WAMEGO – The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program recently held its 2019 graduation. The 30 members of the 2018-19 class graduated on Friday, Feb. 8 during ceremonies at the Columbian Theater in Wamego, according to Jack Lindquist, Executive Director of the organization. The nonprofit educational program trains and engages leaders in the region that includes Fort Riley, Geary, Riley and Pottawatomie counties. This is the 26th class to graduate from the training program. Graduates included: Ken Barteau GE County- Facilities Director, Corvias Bryan Bartlett GE County – Program Mgr., Army Community Service Relocation Readiness Akash Bhatia PT County- Manager of Quality Assurance – CivicPlus Chris Bowman RL County- Employee Assistance…
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K-State gears up for another 1st place battle in the Big 12 this weekend at Baylor and what did the new assistant football coaches have to say earlier in the week? 0:00 – KU loses Vick for an undetermined time 11:28 – New DL coach for K-State and Bill Self gets what he had coming 25:27 – Fanalysis: Baylor 34:05 – White House visit for HC CK 38:50 – Big 12 Basketball with Charles from Wamego 54:57 – Dunkin Diarra 1:01:34 – National haters – YCBS
The President of the United States and his counterparts from continental neighbors signed a trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Act back in November. The provisions included in it would require that 75 percent of an automobile’s parts be made in North America to avoid customs charges, up from 62.5 percent, as well as that at least 40 percent of automobile content be made by workers who make more than $16 per hour. Now the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement has to be ratified by each nation’s respective legislatures, but a Kansas State University agricultural economist told Kansas State Research…
JUNCTION CITY — Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf entered a plea of not guilty to a felony theft charge as well as a misdemeanor during an arraignment hearing Friday morning. According to the Dickinson County Attorney’s office, who is prosecuting Wolf in this matter, a jury trial date has been set for May 8-9 in Geary County District Court. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for March 29. Sheriff Wolf was arrested by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in October for a misuse of public funds, a misdemeanor, and felony theft for gifting a department-owned firearm to a third party. The Junction…
LARNED — Twenty inmates at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility face felony charges after a riot at the prison in November. Pawnee County Attorney Doug McNett charged the inmates after a state prison official completed an investigation of the Nov. 6 uprising. McNett said in a news release Wednesday the 20 inmates were primarily responsible for the riots. He says he saw no evidence that inmates breached individual housing units in the prison’s Central Unit, and his office is treating the case as four self-contained riots occurring at the same time. State prison officials say Kansas spent $113,000 to…
WICHITA — The family of conservative billionaire Charles Koch isn’t pushing for property damage charges against a man who’s accused of driving through the private gate of a home. The Wichita Eagle reports that 40-year-old Aron James White is charged with ramming an officer’s patrol car last month. The collision injured an officer and passenger. But court records show that the residents requested that no charges be filed for damage to their property. Police at the crime scene said White also rammed a private security vehicle before driving through a security gate. Authorities hadn’t publicly identified the Kochs as victims…
Kendall Brokenberry, 27, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on February 7, 2019, at approximately 4:35 PM. Brokenberry was arrested on a Riley County District Court Warrant for Failure to Appear. Brokenberry was issued a total bond of $5,000.00. Brokenberry was still confined at the time of this report. Anthony Moss, 51, of Manhattan was arrested in the 400 block of S Manhattan Ave in Manhattan on February 7, 2019, at approximately 3:40 PM. Moss was arrested on the offenses of giving a worthless check, theft by deception, mistreatment of dependent adult, two counts of…
Friday’s first segment of In Focus featured a conversation on legislative happenings in Topeka with 67th District House Rep. Tom Phillips (R-Manhattan). In the second segment of In Focus, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art Director Linda Duke and Friends of the Museum member Barbara Gatewood joined us for a discussion of the Pete Souza’s “Two Presidents, One Photographer” exhibit open now through April 27. The third and fourth segments of In Focus featured Shepherd’s Crossing Executive Director Beth Klug and Development Officer C. Clyde Jones discussing the organizations’s fundraising event, Sharing with the Shepherd Month.
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s election victory suggested that Kansas repudiated past GOP fiscal policies. Yet voters also encouraged top Republicans to pursue income tax relief by giving conservatives more power in the Legislature. The contradiction is driving a political clash coming to a head quickly, with the state Senate debating a tax relief bill Wednesday. The proposal is designed to keep Kansas residents and businesses from paying higher income taxes to the state because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017. Kelly argues she was elected because voters wanted her to fix state government…
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is closing state offices in the Capitol’s Shawnee County after another round of winter weather. Kelly made the announcement after the National Weather Service issued a mixture of ice storm warnings and winter weather advisories Thursday for a large swath of the state. The Kansas Department of Transportation says many of the state’s roads are partially or completely snow-covered. Police in Topeka encouraged people be careful, tweeting a photo of a vehicle on its side. The tweet read: “A litle PSA for y’all. This is what happens when you drive too fast on the…