Tuttle Creek Eagle Day, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tuttle Creek Lake, returns Saturday, Jan. 5, during peak eagle-watching season. It starts at 9 a.m. and runs until 12:30 p.m. The event has been held for more than 20 years with help from the Northern Flint Hills Audubon Society, the Tuttle Creek Lake Association, the Milford Nature Center and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife service. It’s free and open to the public and no registration is required. Participants will get to see live native birds of prey up-close in presentations from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife…
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TOPEKA — Kansas’ new Democratic congresswoman is preparing to vote for legislation drafted by her party’s leaders for reopening parts of the federal government. Rep.-elect Sharice Davids said Wednesday the package should have bipartisan support in both the House and Senate and she hopes it can pass Congress quickly. The package includes $1.3 billion for border security. That’s far less than President Donald Trump is seeking for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Parts of the federal government have been shut down since Dec. 22 because of the dispute over funding the wall. Davids said she hopes Trump comes to…
LAWRENCE — The Delaware Tribe has abandoned plans to develop an agricultural heritage center northeast of Lawrence. Chief Chester Brooks said the tribe’s council decided the proposed center would not produce enough revenue to cover the estimated $500,000 cost of developing it. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the tribe, based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is now trying to lease the 92-acre site to another agricultural user. The property is just northeast of the Kansas Turnpike’s interchange in North Lawrence. Brooks says the Delaware Tribe would prefer to sell the land. The tribe bought the property in 2013 with plans to open a…
LAWRENCE — Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly says she’s aware the state may need to help higher education institutions but has more pressing issues she needs to focus on during her first legislative session. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Kelly says the state will “go after the critical issues first,” listing K-12 education funding, Medicaid expansion, infrastructure and the state’s foster care program as the main issues. She says the state will be “doing what we can” for higher education, which saw its budget slashed by $30.7 million under former Gov. Sam Brownback. Lawmakers restored $6 million of that in 2017…
Wednesday’s guests included USD 383 Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and board member Darell Edie with a preview of the first school board meeting of 2019. During segment three, Manhattan Parks & Recreation joined the program with updates from Melissa Kirkwood, Sidney Baker (Aquatics/Ice Rink) and Lindsay Sparlin (Arts and Humanities Coordinator). Our final segment featured a flu update from Riley County Health Department Clinic Supervisor Leslie Campbell and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Andrew Adams.
WICHITA — The Wichita school district plans to pay up to $25,000 to settle a lawsuit with a student who fell on a wet floor at a middle school on a rainy day and broke his leg. The Wichita Eagle reports that a court hearing is set for Monday. The district’s board has voted to settle the lawsuit with the student who fell three years ago as he approached a stair landing at Hamilton Middle School. Court documents say the student “suffered personal injury and incurred medical expenses.” Neither the district nor an attorney for the boy’s family responded to…
WICHITA — Wichita police have contacted the FBI about a report that a white man kicked a 1-year-old black child in the back at a Wichita grocery store and yelled racial slurs. The Wichita Eagle reports that the boy’s mother, 29-year-old Lashantai Whitaker, says she talked to an FBI agent Monday. Her son wasn’t seriously hurt. Wichita police confirmed that officers have been in contact with the agency. Thirty-one-year-old Trace Riff was let out of jail shortly after his Dec. 23 arrest. So far, the case has been referred to municipal court and is being treated as a relatively minor…
DODGE CITY — Ford County has paid more than $70,000 in legal fees so far to a firm that represented its county clerk in a lawsuit filed after Dodge City’s only polling place was moved outside city limits for November’s general election. The Hutchinson News reports a document it received through an open records request shows the county paid the Hinkle Law Firm $71,481 in October and November to defend County Clerk Debbie Cox. The American Civil Liberties Union sued Cox in late October because the location inside the city was scheduled to undergo construction. The ACLU argued moving the…
HUTCHINSON — Authorities say a fire that erupted after a New Year’s Eve party has destroyed a Hutchinson commercial building that was being used as a wood hobby shop. The Hutchinson News reports that the party ended around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, and the fire was reported just before 7 a.m. About 40 firefighters battled the blaze. It was brought under control about two hours later, despite a firefight that was hampered by freezing temperatures and a broken hydrant. Hutchinson Fire Chief Steve Beer says the building was in the process of being purchased and is considered a total loss. The…
Alonzo Revada Jr., 36, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 1, 2019, at approximately 5:40 PM. Revada Jr. was arrested on offenses of aggravated burglary, aggravated interference with parent custody, domestic battery and endangering a child. Revada Jr. was issued a total bond of $20,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Randall Anthony Flanagan, 24, of Ogden was arrested at the 300 block of N. Park Street in Ogden on January 1, 2019 at approximately 7:47 p.m. Flanagan was arrested on an offense of criminal trespass and was issued a total…