A panel consisting of State Senator Tom Hawk, State Representative Susie Swanson, State Representative Sydney Carlin and State Representative Tom Phillips addressed several questions pertaining to education, taxes and state budgeting on Saturday, April 1. At the Sunset Zoo’s Nature Exploration Center, free coffee and donuts were provided to the public as the panel of legislators attempted to explain how they were working to right the wrongs of others in the statehouse, while also explaining their positions on boards, discussing budgeting and deficit numbers causing concern throughout the state, and addressing other issues such as mental health funding, education funding and…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Monday, April 10, construction work will begin on a pedestrian and bicycle path project on Knox Lane between Casement Road and Northeast Park Street in Manhattan. Project work includes construction of sidewalk ramps at the Casement Road intersection, new sidewalk and some new driveway construction, and curb and gutter work on south side of Knox Lane. Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, with some occasional weekend work. The project was intended to start on Monday, April 3, however due to next week’s wet weather, the project start date has been rescheduled for Monday, April 10, weather permitting. During construction, Knox Lane will…
Riley County Police Officers filed a report for criminal threat and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. yesterday morning. Officers listed Larry McCallister, 34, of Ogden, and Denny’s Restaurant, as victims when McCallister reported that a suspect broke a window of the store and threatened to kill him when he escorted the suspect from the restaurant. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $700.00. Tony Dennie, 58, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested in the 200 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. for criminal damage to property. Dennie’s bond was set at $500.00, causing…
Shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, officers with the Junction City Police Department responded to the local Walmart Supercenter in reference to a subject that had been attacked while in her car. Upon arrival, officers met with the victim who advised that a white female with blonde hair exited a gray or dark blue vehicle, possibly a Nissan that was parked next to her vehicle. The female opened the victim’s car door, reached in and grabbed the victim by the hair. After a brief struggle, the female got back into the Nissan. A white male with dark hair was in…
Sales tax in Manhattan will rise .2 percent Saturday. Manhattan voters passed the increase in the November election with 65 percent in favor. The increase will generate an extra $2 million for the city annually. Those funds will go to street repairs and the city’s Safe Routes to School program. The increase puts Manhattan’s sales tax at 8.95 percent and will sunset after 10 years.
A Manhattan state senator told KMAN he is optimistic the legislature can override the latest veto from the governor. “I’m hoping and thinking we’ll get the 27 votes to take care of our constituents,” Sen. Tom Hawk said Thursday. “That’s what we need now if the governor’s not gonna be a party to the problem solving.” Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed a bill that would have extended the state’s health coverage for the poor under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The conservative Republican made the move Thursday. He said the expansion would fail to serve the truly needy…
A docked boat that broke loose due to rising river waters caused quite the commotion near the lunch hour on Thursday, according to a press release from the Manhattan Fire Department. At 10:51 a.m. MFD was dispatched to the area of Pillsbury Drive and Linear Trail for a report of an out of control boat with two male occupants. The original report placed the boat on the Kansas River behind Aldi’s. Boats from MFD and the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office searched the area and were able to find an empty boat on the river. The original information about two occupants was…
Today’s guests were Milo Kelly of Manhattan, author of “I Want to be Wealthy–the Talk about Money”, Lisa Jones from the Irwin Army Community Hospital Nutrition month, Aaron Simon, Co-Director with K-State’s Apparel Textiles interior design Showcase and Assistant VP Student Life/ Director, Housing and Dining Services Derek Jackson.
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed a bill that would have extended the state’s health coverage for the poor under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The conservative Republican governor made the move Thursday. He explained that he thinks the expansion would fail to serve the truly needy and would burden the state with what he called “unrestrainable entitlement costs.” The bill would have expanded Medicaid coverage to as many as 180,000 additional adults. Legislators gave final approval to the measure Tuesday. It had strong bipartisan majorities in both chambers, but supporters were short of the…
(an investigation regarding a hit and run injury accident on I-70 is listed in a separate news report) Riley County Police Officers filed a report for burglary and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of Plymate Ln. on March 29, 2017 at approximately 8:40 PM. Officers listed Shengming Wang, 26, of Manhattan, as the victim when he reported that an unknown suspect cut the lock off of his storage unit and took 50 pairs of Nike shoes. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $15,015.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan…