The Black Student Union at Kansas State University has earned an award for academics and engagement for the 11th time in 14 years. The Clarence Wine Award for Outstanding Big 12 Council of the Year is awarded to undergraduate African-American student governments or councils in the Big 12 Conference. To win, the organizations must show commitments to academic achievement, scholarship, campus programming, community service and unity. The K-State BSU organization received the award at the Big XII Council on Black Student Government’s annual conference last week. With the goals of advancing the academic stability, political action and leadership of black…
Author: KMAN Staff
Multiple forensic crime scene investigators testified as expert witnesses on Tuesday, day 5 of the Mark Harrison Trial in Riley County District Court. The 38-year-old Manhattan engineer is charged with three counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after a stand-off that resulted in one RCPD officer being shot in the leg in January 2018. He’s also charged for property damage. Prosecutors argue Harrison intended to kill Sgt. Pat Tiede and two Geary County SWAT officers when he shot at them following an argument with his wife. The defense doesn’t dispute Harrison fired that day, but say he…
Fort Riley is holding a pair of town hall meetings to provide housing information to army personnel and their dependents both Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s part of an Army-wide effort to review conditions in Army family housing and ensure the post is meeting safety standards after poor housing conditions were highlighted in a hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month. People across multiple branches have complained of mold, pest problems and other health concerns in military housing. The meetings will take place Tuesday and Wednesday at Riley’s Conference Center at 5:30 p.m. It will also be livestreamed…
Anthony Conforti, 26 of Clay Center was arrested in the 100 block of Courthouse Plz in Manhattan on February 25, 2019, at approximately 1:50 PM. Conforti was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Conforti was issued a total bond of $7,500.00. Conforti was no longer confined at the time of this report. Tyler Leck, 20 of Kansas City, Missouri was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on February 25, 2019, at approximately 2:30 PM. Leck was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated sexual battery. Leck was issued a total…
Medical care at the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter will be expanded thanks to a new partnership with Kansas State University. The Manhattan-located animal shelter will work with KSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s shelter medicine program to provide services at the facility to improve the welfare of animals in their care and give students more opportunities for hands-on education. Students with the university’s shelter medicine mobile surgery unit will be stationed at T. Russell Reitz evaluating cases and performing surgeries on a weekly basis. Additionally, interns will also be utilized by the shelter another day each week enabling them to…
Tuesday’s guests on In Focus were Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee and County Administrator Robert Reece.
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is pledging to give legislators and the general public more information about children who run away or go missing from the state’s foster care system. The Democratic governor on Monday announced the launch of a new state Department for Children and Families website that will provide daily statistics about missing foster children. Kelly also promised that legislative committees will receive information about specific cases if they agree to keep it confidential. The announcements came less than a week after a Republican-controlled Senate committee had a hearing on a bill aimed at ensuring that the…
TOPEKA — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have added a popular proposal to cut the state’s sales tax on groceries to an income tax relief bill to make it more palatable to skeptics. But supporters acknowledged Monday that they aren’t sure the move would keep Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly from vetoing the measure. The House Taxation Committee endorsed the measure on a voice vote Monday, sending it to the full chamber for debate. The GOP-controlled Senate passed the bill earlier this month as a measure designed only to keep individuals and businesses from paying more state income taxes because of federal…
A few familiar faces at Manhattan Parks and Recreation will be starting in new roles at the department. Three position changes were announced by Parks and Recreation Monday. Sydni Baker, Janelle Fritzon and Cody Kramer were promoted Monday, according to a department press release. Baker has been bumped up to aquatics specialist, having served in several roles since 2015. She will direct daily aquatics operations as well as more than 200 seasonal waterpark staff across Manhattan’s three waterparks — and in the colder seasons, she’ll oversee the ice rink’s operations. Fritzon is now operations officer for Parks and Rec and…
Residential customers of the Kansas Gas Service are going to save about $22 on a future bill thanks to an order issued Monday. The Kansas Corporation Commission has told the utility company it must return more than $17.9 million dollars in tax savings to customers. As a result, residential customers will receive a one-time credit on their bill amounting to $22.78. KGS saved millions after a federal tax cut reduced the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent in January 2018. They held those funds in a separate account for review by the KCC. They filed a rate…