Today’s guests on In Focus included Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board President Marcia Rozell and Superintendent Marvin Wade, as well as Mary Mertz and Melissa Wahl with Riley County Farm Bureau. Rozell & Wade: Mertz & Wahl:
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA — The Kansas Democratic Party says its executive director is stepping down. The party announced Tuesday in a news release that Kerry Gooch is resigning, although he will remain during the search for his replacement. Gooch became director in 2015 at the age of 24. He joined the party as political director in 2013. Gooch says he is ready for his “next adventure,” but the release provided no details about his future plans. He also said in the release that he was “proud of the progress” that the party had made and that it was time for the party to…
WICHITA — Participants in the Kansas winter wheat tour say it is too early to know the full extent of storm damage on the state’s crop. The first day of the annual tour on Tuesday covered wheat fields from Manhattan to Colby. The 70 participating scouts made 222 stops that day. It estimated the average yield at 43 bushels per acre for the first leg of the tour. That is down from 47.1 bushels per acre for the same area a year ago. Some effects of late April freezes were apparent in a big portion of central Kansas, but were overshadowed…
On the phone, examining maps and orchestrating the emergency response efforts within Riley County is Tyler Seifkes, a Riley County Police Department dispatcher. Seifkes has worked for the RCPD over the past decade, following his time in the radio industry and graduating with a degree in communications from Kansas State University. Dispatchers at the RCPD headquarters are the only employees of the county’s law enforcement who work 12 hour shifts. After the end of a long day, dispatchers clock out and cope with what they had dealt with over their shift. For a long-time employee like Seifkes, it’s become easier over the years to…
The fate of a German short-haired pointer is still unclear after Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission meeting. Buck, the dog, may be put down after twice biting a two-year-old last month following his adoption from the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter in April. The dog is quarantined until Friday, which is standard protocol for a dog that has not had rabies shots. Buck bit the child on April 24 and may now be facing euthanasia, as is standard procedure according to city ordinance. Plenty of concerned community members attending the city commission meeting to speak on behalf of Buck, who they feel…
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers who oppose concealed guns at state hospitals have yet to settle on a path forward, though they’ve likely ruled out spending $24 million to secure the facilities. Spending committees in the House and Senate have decided they won’t fund GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal that the state pay for metal detectors and armed guards at state-run hospitals for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. Under a 2013 law Brownback signed, the hospitals will have to allow guns starting July 1 unless they provide security measures. Opponents of concealed carry say they want at least a partial rollback…
SALINA — A Salina woman was sentenced to nearly 31 years in prison for her role in the death of a Nebraska man. Twenty-five-year-old Amber Craig was sentenced Tuesday in the death of 32-year-old Adonis Loudermilk, of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was killed in April 2016 in the parking lot of a Starlite Motel in Salina. The Salina Journal reports Craig pleaded no contest in February to second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. She settled a separate case by pleading no contest to trafficking methamphetamine in jail May 6. Co-defendant DiAntre Lemmie, who shot Loudermilk, will be sentenced…
Neil Berg’s widely acclaimed “100 Years of Broadway,” a musical revue of Broadway’s most celebrated shows, comes to Kansas State University’s McCain Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14, as the final presentation of the 2016-2017 McCain Performance Series. Recreating the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century, “100 Years of Broadway” features stars and music from classics like “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Les Miserables,” “CATS,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Jekyll & Hyde.” The cast includes five Broadway stars: Rita Harvey, Lawrence Clayton, Natalie Toro, William Michals and Danny Zolli. They are accompanied by an all-star…
Riley county Police Officers responded to a report of an injury accident at 6th and Osage Streets at approximately 2:10 PM Monday. When officers arrived on scene, they found Joshua Haus, 19, of Manhattan, suffering from injuries after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a GMC Terrain, driven by Diane Washington, 67, of Manhattan. Haus was transported to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan for treatment of his injuries. Washington was cited for failure to yield right of way at a stop sign. ### A Manhattan man faces a $14,000 bond following his arrest Monday. Tyler Mann, 20, was taken…
Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr: