Manhattan is putting additional economic development funding for new Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and Region Reimagined initatives on hold until after the November election. The City Commission rejected a motion to provide the Chamber an additional $350,000 per year in economic development money for 5 years by 3 to 2 vote, and will revisit the proposal after they know the results of the sales tax ballot question. Mayor Mike Dodson and Commissioner Linda Morse voted in favor of the initial proposal. “We the city and the community have put a lot into Region Reimagined,” says Morse. “It’s been a…
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Kansas State University is celebrating enrollment increases at three of its campuses, despite total enrollment declines. It was announced Wednesday that the university’s Global, Polytechnic and Olathe campuses all saw increases in the total students enrolled, offsetting declines on the Manhattan campus. Overall, the total university enrollment was down 502 students. In a release from the college, K-State Provost and Executive Vice President Charles Taber said the university continues efforts aimed at increasing overall enrollment, in the second year of a strategic enrollment management effort and boost net tuition revenue. Last week, K-State President Richard Myers announced a total of…
Wednesday’s program featured a discussion on USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools with Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and Board President Curt Herrman Dr. Art DeGroat, retired Lieutenant Colonel and Executive Director of K-State Military & Veterans Affairs at KSU discussed “Making Veterans Lives Worth Living Campaign” at the Kansas State University’s Military Affairs Innovation Center.
Officers filed a report for theft by deception in Manhattan on October 1, 2019, at approximately 2:25 PM. Officers listed Walters Morgan Construction as the victim when it was reported a known female suspect made fraudulent charges in the business’ name. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $10,000.00. Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery in Manhattan on October 1, 2019, at approximately 7:45 PM. Officers listed a female (age not listed) as the victim and a male known to her as the suspect in a past domestic violence incident. Due to the nature of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man who attacked staff members at a Topeka television station in 2012 is now charged with assaulting a county corrections officer. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Monday that Ray Miles is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery. Prosecutors allege Miles attacked Shawnee County Corrections Officer Kourtney Flynn in July while she was trying to get him to return a phone. Investigators say the attack continued until other officers intervened. Flynn was treated at a hospital for several injuries. During a court appearance Tuesday, Miles said he wanted to represent himself. Miles…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 31-year-old Leavenworth woman has pleaded not guilty in the death of her 19-month-old son. Catherine Smith is charged with second-degree murder after her son’s death in November 2018. She pleaded on Monday. The Leavenworth Times reports Smith allegedly left her son in a room where the temperature exceeded 90 degrees without checking on him for an extended time. Smith is free on bond. Court records indicate she was released Sept. 16 on a $25,000 bond. The trial is scheduled for Jan. 21.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is reporting that it collected $43 million more in taxes than anticipated in September. The Department of Revenue said Tuesday that the state collected $744 million in taxes during the month when its official revenue forecast predicted $701 million. The surplus is nearly 6.2%. Revenue Secretary Mark Burghart called it an encouraging end to the first quarter of the 2020 state budget year that began in July. For those three months, tax collections were more than $1.7 billion and exceeded expectations by $48 million, or 2.8%. Tax collections for the current fiscal year are running…
With the flu season coming up, Pottawatomie County Health Department director Lisa Kenworthy’s update to the county commission could not have come at a better time. Kenworthy gave an update on area flu clinics to Pottawatomie County commissioners at their weekly meeting Monday morning. 20 clinics, four being new, have been established through October. Here is a list of currently scheduled flu clinics: Wamego First Baptist Church on Oct. 2nd Kaw Valley State Bank on Oct. 2nd Olsburg City Hall on Oct. 3rd R-TECH on Oct. 9th St. Mary’s Senior Center on Oct. 9th Wamego Senior Fair (at the Senior…
The League of Women Voters will be hosting an election forum at the Manhattan Public Library this Sunday for candidates running for the Manhattan City Commission and the USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Board of Education. The city-commission candidates’ forum will be from 1:30 to 3:30 PM and the school-board candidates’ forum will be from 3:45 to 5 PM. League of Women Voters leadership-team member Cathy Hedges said that while each candidate will be answering questions chosen by the LWV, audience members will also have a chance to submit questions they want answered. “We’re very careful to pick issues that we think…
Riley County commissioners have approved an upcoming public hearing for a sewer benefit district in Keats. Deputy County Counselor Craig Cox brought a petition from some of the residents of Keats requesting the sewer district. The petition was signed by about 0.54 acreage, which rounded to about 55% of the residents. State statutes say a petition must be signed by over 50%. Cox says the next step is to schedule a public hearing where the commissioners will consider the petition and decide whether or not to create the district. He added statutes state they need to have the notice published…