The Riley County commissioners looked at some of the documents related to the Resilient Riley County plan during their meeting on Monday. Planning and Special Projects Director Monty Wedel presented the memorandum of understanding and the request for qualifications to the commission that were drafted by the City of Manhattan. This plan will deal with future flood prevention efforts. Commissioner Ron Wells asked Manhattan Assistant Director of Community Development Chad Bunger if he though the 50/50 split between the county and city was fair. Bunger replied saying that the people who were affected in the city were still Riley County residents. He…
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K-State has their newest head football coach and the fan base is split, but starting to cool down and come to reality. Kellis Robinett joins in hour two as well as phone calls from CFB writer Ian Boyd and the Voice of the NDSU Bison, Jeff Culhane. 0:00 – Thoughts on CK already changing 16:16 – More you hear, more you like 25:51 – Ian Boyd of SB Nation 37:06 – Official Klieman hashtag 38:47 – Jeff Culhane, voice of the Bison 51:17 – Retaining Assistants 1:02:06 – Kellis’ grade of the Klieman hire
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly is selling premium tables at her inaugural ball in January for $10,000. The plan has the inaugural committee and the state ethics commission conferring over compliance with legal limits on contributions to such celebrations. Kansas law limits contributions to inaugural committees to $2,000. Tickets to Kelly’s ball start at $100 with a top price of $1,000. But her committee is offering a $10,000 “gold” package for a table of 10 seats. Incoming governors traditionally rely on private donations to pay for the festivities. The ethics commission has ruled that the value of the food…
WICHITA — Wichita officials are pushing for Amtrak to restore rail service in the city that hasn’t had a passenger train service for nearly 40 years, but Sedgwick County officials aren’t ready to embrace the plan. The Wichita Eagle reports that City Hall’s lobbying agenda for the state legislative session beginning next month shows that bringing back the rail service is a top transportation priority. The city says passenger rail is critical to attracting and retaining young workers, as well as providing safe travel for an aging population. But Sedgwick County Commission Chairman David Dennis says he can’t make a…
KANSAS CITY, Kan — Democratic Rep.-elect Sharice Davids has given top positions on her congressional staff to key campaign aides. Davids announced Monday that Allison Teixeira Sulier will be her chief of staff once Davids is sworn into office Jan. 3. Davids also said that Danielle Hull Robinson will be district director, managing operations and constituent services in Davids’ home 3rd District in the Kansas City area. Sulier was senior adviser on Davids’ campaign and previously worked for Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and the Democratic group American Bridge. Robinson was communications director for Davids’ campaign and previously worked in communications…
TOPEKA — A lawsuit alleges that a suburban Kansas City Republican is ineligible to serve in the Kansas House because of residency issues. The Kansas City Star reports that the lawsuit challenging Adam Thomas’ ability to assume his Kansas House seat was filed Monday on behalf of residents of his district in the Spring Hill and Olathe area. He has been charged with election perjury stemming from allegations that he gave a false address when he filed paperwork declaring his candidacy. Kansas City attorney Mark Johnson, who filed the suit, says a judge will gather evidence and send it to…
TOPEKA — The remains of a 19-year-old Kansas man who was killed during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor have been identified. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Camillus O’Grady was killed on the battleship USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941. The Defense Department announced Monday that it had accounted for him, although the identification was made two years ago, using DNA and a dental analysis. The Navy seaman was from the Washington County town of Greenleaf. The Department of Defense in 2015 ordered the disinterment of unknown victims from the Oklahoma, and began exhuming those remains for analysis. That resulted…
Tuesday’s guest on In Focus was Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson.
TOPEKA — A divided Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that police can rely exclusively on their sense of smell to provide probable cause to do preliminary search of a home for drugs. The ruling came in a case where Lawrence police entered a man’s apartment to search after saying they detected a strong smell of raw marijuana. Lawrence Hubbard appealed his conviction on misdemeanor drug charges, arguing that the Lawrence officers could not justify the search without a search warrant based only on their ability to smell. The state argued that the security sweep the officers conducted before getting a…
KANSAS CITY, Kan — A 37-year-old former pharmacy technician at the University of Kansas Hospital was placed on probation for stealing drugs from the hospital. Federal prosecutors say Heydon White, of Stillwell, admitted that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from cabinets at the hospital. He was responsible for stocking the computerized cabinets and removing expired medication for disposal. Prosecutors say White was caught after an internal audit showed he handled a high number of intravenous bags containing the drug and saline. White was also ordered Monday to pay $4,300 in restitution. The Kansas Board of Pharmacy revoked White’s license. Prosecutors…