and businesses from paying more in state income taxes because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017. Kelly described it as fiscally irresponsible. The Department of Revenue said Kansas collected nearly $1.2 billion in taxes…
Friday’s In Focus guests included Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Karen Hibbard discussing National Tourism Week and promoting tourism in the Manhattan area. Riley County 4-H Agent John Jobe from K-State Research and Extension joined us to talk about the Citizenship Washington Focus trip for area 4-H students in Riley and Wabaunsee counties. Candice McIntosh joined us in the final segment to discuss Saturday’s Girls on the Run 5K happening at Manhattan Regional Airport with this year’s theme “Run with the Force.”
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate has approved a bill that would prevent judges from lowering sentences for child sex offenders if they think the victims were willing participants in the crime. The bill approved Wednesday comes after a Leavenworth County judge in February reduced the sentence for 67-year-old Raymond Soden because he thought the 13- and 14-year-old girls involved in the case were “aggressors.” The Kansas City Star reports current state law allows judges discretion in sentencing for “substantial or compelling” reasons. The new bill prohibits judges from reducing sentences if a victim is a participant or aggressor in a…
WICHITA — An embattled Kansas military school amended its incorporation document to remove the Episcopalian church that founded it from getting the property once the school shuts down. The amendment that came nearly seven months before the school announced its plans to close was revealed when the document recently became public. It was brought up in an alumni group’s social media posting. The document raises questions at a time when supporters are working to keep St. John’s Military School open in Salina. The Episcopalian boarding school announced in February it planned to shut down after its May 11 commencement. The…
WICHITA — Participants in the annual winter wheat tour are forecasting that Kansas farmers will harvest 306.5 million bushels this season. The Wheat Quality Council said in a news release that the three-day tour wrapped up Thursday after participants gathered information from 469 fields across Kansas. The group calculated average yields of 47.2 bushels an acre. Kansas growers planted about 7 million acres of wheat last fall. Tour scouts report that wheat planted before the October rains generally looks good now. Wheat planted when farmers could get back in fields after the rains is not faring as well. They say…