SALINA — Pope Francis has announced that Monsignor Gerald Vincke is the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salina. The Salina Journal reports that the pope made the announcement Wednesday. Vincke will become the 12th bishop of the Salina Diocese, replacing Bishop Edward Weisenburger who left in September to take over as bishop of the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona. Vincke joins Salina after time as a pastor in Michigan, where he was ordained to priesthood in 1999. The Salina Diocese spreads across more than 26,000 square miles (67,340 square kilometers), while the Lansing, Michigan, Diocese covers just more than…
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LAWRENCE — Kansas consumer advocates are recommending state utility regulators reject Westar Energy’s request for a $17.2 million rate increase and instead order the company to cut rates. The Lawrence Journal-World reports employees of the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board recommended this week that the commission cut Westar rates for customers by at least $69 million. The board, or CURB, is a state agency representing consumers in utility rate cases. Westar provides service to about 700,000 customers in Kansas. The company has filed a rate request that translates to an increase of $2.80 a month for…
TOPEKA — Dozens of elected officials in Rep. Kevin Yoder’s congressional district in Kansas are pushing him to demand an end to the forced separation of families caught crossing the U.S. border illegally. Democratic state Rep. Jarrod Ousley of Merriam and Republican state Rep. Linda Gallagher of Lenexa delivered a letter Wednesday to Yoder’s office in Overland Park. The letter urged Yoder to demand that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stop separating families. The GOP congressman is chairman of a House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee. Yoder said in a statement that he is “heartbroken” by the separations and is…
MCPHERSON — McPherson Police Chief Robert McClarty says a 17-year-old boy has been arrested in the shooting death of a man whose body was found this week in a mobile home park. McClarty says the boy was arrested Tuesday afternoon. His name was not released. The news release says the suspect was arrested on charges of first-degree murder, burglary, theft and possession of stolen property in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Jordan Krell, of Canton. The suspect was booked into a juvenile detention center. Canton’s body was found Monday lying in an empty lot at the mobile home park…
A man was taken to Via Christi hospital on Wednesday after falling from the saddle of his motorcycle near Manhattan according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Jeremy Scott, a 31-year-old from Junction City, was riding eastbound on K-18 with a convoy at 9:30 a.m. when he lost control of his bike. The group came to a sudden stop causing Scott to lay down his motorcycle to avoid a collision and fall from the seat. According to KHP, Scott was not wearing a helmet at the time. He was riding as part of a convoy with the Vietnam Memorial replica known…
The Manhattan City Commission discussed the proposed 2019 budget at their meeting in City Hall Tuesday. The new budget amounts $155 million total, a $6.7 million increase from 2018. Despite the increase, multiple city revenue sources are falling short of projections. Sales tax is one of the sources coming up short, expected to fall $100,000 to $150,000 below projected numbers for 2018. “We used to grow very, very exponentially every year in sales tax growth — we’re just not experiencing that right now and we don’t intend to in 2019,” Manhattan Assistant Director of Finance Hillary Badger told the commission.…
Wednesday’s guests were Rock Creek USD 323 Superintendent Kevin Logan, Wamego USD 320 Superintendent Tim Winter, Manhattan Fire Department Assistant Chief Brad Claussen, Deputy Building Official Darren Emery and Deputy Fire Marshal Ryan Courtwright.
Manhattan Regional Airport is among 16 airports in Kansas that will be receiving federal funds through an ariport infrastructure grant. The grant was announced through Republican Congressman Roger Marshall’s office. According to Marshall’s office, a $7.4 million in grant monies will be distributed through Kansas First District airports, with the Manhattan airport set to receive $450,000. The Salina airport will receive the highest grant in the amount of $886,500. In a media release issued Tuesday, Marshall stated, “These grants will not just help our local airports remain efficient and safe, but will help with longer term planning for future development…
A scaled replica of the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial made its way through Wamego Wednesday morning on its way to Wamego City Park. Opening ceremonies for “The Wall That Heals” will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Wamego City Park. Caterpillar Wamego Operations and the Wamego Area Chamber of Commerce partnered to bring the memorial, along with a mobile Education Center, to Wamego. Event schedules are as follows: Opening Ceremony: Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard (Ft. Riley) Roger Donlan, first recipient of Medal of Honor in Vietnam (1964) Tracey Mann, Kansas Lt. Governor Ron Highland, Kansas State Representative Paul Olsen, Facility…
The Manhattan Fire Department battled a residential blaze Tuesday afternoon. At 3:31 p.m. the MFD was dispatched to 2501 Meadowood Drive for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found a one-story residential structure with smoke showing. Crews were able to locate and extinguished a fire in the basement within 20 minutes of arriving on scene. A total of 16 firefighters responded on six fire apparatus. Investigators with Riley County Police Department and MFD determined Wednesday morning the cause for the fire was incendiary. There were two occupants home at the time of the fire and both occupants…