News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/6/23: Ron Fehr, John Matta Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 16:55 Segment 3 – 24:38 Segment 4 – 37:57 Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Commissioner John Matta join us for a preview of Tuesday’s legislative meeting and other city business.
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion providers sued Kansas on Tuesday over a law enacted this year and existing restrictions, including a decades-old requirement that patients wait 24 hours after first seeing a provider to terminate their pregnancies. Besides the waiting period, the lawsuit challenges a law set to take effect July 1 that will require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be stopped using a regimen that major medical groups have called unproven and potentially dangerous. The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Johnson County in the Kansas City area, argues that Kansas has created a…
Cowboys and cowgirls are moseying on over to the Flint Hills Discovery Center this Friday for the 2023 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest Championship. According to a Monday release, a total of seven contestants have advanced to this year’s finals. Betty Burlingham, Manhattan; John Marks, Gypsum; Mary Powell, Longton; Colby Richard, Ellsworth; Kasey Rieff, Sarcoxie, MO; and Scott Wiswell, Valley Center have entries in the serious poem category. Burlingham, Marks, Powell, Rieff, and Wiswell are also competing in the humorous category along with Russell Graves, Arkansas City. Performances will be assessed by a panel of celebrity judges including former Kansas Supreme…
Vandals have struck again out at Anneberg Park. The Riley County Police Department says officers filed a criminal damage to property report Monday after the City of Manhattan reported damage to the soccer building complex, including a door, as well as locks and knobs on three doors to the building. Damage was estimated at just under $1,200. It’s the third report of vandalism at Anneberg Park since mid-April. Anyone with information is asked to call RCPD or Crime Stoppers.
Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Commissioner John Matta join us for a preview of Tuesday’s legislative meeting and other city business.
Eleanor Fisher, 47, of Junction City was arrested on June 5, 2023, around 12:30 p.m. on her two Geary Count District Court warrants for failure to appear. These warrants held a total bond of $5,000, Fisher is no longer confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft in the 1100 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan on June 5, 2023, around 1:45 p.m. A 46-year-old woman was listed as the victim when she reported her white Specialized Vita bicycle was stolen from the parking lot of her residence. The estimated total loss associated with this…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/5/23: Manhattan Parks and Recreation Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:16 Manhattan Parks & Recreation Director Aaron Stewart joins us to discuss the outlook for the department, sharing information from the comprehensive master plan. Registration for fall programs also is covered. News Radio KMAN · In Focus 6/5/23: Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency Segment 1 – 00:00 Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency Marketing and Communications Specialist Daphne McNelly provides the monthly update on ATA Bus activity.
Kansas State cornerback Terence Newman is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year, as the National Football Foundation released Monday a list of 78 players and nine coaches from major college football who are on the list. The first round pick of the Dallas Cowboys after a career that saw him intercept 10 passes over four seasons, five alone his senior campaign before playing nine years in the NFL. Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame…
The Riley County Board of Commissioners approved a request Monday to administer two surveys to collect staff and public feedback on a proposed schedule of four, ten-hour days per workweek for all departments. Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo presented the survey request to commissioners and emphasized that the benefits of this change extend beyond an additional day off for employees. He said this new schedule would offer the same, if not better, level of services at no extra cost to taxpayers. Commissioners voiced concerns about making this switch, but Vargo said he is only asking for the board to be…
A bench warrant has been issued for a Fort Riley soldier accused in a 2018 rape. Luis Emanuel Cortijo-Abreu was initially charged in July 2019 with the rape of a mentally deficient victim. In court Monday, it was discussed by attorney Brenda Jordan that she has not had contact with Abreu for an extended period of time, noting that online court records show nothing has happened with his case since a March 2020 arraignment hearing. At that time Abreu was bound over on charges of rape and criminal sodomy. He had been out of jail on a $30,000 bond. At…