Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included K-State President Richard Myers, Geary County USD 475 Executive Director of Communications Matthew Droge, and US Senator Pat Roberts. Myers: Droge: Roberts:
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WICHITA — A county in south-central Kansas has withdrawn its bit for a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant after weeks of public opposition. The Wichita Eagle reports the Greater Wichita Partnership confirmed on Thursday that Sedgwick County has taken itself out of the running for the project. The business group echoed County Commissioner Richard Ranzau’s Wednesday statement that there isn’t enough support from the commission to offer Tyson financial incentives to build the facility. County officials and opponents of the plant say they believe Tyson wouldn’t come to the county without an offer of tax breaks or other financial subsidies.…
Updated: Thursday, 5:56 p.m. Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells said Thursday morning payments have been set up for city sewer service. “I went and met with the city and offered to pay back to April of last year on my use,” he said during commissioner comments at Thursday’s regularly scheduled commission meeting. Wells added the estate, which is in his mother’s name, will begin payments to the city in 2018. Wells has been the focus of a matter involving family-owned property and sewer services there after a front-page article in Sunday’s Topeka Capital-Journal revealed the property hadn’t been paying…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included NBAF’s Director of Partnership Development Marty Vanier, as well as Governor’s Military Council Executive Director Perry Wiggins. Vanier: Wiggins:
During Wednesday night’s Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education meeting, Student Body President Lily Colburn revealed the results of the student body vote for the new mascot character. The options for the vote were a coyote, wolf, bee, bison, or no character. Colburn said 63% of the vote went to the wolf. The vote began with an online vote to see whether or not the students wanted a physical mascot or not. Colburn said 53% of the students wanted a mascot. The council then asked for suggestions and received over 972. They then narrowed the vote down to the five…
Kansas State football offensive coordinator Dana Dimel is back in the head coaching ranks. He was named the head coach of UTEP Wednesday afternoon, ending a nine-year run with the Wildcats. The following release is from UTEP Athletics: Dana Dimel was named the 26th head coach in UTEP football history by University President Diana Natalicio and Director of Athletics Jim Senter on Wednesday. Dimel, 55, was previously the head coach at the University of Wyoming and the University of Houston. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator, running backs coach and tight ends coach at his alma mater, Kansas…
WICHITA — Spirit AeroSystems plans a $1 billion expansion of its manufacturing facility in Kansas and the addition of 1,000 new jobs. The project announced Wednesday includes capital investments at its Wichita plant site over the next five years. Spirit Chief Executive Officer Tom Gentile says the company’s growth is fueled by higher production rates on existing commercial aircraft as well as the increase in its fabrication and defense business. Plans call for hiring 800 new employees by the end of 2018 and 200 more the following year for jobs. The hourly jobs are estimated to pay around $56,000 annually.…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board member Leah Fliter with Superintendent Marvin Wade, and also Associate Professor of KSU’s Department of Kinesiology Katie Heinrich with post-doctural research fellow with the KSU Department of Kinesiology Sarah Cosgrove. Fliter & Wade: Heinrich & Cosgrove:
TOPEKA — Kansas City-area businessman Greg Orman has appointed a treasurer for an independent campaign for Kansas governor next year. Orman filed the paperwork Tuesday, allowing him to legally accept campaign contributions. He also must collect the signatures of 5,000 registered voters before the August primary to get on the November general election ballot. Orman received national attention in 2014 for running as an independent for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Pat Roberts. Orman received 43 percent of the vote after the Democratic nominee withdrew. He is the 20th candidate to emerge to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.…
Come January 1st, Manhattan residents will see an increase in their water bill. At Tuesday night’s city commission meeting, commissioners approved an increase in water and sewage rates over the next three years. The move comes after an outside consultant firm determined that rates should be increased in order to balance the Water and Wastewater funds after initial projections showing a decrease in balances below recommended levels in 2018 unless revenues were increased or expenses were decreased. “The first year of the three year implementation is not uniform, because it depends on the customer’s meter size or how much water…