Every segment brings a different paper from John’s “creatively organized” desk, as well as touching on K-State basketball with plenty of news. Kellis Robinett and Cole Manbeck both join the show today. 0:00 – Amaad Wainright Issue 11:07 – Kellis Robinett 23:13 – Bruce Extension 33:03 – Johnny Manziel said something crazy 38:31 – Cole Manbeck 50:53 – Expectations for KSU hoops 1:04:40 – YCBS
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The USD 475 Board of Education approved the selection of Hutton Construction as its Construction Manager At Risk for construction of the new Junction City High School Monday, as well as performance against the District Master Plan for facilities and maintenance repairs and construction through 2023. According to a press release from the school district Wednesday, construction of the new high school and associated facilities was approved by voters during a November 2017 special bond election and is valued at $105 million dollars. The District Master Plan for facilities is valued at an additional $17 million through 2023. Hutton Construction,…
The Pottawatomie County Commission has expressed interest in establishing a fifth ambulance station. It would serve the southwest portion of the county, according to County Administrator Robert Reece, who appeared before the commission Monday morning. According to a report in the Manhattan Mercury Tuesday, such talks are occurring amid Riley County recently stating that it planned to discontinue ambulance coverage in the area. Reece said he and the EMS department would begin moving forward by putting together cost figures for the prospective station, concluding that more research is still needed in trying to generate run and call volumes for the…
Today’s guests on In Focus included USD 383 Superintendent Marvin Wade and Board Member Dave Colburn, followed by Nancy Stover with the Enid Stover Poetry Recitation. Wade & Colburn: Stover:
TOPEKA — A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer says he would sign a public school funding plan approved by the Kansas House if lawmakers sent it to him. Spokeswoman Kara Fullmer made the comment Wednesday after Colyer praised the House proposal to phase in a roughly $520 million increase in education funding over five years. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in October that the state’s current education funding of more than $4 billion a year is not sufficient under the state constitution. Colyer has said repeatedly that lawmakers should approve a plan aimed at satisfying the court before taking…
Officers responded to the report of an injury accident in the 100 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan on April 2, 2018 at approximately 2:45 PM. When officers arrived on scene they found a pedestrian, Dale Budden, 71, of Manhattan had been struck by a 2011 Chevy Silverado Pickup driven by Stanley Fegter, 79, of Manhattan. Budden was transported to Via Christi for treatment of his injuries. Officers filed a report for theft by deception in the 500 block of N 3rd Pl. in Manhattan on April 2, 2018 at approximately 4:10 PM. Officers listed Kale Drewelow, 19, of Fort…
TOPEKA — A coalition of business and agricultural groups is proposing a constitutional amendment that would give the Kansas Legislature sole authority to determine adequate funding for the state’s schools. The push comes as lawmakers work to respond to a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that the state continues to underfund its schools after years of litigation and court rulings. The state Constitution requires Kansas to provide a suitable education for every child. The Lawrence Journal-World reports a group called the Kansas Coalition for Fair Funding says the state needs to take politics out of the education funding controversy and allow…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan City Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
And Ogden man was sentenced to life in prison with a 25-year minimum for first-degree murder Monday. The Manhattan Mercury reported Monday 30-year-old Luis Aguirre was sentenced inside the Riley County District Courthouse for the murder of his son and additional 61 months for the voluntary manslaughter of his ex-girlfriend. The two died on Sept. 21, 2009. Aguirre was found guilty of murder during a 2012 trial, but the Kansas Supreme Court reversed that verdict after ruling police violated his rights during interrogation. In September 2016, Aguirre’s defense waived his right to a speedy trial.
A Colorado man pleaded guilty Monday to robbing a bank in Manhattan, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister. Kenneth Wayne Fisher, Jr., 42, formerly of Colorado Springs, Colo., pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. Fisher admitted that on Aug. 26, 2015, he robbed Sunflower State Bank at 2710 Anderson Ave. in Manhattan. He gave a teller a note saying, “Give me the money and no tricks.” A few months after the Manhattan robbery, Fisher was arrested in California. He was extradited to Arkansas to face charges of robbing a bank in Bentonville, Ark., on…