The 25th Annual Boy Scouts of America, Coronado Council, Konza District Merit Badge Conference and Target First Class Program will be hosted at Kansas State University on Saturday, according to a press release from the organization. This year is the silver anniversary of the K-State Merit Badge Conference. There will be record attendance of over 1,060 Scouts and adult leaders from 118 Troops throughout Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. There will be 52 merit badge classes will be taught by 75 faculty members at K-State and experts from the Manhattan community. Merit badge classes will take place at Colbert Hills Golf…
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A man was found guilty Thursday of aggravated battery and failure to stop at the scene of an accident that severely injured a Manhattan woman a year ago. The Manhattan Mercury reports 22-year-old Nicolas Blaha of Platte City, Missouri was convicted for hitting Amber Wilhelm,with his truck just before 2 a.m. on April 14, 2017, near the intersection of 12th Street and Bluemont Avenue. Police say she was using the crosswalk. After two full days of hearing the evidence, jurors began deliberation around 10:30 a.m. Thursday and delivered a verdict at 3 p.m. Sentencing is scheduled for June 13 at…
SALINA — A state board has suspended the license of a former Kansas pharmacy manager after she admitted to creating fraudulent prescriptions. The Salina Journal reported Wednesday that 27-year-old Kirsty Hartley’s license to practice was suspended last fall under an emergency order. The Board of Pharmacy hasn’t scheduled a hearing to take final action. The emergency order said that after CVS officials confronted her in July, she signed a statement admitting to creating fake prescriptions to obtain thousands of tablets of the narcotic hydrocodone and the sedatives alprazolam and zolpidem. The order also said that she admitted to personally using…
WASHINGTON — Mike Pompeo has been sworn is as secretary of state. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito swore Pompeo in Thursday afternoon at the Supreme Court. From there, Pompeo was expected to rush to Andrews Air Force Base, where an aircraft was waiting to whisk him to Europe for his first trip as secretary. Pompeo is expected to travel to Brussels before heading on to the Middle East. The Republican, who identified with its Tea Party wing, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas’s 4th congressional district from 2011-2017. Pompeo’s nomination was confirmed by…
Today’s guests on In Focus included Manhattan Regional Airport Director Jesse Romo, and Executive Director for Girls on the Run Candice McIntosh, as well as Executive Director of Pawnee Mental Health Robbin Cole. Romo & McIntosh: Cole:
TOPEKA — Officials say the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is on track to fall short of federal requirements for inspection of 350 nursing home facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the agency’s compliance record for annual inspections has grown worse since 2015, when state employees completed surveys at nearly 80 percent of the state’s nursing facilities. Only 35 percent were inspected in 2017 and the state is on pace to conduct less than 40 percent for 2018. Department Secretary Tim Keck says the agency needs more inspectors to comply. Republican Sen.…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators could consider a gun-rights proposal and new legal protections for faith-based adoption agencies after reconvening this week. Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer and the state’s Catholic bishops are backing a Senate-passed proposal to allow state foster care contractors to do business with adoption agencies that refuse on religious grounds to place children in LGBT homes. Meanwhile, some lawmakers want to decrease the age at which gun owners can carry concealed to 18 from 21. Fiscal issues also are on legislators’ plate when they return Thursday from their annual spring break. They expect to fix a flaw in…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Blue Valley Superintendent Brady Burton, Riley County School District Super Cliff Williams, and Flint Hills Regional Council Director Gary Stith.
WICHITA — Kansas is rolling out the welcome mat after “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill tweeted about wanting to visit. Gov. Jeff Colyer suggested Monday in a tweet that Hamill come on May 4, which fans call Star Wars Day for the wordplay on “May the Force be with you.” Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner responded with “I only let Jedi Warriors drive my patrol car.” The state’s transportation touted its roads in a tweet that included a video clip of Batman’s archenemy, the Joker, whom Hamill has voiced. The love fest began after Hamill was asked in Twitter…
The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Department will be sharing thoughts and ideas for the updated Master Plan for City Park. A presentation of updated plans will be shared with the city commission and the community beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night inside Manhattan’s City Hall. The planning process is currently re-engaging with the community to evaluate parks and recreation facility improvements from a broader, community-wide perspective as part of the Parks and Recreation Facility Feasibility Study. The department recently held an open house to share the updated vision with the community. For more information, you can visit City Park Master…