In its fourth year under the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the Women in Business Program is geared toward growing entrepreneurship and women’s leadership in the community. President and CEO Jason Smith says the program also provides great mentorship, which he says will go a long way toward encouraging entrepreneurial activity. The program hosts multiple events per month, with one coming up this Friday. Membership Director Sharla Meisenheimer says they are continuing a webinar series by University of California professor Joan Williams, which they then discuss among the group. This month’s topic is on the 4 kind of gender biases women…
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An upcoming exhibition by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce will provide residents with either a refresher or a first look at what area businesses provide. The 2019 Business Showcase will bring out 45 different Chamber members to what products and services they offer the community. Membership Director Sharla Meisenheimer says it’s open to Chamber members and non-members alike. Some participants include Big Lakes Development Center, MATC and FlyMHK. A full list can be found at Manahttan.org. Those who attend also have the possibility to walk away with multiple different prizes. It’ll be held Wednesday, August 28th from 4:30 to…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities say a man reported to be dragging a topless, unconscious woman through downtown Kansas City was actually lugging around a life-size doll. Police said in a tweet that callers reported Tuesday that the man looked like he wanted to throw the woman over a bridge, that he had dropped her and that he appeared to be trying to dress her. One caller said he was yelling “savior” while holding the woman. Police said that when officers learned that the woman actually was a doll that the man had found in a trash bin, he was…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Federal authorities are conducting an investigation at a research facility on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton confirmed the FBI and Lawrence police were at the Life Sciences Research Laboratories complex Tuesday but said she could not provide any details. University spokesman Andy Hyland told the Lawrence Journal-World that law enforcement was investigating alleged criminal activity on the campus. The complex houses research offices associated with the university’s Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, as well as the Bioscience and Technology Business Center Expansion Facility. Kim Grunewald, deputy general counsel at the university,…
(Photo courtesy of Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office) WICHITA, Kan. — A 23-year-old Wichita woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son. Kimberly Compass was charged Tuesday in the death of Zayden JayNesahkluah, whose body was found May 31 at a Wichita motel. Authorities have not said how Zayden died. The Wichita Eagle reports a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Sedgwick County says Compass killed her son while committing another felony, aggravated child endangerment. Compass, who was arrested last Thursday, remains jailed on $500,000 bond for the murder charge and $1 million bond for a…
As Manhattan moves toward redeveloping Aggieville, some business owners asked the city to be cautious about the placement of the proposed parking garage. Bill Varney with Varney’s Inc. urged city commissioners to table the motion. He questioned how the 489 stall garage would impact traffic to businesses like Goodcents if there were no space between the structure and existing buildings to the south. “You would be standing there right after you got out of the building and looking up 50 feet,” he told the commission Tuesday night. Aggieville Business Association Director Dennis Cook told commissioners 95 percent of business owners…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a tractor-trailer hauling cattle overturned south of Emporia, killing two dozen of the animals. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Justin Wallace says the driver was transporting the cattle to Arkansas City to be slaughtered when he fell asleep just after midnight Wednesday and went off the side of Interstate 35. Besides the 24 cattle that died when the rig overturned, 13 were pulled from the wreckage alive. Wallace says the surviving cattle are in a pen waiting to resume their journey. Wallace says the driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. No one else…
Education was the focus of Wednesday’s program. The first two segments featured USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid and Board Member Jurdene Coleman previewing the Aug. 21 school board meeting, talking about ongoing construction and adjustments being made in the new school year so far, in particular with bus routes. Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt joined us to preview events happening at the college over the next month including the Aug. 28 Chamber Business Showcase and 4th annual Car Show happening Sept. 21.
The Riley County Police Department budget will be underfunded by about $125,000 due to a cost of living adjustment miscalculation. When the calculations were prepared in a spreadsheet, RCPD Director Dennis Butler says the 1.9 percent COLA — up from 1.7 percent in 2019 — was only entered in the field for non-sworn staff under a false belief that the field would also run the adjustment for sworn officer salaries. Butler says the accountability for the error falls on him. “I didn’t expect something like this to happen so early in my tenure and I’m terribly embarrassed personally to be standing up here explaining this to you. It is…
KANSAS CITY- Authorities say two men in their 20s have been killed in separate weekend shootings in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reports that police identified the men Monday as 25-year-old Melvin James Jr. and 22-year-old Charles Morris Jr. Morris’ body was discovered shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday. And police say James was killed early Sunday at the Forest Glen Estates Town Homes and Apartments in a double shooting that critically injured another man. No motive or suspect information has been released in either killing.