Officers filed a report for theft and making false information in the 100 block of Bluemont in Manhattan on January 17, 2019, at approximately 7:00 PM. Officers listed Trevor Potty, 44, of Lawrence as the victim when an unknown suspect used a check stolen from the victim to purchase electronic equipment. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $540.00. Police ask that anyone with information 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. Officers…
Author: KMAN Staff
After an effort from stakeholders — including a Change.org petition — a Kansas State University horticultural center that was previously announced to be shutting down due to budgetary concerns will remain open. The John C. Pair Horticulture Center will continue to be a center for research and extension outreach in Haysville. Opened in 1970, the Pair Center facilitated research in woody ornamental crops as well as research into peaches, grapes and other forms of produce. Current research centers around trees, shrubs, flowers, turfgrass and bulbs. After the announcement last June that the center will close, K-State administration says they received…
Manhattan Finance Department Director Bernie Hayen says the city is going to have to find another revenue source going forward to shore up the city’s financial situation. He presented the information during the city department goal-setting session Tuesday. The City of Manhattan had to make some tough choices in the 2018 budget, with plateauing revenues not meeting past growth projections. This has led some commissioners to raise the possibility of staff cuts this year. The city instituted a hiring freeze to help shore up ending cash reserves in the general fund, which Hayen says was successful. They ended the year…
K-State just won their second straight game at a Top 20 opponent versus Oklahoma. John Kurtz and Mason Voth discuss if K-State is back on track and looking like the team that was picked to finish second in the Big 12. Plus an update on the return of the lucky lavenders. 0:00 – Magic Level last night 9:18 – Barry Brown is looking good 21:31 – Cats are back in the Big 12 race 33:54 – Why K-State was able to keep it together 47:26 – Jalen Hurts at OU 55:43 – YCBS
Thursday’s guest included Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Lyle Butler discussing new business openings and how the local economy will be impacted by upcoming Fort Riley deployments. We also previewed this weekend’s regional leaders’ retreat. In segment number four, we also spoke with Nicole Trolio, Business Manager for Fort Riley’s grand opening of SpareTime Interactive Entertainment.
TOPEKA — Federal officials say 90 offices will be open in Kansas for three days to process loans and tax information for farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the offices will be open Thursday, Friday and Tuesday. The offices will be closed Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The opening is part of a national recall of 2,500 Farm Service Agency employees in response to the federal government partial shutdown. The USDA says the staff will help agriculture producers with existing farm loans and to ensure the agency provides 1099 tax documents to borrowers by the…
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposed budget embraces a proposal to phase in a $364 million increase in funding for public schools over four years. The Democratic governor also proposed Thursday to spend $14 million during the budget year beginning in July to expand the state’s Medicaid health coverage for the needy. As Kelly outlined her budget proposals to legislators, she warned against pursing changes in tax laws. Income tax relief is a top priority for Republican leaders. The education proposal is the State Board of Education’s plan for complying with a Kansas Supreme Court order last year. Kelly…
MANHATTAN — A Junction City man has been bound over for trial in Riley County for the killing of a confidential drug informant whose body was found by deer hunters. A judge has found sufficient evidence for Steven Meredith to stand trial on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of 48-year-old Carrie Jones. The Manhattan Mercury reports that witnesses testified during a preliminary hearing this week that Meredith believed Jones might reveal information about him and others in a 2013 drug-related case. One witness testified that Meredith told her that he and another man…
ANDOVER — Members of the Andover Public Library board are considering a request to move children’s books that include transgender characters out of the kids section. Andover resident Marci Laffen says the books should be moved to the adult section of the library, or at least in the young adult section. She cited the books “George,” “Lily and Dunkin,” and “I am Jazz,” which all have transgender characters. The Wichita Eagle reports library board member Blake Cooper said Laffen’s written request said the books were part of a sexual revolution agenda and indoctrination of children. About 55 people attended a…
TOPEKA — New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is telling Kansas legislators that the state faces an emergency in its child welfare system and is “completely unprepared” for the next national economic downturn. Kelly outlined an agenda Wednesday evening for the Republican-dominated Legislature that includes increased spending on public schools and expanding the state’s Medicaid health coverage for the needy. She is on a collision course with top Republicans because they want to cut state income taxes. Kelly spent nearly six minutes of her 37-minute State of the State address Wednesday night attempting to make a case that expanding Medicaid will help…