Thursday’s guest was Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler, who discussed economic ebbs and flows in the Manhattan/Wamego region past and future, along with new business openings in the area. He also gave his review of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
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U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas, will deliver the first Landon Lecture of the 2018-2019 school year at K-State, according to a news release from the university. Moran’s lecture, “Answering the call: Serving a global society post 9/11,” will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union, and is open to students, faculty, staff and the public. Sept. 11, 2018, marks the 17th anniversary of the day terrorists launched the largest attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor. It’s a day not to be forgotten and a day that has changed the world in many…
Three people were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and burglary late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, according to a press release from the Junction City Police Department Wednesday night. 24-year-old Jacqueline Sampson of Fort Riley, 18-year-old Cameron Fontenot of Junction City and an unnamed 17-year-old Junction City resident were those apprehended and charged by the JCPD. 21-year-old Darian White of Junction City was found dead in a parking lot in the 700 block of West 11th Street last Thursday just before 2 a.m. The JCPD says Sampson and Fontenot are being held without bond pending first appearance at…
A 22-year-old man convicted of aggravated battery after hitting a Kansas State student with his truck in Manhattan has been sentenced to about two years in prison. Nicolas Blaha, of Platte City, Missouri, was sentenced Monday to 20 months for aggravated battery and eight months for failure to stop at the scene. The sentences will run concurrently. The Manhattan Mercury reports Blaha hit 22-year-old hit Amber Wilhelm, of Horton, early April 14, 2017, and continued driving. He said he didn’t remember hitting Wilhelm but later came forward and told police he recognized his truck in a video from the scene.…
LENEXA — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 435 died when his truck collided with a semi-trailer truck. The patrol says the Ford truck was going north in the southbound lanes early Wednesday near Lenexa when it collided nearly head on with the tractor-trailer. The Ford was torn in two by the force of the collision and the driver was killed. The driver’s name was not released. The patrol says lanes of Interstate 435 were closed for nearly seven hours after the collision but have now reopened.
ELK CITY — Authorities say a father and son drowned in southeast Kansas when their vehicle was swept off a road during a rain storm. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department says 72-year-old Dennis Clark Catron Sr. and 39-year-old Dennis Clark Catron Jr., of rural Elk City died Tuesday night on a county road near the Elk City Reservoir. Their bodies were found inside their vehicle. The sheriff’s office says in a news release that its deputies responded to several calls of stranded motorists during Tuesday’s storms. In some cases, deputies and rural firefighters knocked on doors to warn people of…
Parking lot improvements at the Manhattan Regional Airport was the central point of discussion at the Manhattan City Commission meeting Tuesday. Airport Director Jesse Romo said they are about 60 percent done with the design process and that they currently plan to take bids on the construction in November. Romo said that the Airport Advisory Board has been supportive of implementing a parking fee of some sort to pay for the project, but a recent federal bill signed by President Trump after the board discussed supporting a fee opens up another revenue source. Romo said that as a result of…
MANHATTAN — A 22-year-old man convicted of aggravated battery after hitting a Kansas State student with his truck in Manhattan has been sentenced to about two years in prison. Nicolas Blaha, of Platte City, Missouri, was sentenced Monday to 20 months for aggravated battery and eight months for failure to stop at the scene. The sentences will run concurrently. The Manhattan Mercury reports Blaha hit 22-year-old hit Amber Wilhelm, of Horton, early April 14, 2017, and continued driving. He said he didn’t remember hitting Wilhelm but later came forward and told police he recognized his truck in a video from…
HUTCHINSON — Robin Jennison, the head of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, will be the new general manager for the Kansas State Fair. The Hutchinson News reports the selection was announced Tuesday by the State Fair Board in Hutchinson. Jennison is a former state lawmaker and Speaker of the Kansas House. He ran unsuccessfully in 2006 for governor before becoming part of Gov. Sam Brownback’s Cabinet nearly eight years ago. Jennison’s annual salary as general manager will be $122,000, with no health insurance or retirement benefits. He will continue to live in Wichita. He replaces Susan Sankey,…
LAWRENCE — A Kansas man who is fighting deportation to his native Bangladesh will be able to present his case to an immigration judge. Attorneys for Syed Jamal, of Lawrence, announced Tuesday that the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled last week that he should be allowed to present his case to a judge in Kansas City, Missouri. Jamal and his supporters have been fighting his deportation since Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested him in January in front of his family’s home in Lawrence. He was on a plane back to Bangladesh when attorneys secured a court order to remove…