Manhattan City officials are looking forward to a potential increase in revenue following a new Supreme Court ruling. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that internet retailers must collect tax on online sales based on the tax rate in which the customer lives. “We haven’t evolved with the way technology has changed retail sales and people’s behaviors,” said Trent Armbrust, the Director of Economic Development for the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. Armbrust said during an appearance on KMAN’s “In Focus” Friday that 15.6 percent of all retail sales are now done online and are seeing a 9.6 percent…
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ANDALE — Authorities say two firefighters were hurt while fighting a fire at a south-central Kansas church. The fire started early Sunday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Andale, which is about 20 miles west of Wichita. Sedgwick County spokeswoman Kate Flavin says the two injured firefighters were treated at a hospital and released later that night. Fire officials suspect that lighting sparked the blaze, which caused a section of the roof to collapse. Firefighters from several agencies responded. So much water was used that police asked Andale residents to limit their use of water. The pastor, Daryl Befort, told…
The City of Manhattan is warning residents to plan accordingly for an upcoming road closure. The roundabout at Gary Avenue and Candlewood Drive will be closed for street repairs starting Monday, July 2. Work will run throughout the month of July, but is expected to be completed by August 1. Residents will be allowed access to their driveways if they are in the work zone during the construction, but all through traffic is prohibited. City officials advise extra caution and reduced speed around work zones.
Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery in Manhattan on June 24, 2018. Officers listed a 27 year old female and a 30 year old male as the suspects and the victims. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic) no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for rape in Manhattan on June 24, 2018. Officers listed a 21 year old female as the victim and a 25 year old male known to her as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will be released. Officers…
KANSAS CITY — Authorities say a tractor-trailer driver has survived after his rig went off the side of a Kansas City, Kansas, highway overpass and fell about 60 feet to the ground below. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the driver is in serious condition after failing to negotiate a curve around 4 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 670 near Interstate 70. The Kansas City Star reports that patrol spokeswoman Tiffany Bush says the truck was carrying produce. A witness, Bill Newcamp of Atchison, said he was waiting for a work crew near the overpass when he saw the truck fall. He…
TOPEKA — A new Kansas law goes into effect on July 1 that legally protects Good Samaritans who break into vehicles to save overheating children, animals and vulnerable adults. Several groups are planning to get together at 11 a.m. Monday in Spring Hill to talk about the law and show Kansans how to exercise that right. The event highlights the dangers of hot cars with planned demonstrations showing temperature rise in a car and how to break a car’s window safety and easily. The bill signed into law earlier this year states it would provide immunity from civil liability when…
Monday’s guests were owners Ward and Brenda Morgan as well as Curator Drew Casper of the new car museum in Manhattan, Midwest Dream Car Collection.
Riley County Commissioners approved the 2019 budget for publication on Thursday morning. The county mill levy will increase 2.09 mills compared to last year. A mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 in assessed, taxable property value. Commissioners have cited higher than expected ambulance service costs and new emergency radio infrastructure as the reasons for the hike. In earlier meetings, the commissioners decided to keep most of the requests made from county departments flat from last year. Robinson told commissioners the published budget will be in the Manhattan Mercury June 25-27. They will then hold a public hearing on…
A representative of the Riley County Police Department usually visits the studio every third Friday of the month, but Country Stampede has the department busy for this month’s appearance. Instead, in celebration of the new Jurassic World sequel coming out this weekend, die-hard JP fan and KMAN News Director Brady Bauman battled Andrew Hammond of sister station Z96.3 to a Jurassic Park trivia contest. Later in the show, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Director of Economic Development saved the program with discussion on the latest ruling from the Supreme Court concerning online sales tax and what it means for local…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition and fee increases for all six public universities, citing a need to keep pace with rising costs and declining state support. K-State is increasing its tuition by 1.1 percent after it announced in May a budget cut of $15 million for FY2019. Full-time resident undergraduate students attending the University of Kansas in Lawrence will see a combined increase of about 3 percent. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the increase will bring the total cost of tuition plus fees to nearly $5,574 per semester. The increase comes at a time when…