Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse.
Author: KMAN Staff
Monday’s guest was K-State Veterinary Health Center Director Dr. Tom Schwartz.
WICHITA — A new report shows more than half of the winter wheat crop in Kansas is struggling. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 18 percent of the wheat is in “very poor” condition, with another 33 percent rated as poor. Just 34 percent of the crop got a fair with another 14 percent rated as good and 1 percent as excellent. The report further shows that only 42 percent of the wheat had headed, well behind the 80 percent at this point last year and the 62 percent average for this late in the season. Kansas farmers…
WICHITA — A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of three men who plotted to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Monday reset the sentencing date to Sept. 6 for Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen. The case had been scheduled for sentencing next month, but some defense attorneys asked for more time in part to prepare for it. The men were convicted in April of one count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of conspiracy against civil rights. Wright was also…
Updated: Monday, 10:29 a.m. Authorities have released more information regarding a fatality accident early Friday morning on Highway 24 in Manhattan, where a homeless man was killed crossing the highway in the area near Academy Sports at 401 E. Poyntz Ave. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the deceased as 56-year-old George Lott of Springfield, Missouri. The driver was identified as 35-year-old Justin Bolt of Circle, Kansas. According to Lt. Greg Harkrader of the Kansas Highway Patrol Friday, two homeless men were crossing the highway in the area just after midnight Friday morning. The duo crossed in front of an eastbound…
The Riley County Police Department will again see a hike in its budget for 2019. The Riley County Law Board voted 4-2 during a special meeting Friday afternoon to up spending for the RCPD by $907,703 for next year — a raise of 4.385 percent compared to 2018. The RCPD proposed a budget of $21.6 million. The 2018 budget totaled $20.7 million. In 2017, the board approved a budget of $20.3 million. The budget now moves to publication before it is formally approved following a public hearing during the board’s June meeting. Manhattan City Commissioner Mike Dodson, Riley County Attorney…
Friday’s guests were State Rep. Sydney Carlin (D-Manhattan), State Rep. Tom Phillips (R-Manhattan), State Rep. Ron Highland (R-Wabaunsee), and State Sen. Tom Hawk (D-Manhattan).
Thursday’s guests included Fort Riley Master Sgt. Jason Snell of the Soldier For Life – Transition Assistance Program, along with Fort Riley’s Monica Smith of Education Services. Finally, Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at K-State Dr. Todd Goodson was in studio to talk about Summer STEM Institute and more. Snell & Smith: Goodson:
SALINA — One of four men accused of in the death of a Salina man pleaded no contest to felony murder and kidnapping in a deal that means he could be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison. Thirty-one-year-old Charles Rodgers agreed to the plea deal in Tuesday in the June 2017 death of 29-year-old Brandon Lee Shelby. Prosecutors say Shelby was stabbed and beaten to death and his body was left about a mile northeast of Salina. The Salina Journal reports prosecutors say Rodgers agreed to kill Shelby for 40-year-old James Pavey. He expected to be paid with…
Although the state legislature has restored some past cuts to higher education, Kansas State University announced Thursday it’s still preparing for budget cuts totaling $15 million, according to a statement by the university’s Division of Communications and Marketing via K-State Today. K-State cited decreases in enrollment as a factor. “Similar to most institutions across the nation, our reliance on tuition revenue to finance our operations has increased during the past decade,” the post said. “We have experienced record graduation rates with declining enrollment in recent years. The subsequent loss of tuition revenue will require 5.72 percent, or approximately $15 million, in…