OLATHE — Officials say faulty software caused a 12-hour delay in tabulating Johnson County’s election night results in the August primaries. Johnson County Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker said Monday the problem is fixed and he is confident it won’t happen again in November. The Kansas City Star reports Election Systems & Software, the county’s election vendor, has rewritten part of the code that caused the delay. Company CEO and president Tom Burt says initial test of the new code were successful. The new software must be certified for use before the general election. Johnson County spent $10.5 million this summer…
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Officers filed a report for aggravated burglary in the 500 block of N 9th St. in Manhattan on August 27, 2018 at approximately 4:40 PM. Officers listed Cole Calvert, 21, of Manhattan as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took his Toshiba Laptop from his residence. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $700.00. 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. Daniel Sherraden, 23, of…
Updated Friday 11:10 a.m. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment rescinded the boil water advisory for the Riverchase Mobile Home Park that was issued Tuesday. There was no evidence of bacterial contamination in samples collected and tested by a KDHE laboratory. They also determined that the conditions that led to the advisory have been resolved. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a boil water advisory for the Riverchase Mobile Home Park in Riley County Tuesday. Officials issued the warning because of a loss of pressure which could result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination…
Tuesday’s guests were Pottawatomie County Administrator Robert Reece, Emergency Management Director Chris Trudo, Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes, and UFM Executive Director Linda Teener.
The first Wildcat Insider of the 2018-2019 season is here, Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson is back joining Sports Director John Kurtz previewing the upcoming football season and also a conversation with basketball coach Bruce Weber and AD Gene Taylor 0:00 – Expectations for new season 11:53 – Questions about the defense 23:33 – Bruce Weber 32:41 – Twitter questions/soccer and volleyball 39:00 – Snyder not budging on QBs 49:09 – Gene Taylor 1:01:40 – More FB questions 1:12:23 – Big 12 Week 1 matchups
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials allowed hundreds of residents in two neighborhoods to drink contaminated water for years without telling them. The Wichita Eagle reports that the state discovered dry cleaning chemicals had contaminated groundwater at a Haysville laundromat in 2011. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment didn’t act for more than six years. The state didn’t test private wells less than a mile away, nor did it notify residents that their drinking wells could be contaminated. The state also waited more than four years to notify more than 200 homes that officials discovered contamination near a Wichita dry…
TOPEKA — Moderate Republicans in Kansas find themselves in an awkward position of whether to stay silent on Kris Kobach’s gubernatorial nomination or endorse one of his competitors and face potential GOP-led repercussions. The Kansas City Star reports that the conundrum came to light earlier this week when House Majority Leader Don Hineman wrote to more than two dozen of his fellow centrists to discourage them from taking a public stance on anyone who isn’t Kobach, the GOP’s lead candidate. Hineman’s warning is the latest demonstration of the wide divide in the Kansas GOP, where moderates tend to side with…
ARKANSAS CITY — Police say a city hall in southeastern Kansas was evacuated after someone brought in a pipe bomb found on rental property. Police in Arkansas City say the person was cleaning a rental property when he discovered the bomb, made of a sealed metal pipe with a cap and fuse on one end. Police say he brought it in to the station, located next to City Hall, around 2 p.m. Friday not knowing what else to do with it. Police then evacuated City Hall and closed parts of surrounding streets. Wichita Police’s bomb squad and state police helped…
Monday’s guest was Dr. Timothy Shaffer, the Assistant Director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University.
Officers filed a report for aggravated assault, criminal restraint, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property in Manhattan on August 24, 2018. Officers listed a 32-year-old female as the victim and a 43-year-old male as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic), no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 2 block of Ram Way in Randolph on August 24, 2018, at approximately 9:30 PM. Officers listed Joan Johnson, 44, of Olsburg, Kansas as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect damaged her 1997 Ford. The…