MANHATTAN — Residential real estate sales volumes in Riley County were lower in 2018 than in 2017, but the median sales price was higher. Appraisal Analyst Allen Todd presented the numbers to the Riley County commissioners and says much can be attributed to people not wanting to fix up their homes, but upgrade to a nicer one. Todd said the volume numbers were starting to rise toward the end of last year, but still fell short from 2017. Todd says in the past, homes that are sold twice without some kind of renovation typically sold for more than the first, but right now…
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The Pottawatomie County Commission discussed their goals for the year 2019 at their Monday meeting. Commission Chair Travis Altenhofen asked fellow commissioners to lay out their short and long-term priorities. Altenhofen’s included transferring management of the Olsburg fire station — completed in 2018 — over to the city of Olsburg. He wants to get that done in the next couple of months. Altenhofen also wants to analyze a potential tolling system for a potential Belvue Bridge, including necessary software and hardware to operate the program. He saw it as a 6 month goal. Commissioner Pat Weixelman [Wax-Ul-Min] says they need…
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has revived a plan for expanding Medicaid in Kansas that was vetoed by a Republican predecessor. Kelly released proposed legislation Tuesday that would expand state health coverage for the needy to another 150,000 people starting in January 2020. Expanding Medicaid is a top priority for Kelly after she made it a key issue in her successful campaign last year. Kelly’s plan is based on a Medicaid expansion bill passed by bipartisan legislative majorities in 2017. It was vetoed by then-Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and supporters were unable to override his action. Top Republicans in…
Tuesday’s guests included Flint Hills Job Corps. Business and Community Liaison Aaron Estabrook, Cement Mason Instructor John Chingway and Chair of Friends of Johnny Kaw Ed Klimek discussing highlights of Job Corps. and an upcoming groundbreaking for the Johnny Kaw statue at City Park on Feb. 4. Kansas State University Associate Professor of History Bonnie Lynn-Sherow joined us with some historical facts about Kansas to celebrate Kansas Day. We heard from Kansas Treasurer Jake LaTurner (R), who has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2020.
TOPEKA — Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Kansas City Star and one of its columnists. The lawsuit filed Monday in Johnson County District Court alleges that Steve Rose’s column Saturday subjected Denning to public ridicule by falsely attributing multiple statements to him. The column criticized Denning’s opposition an expansion of the state’s Medicaid health coverage. The lawsuit said Rose and Denning haven’t spoken since August 2016. Denning is seeking more than $75,000 in damages. Rose said in an email to The Associated Press: “I have been writing columns for almost 50 years,…
WICHITA — A retired 53-year-old highway patrol trooper was sentenced to a year of probation for lying to the FBI during an investigation into illegal gambling in Wichita. Michael Frederiksen, of Derby, was convicted in May of making false statements to FBI investigators. Testing during the trial indicated that in 2014 Frederiksen was filmed participating in an illegal cash poker game while he was still a trooper. Prosecutors say during an interview by FBI agents investigating illegal gambling in Wichita, Frederiksen made false statements and downplayed his involvement in illegal poker and his relationship with the poker game’s operator. An…
WICHITA — A judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against a Kansas City school district accused of violating students’ free speech and free press rights during a nationwide walkout protesting gun violence. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ruled Monday that the students have presented a plausible claim that the Shawnee Mission School District violated their First Amendment rights by stopping speakers from talking about gun control or gun violence. The walkout was sparked by last year’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Robinson also found students have a plausible claim under the Kansas Student Publications Act after a school official…
TOPEKA — Republican legislators in Kansas expect to push ahead this week with an income tax relief proposal. The move would defy Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s call for lawmakers to avoid adjusting state tax laws this year. A Senate committee is set to open hearings Tuesday on a bill aimed at preventing individuals and corporations from paying more to Kansas because of changes in federal income tax laws at the end of 2017. The panel could vote Thursday. Top Republicans in the GOP-dominated Legislature have made tax relief a priority and argue Kansas is receiving an unanticipated revenue “windfall.” Kelly…
Officers responded to a report of an injury accident in the 2000 block of McDowell Creek Rd in Manhattan on January 28, 2019, at approximately 6:50 PM. When officers arrived on scene they found a 2010 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by an unknown individual had left the roadway and overturned. Three passengers were transported to Via Christi for treatment of minor injuries. This is an active investigation at this time. Arrests
Wahoo Manhattan won’t be opening its doors to customers for an unknown amount of time. MHK Business News reports that the restaurant closed Friday and informed employees that they won’t re-open for some time. Wahoo was first opened in Aggieville in 2012 by Darin Eible as well as Megan and Austin Schuldt. MHK Business News contacted Wahoo ownership, who confirmed that they are closed but declined to comment further on the situation.