Employee accidents at K-State will no longer be reported on paper forms. Human Capital Services unveiled a new electronic incident report site on November 19th for employees to report accidents or injuries that occurred while working at the university. K-State hopes the new process will “provide a better user experience for the employee, department and administration.” The new site will also help speed up reporting of work-related incidents to be assessed by the State Self Insurance Fund. The new report site can be found at K-State.edu/hcs/incident.
Author: KMAN Staff
Tuesday’s guests on In Focus were Pottawatomie County Administrator Robert Reece, Emergency Manager Chris Trudo, Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes, EMS Director Hal Bumgarner.
WICHITA — The upcoming trial over the Kansas derailment of an Amtrak passenger train has been cancelled after Cimarron Crossing Feeders admitted its runaway feed truck damaged the railroad track. Trial had been scheduled to start next week to determine who is responsible for the March 2016 derailment of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief City near Cimarron, about 20 miles west of Dodge. More than two dozen people were injured. A federal judge summarily found earlier this month that there was no legal fault on the part of Amtrak or BNSF, which owns the track. That left only Cimarron as potentially liable…
WICHITA — A new government snapshot show mostly adequate topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies for Kansas crops. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that about 87 percent of the winter wheat planted in the state this fall has now emerged. The agency rated winter wheat condition as 9 percent excellent, 37 percent good and 38 percent fair. Just 16 percent was rated as poor or very poor. Meanwhile, the harvest for other Kansas farm crops is rapidly drawing to a close. About 94 percent of the corn has been harvested in the state, along with 92 percent of the…
KANSAS CITY — Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in a Kansas City, Kansas, home. KMBC-TV reports that police responded to a 911 call Monday morning. The victim had been shot multiple times and died of his injuries. Police say a woman who was inside the home at the time of the shooting is working with investigators to put together a description of the suspect. Police say he fled from the seen on foot.
LAWRENCE — Authorities say 65 faculty members at the University of Kansas are expected to take an early retirement incentive. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the school announced the program in August as a way to help deal with a mandated $20 million budget-cutting initiative for the Lawrence campus. Tenured and tenure-track faculty had until last week to decide whether to participate. By the time of retirement, participants had to be 62 years old. The provost office said in a news release that their median salary is $100,000. The most retirements are coming from the College of Liberal Arts and…
MANHATTAN — Primary care for pets has a bright future at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine thanks to a record sponsorship by Hill’s Pet Nutrition. With Hill’s sponsorship — the largest corporate gift in the college’s history — three strategic areas in the college’s Mosier Hall will be renovated to provide approximately 16,000 square feet of new space dedicated to clinical training, classroom teaching and research. The Pet Health & Nutrition Center will be named in honor of Hill’s Pet Nutrition. The amount of the gift has not been publicly disclosed. By renovating the space and expanding resources,…
Kansas State University’s Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy in collaboration with the Communication Studies department will be holding a pair of community discussions on immigration this Tuesday and Wednesday. The talks will be non-partisan group discussions on multiple topics under the umbrella of immigration based on a format created by the National Issues Forums Institute. Tuesday’s talks will take place in the Manhattan Public Library Auditorium starting at 5 p.m., Wednesday’s will be in the Leadership Studies Building at K-State starting at 7 p.m. The KSU Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy’s assistant director, Dr. Timothy Shaffer, said on…
Manhattan’s Blue Earth Plaza was a festive scene Friday night. That was the sound of the crowd demanding the Grinch restore the lights at the Blue Earth Plaza for the Festival of Lights. The lights were restored and the Christmas tree was lit. KMAN spoke with Manhattan City Mayor Mike Dodson after the lighting to give his comments on the event. Dodson thanked all those who volunteered their time to make the event happen and wanted everyone to keep those less fortunate in their minds this holiday season. Dodson said since returning to Manhattan four years ago, the event has…
LAWRENCE — More than a year after the University of Kansas adopted a policy allowing concealed guns on campus, only one gun-relation violation has been reported. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the sole violation was minor enough that it was corrected without disciplinary action. The violation was for carrying a gun inappropriately. The policy was enacted in July 2017. In response to a Journal-World request, the university cited just the single violation that occurred Oct. 2 when a student was carrying a gun in the visible mesh part of a backpack, in violation of the provision that it be concealed…