Monday’s In Focus program featured a preview of the Little Apple New Year’s Eve celebration in Aggieville with Krista Bramhall, Aggieville Business Association Interim Director. KMAN’s Nick McNamara also interviewed Lt. Governor-Elect Lynn Rogers on the transition taking place in Topeka as he and Governor-Elect Laura Kelly prepare to take office. Finally, KMAN’s Dave Lewis and Brandon Peoples reflect on 2018 in news, sports and politics.
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TOPEKA — Kansas has extended the state medical board’s existing regulations for health care providers to the practice of consulting with patients through video conferencing. The State Rules and Regulations Board has unanimously approved three temporary regulations drafted by the State Board of Healing Arts to cover telemedicine under a new law taking effect in January. The new law encourages the use of telemedicine for patients in areas with a shortage of health care providers by ensuring that health insurance covers such services. The seven-member Rules and Regulations Board decides whether an agency can impose temporary regulations immediately without a…
TOPEKA — Democratic Lieutenant Gov.-elect Lynn Rogers says he’s encouraged that the Kansas House has formed a new Rural Revitalization Committee and looks forward to working with its Republican chairman. Rogers will lead an Office of Rural Prosperity once he and Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly take office Jan. 14. The office will promote rural areas, develop policies for serving them and work to ensure that state agencies’ efforts line up with rural communities’ needs. The House committee will examine problems facing rural areas that include declining populations and limited access to broadband service. Rogers said: “The broader the discussion, the…
WASHINGTON — Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts used bipartisan consensus building to pass the 2018 farm bill, but GOP critics say the costly bill betrayed conservative values. McClatchy Newspapers reports that as the 82-year-old Roberts decides whether to seek another term in 2020, observers say his style of traditional work across party lines might now be a liability in a polarized political world. Roberts chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee. Critics say the farm bill should have increased work requirements for recipients of food aid and reined in farm subsidies. Neither provision was included in the bill. Roberts has said he…
WICHITA — Authorities say two people are dead after a vehicle fire at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. KFDI-FM reports that a base official says a “fatal vehicle accident” happened around 11 p.m. Sunday at the west gate of the base. Base fire personnel responded and found two people dead. The base says it is working with Wichita police and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office to investigate. No other information was immediately released, including the names of the victims.
Terry Canfield, 25, of Topeka was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on December 28, 2018, at approximately 11:00 AM. Canfield was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, and aggravated battery. Canfield was issued a total bond of $5,000.00. Canfield was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft in the 2500 block of Kimball Ave. in Manhattan on December 28, 2018, at approximately 8:30 PM. Officers listed Barbara Johnson, 84, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took her wallet…
The last show of 2018 continues the look back at 2018’s best moments on The Game. Today’s show finds some of the more entertaining and funny moments of the past year. A segment dedicated to everyday things that make Mason upset as well as the ongoing saga with his “movie friend,” Tyler tried his first Dorito ever on air and the hat made its debut. Also, interviews with Michael Bishop and Quincy Morgan. 0:00 – Michael Bishop 15:30 – Grinding Mason’s Gears and his friend 25:44 – Pop the boys and Tyler’s Dorito/The Hat Debut 44:42 – The Game music…
TOPEKA — Authorities say a Topeka house fire has left a man dead and a woman critically injured. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the fire started Friday morning in a neighborhood in the northeast part of the city. Fire Department Christ Commander Chris Herrera says crews responded after someone knocked on the door of the nearby fire station to report the blaze. He says the woman was rescued and rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. No other details were immediately released, including the man’s name and the cause of the fire.
WASHINGTON — The government shutdown could complicate things for farmers lining up for federal payments to ease the burden of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. The USDA last week assured farmers that direct payments would keep going out during the first week of the shutdown. But payments will soon be suspended for farmers who haven’t certified production, and they’d have to wait. Farm loans and disaster assistance would also be on hold. USDA announced up to $12 billion in aid for farmers hit by tariffs earlier this year. The first checks went out in September. There’s little chance…
The Riley County commissioners on Thursday approved a resolution determining a treatment lagoon project at the Bridgeview Heights sewer benefit district to be not feasible. Deputy County Counselor Craig Cox says the sewer district was created in June 2017 and the commission at that time authorized construction of a multi-residential lagoon. Now, the property owners qualify for a private sanitation system which would make the current project obsolete. “Now each property owner will have their own on site sanitary system on their property,” said Cox,” I’m asking the commission to make the determination that the lagoon system is no longer feasible.”…