The Kansas Department of Transportation will undergo a leadership change. Governor, Sam Brownback announced Wednesday that KDOT Secretary, Mike King will step down from his post on July 15th. According to a statement from the Governor’s office, former State Representative, Richard Carlson of St. Mary’s will step in as interim Secretary while a search for a permanent is conducted. Carlson was a Pottawatomie County Commissioner for 12 years, prior to being elected as a State Representative in 2004.
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Peggy Schmidt is joining the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University as associate dean for academic programs and student affairs. Schmidt has been a faculty member in veterinary education for 12 years, and served as an academic director for nine. Schmidt currently serves as Director of Outcomes Assessment at Western University of Health Sciences. She is also an associate professor of population health and epidemiology. Schmidt earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science with meat animal emphasis at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1993. She then earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota…
SALINA — A judge has found sufficient evidence for two people to stand trial in the killing of a Nebraska man in a Salina motel parking lot. The Salina Journal reports that 21-year-old DiAntre Lemmie and 24-year-old Amber Craig were bound over for trial Tuesday. They are charged in the fatal April shooting of 32-year-old Adonis Loudermilk, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Among the preliminary hearing witnesses was James Faircloth, who tattooed Lemmie at the motel. Faircloth said he heard Craig tell Lemmie that Loudermilk had a “wad” of cash, and that Lemmie vowed to “get that.” Later, Lemmie left the room, and Faircloth…
Our first guest on In Focus was USD 383 Board President Marcia Rozell and Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid. The second guest on In Focus was Ken Scroggs The final guest on In Focus was Christopher Renner
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court has signed off on a new education funding law that boosts state aid to poor school districts. The justices issued a brief order Tuesday saying that the Legislature “has currently satisfied” the court’s previous orders on education funding by approving the measure last week. The decision ends a threat that the state’s public schools would be shut down after Thursday. The court issued its three-page order a day after Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed the school finance measure into law. Lawyers for the state and attorneys for four school districts suing the state submitted a joint…
A Manhattan man was arrested Tuesday morning by Riley County Police Department. Gage Knudson, 24,was arrested Tuesday morning while at the Riley County Police Department. He was arrested on the offenses of burglary and theft of property or services and was given a bond of $5,000. This warrant from Riley County stemmed from an incident in Spring 2016. Knudson was not confined at the Riley County Jail.
The Manhattan City Commission heard funding requests Tuesday from outside agencies during the third 2017 City Budget work session. The Social Services Advisory Board asked for $417,688 in 2017 funding, an increase of 8.5% over 2016. John Ball, the chair of the advisory board, said folks don’t easily see the impact of poverty in Manhattan in large part due to the services facilitated by the board. “By having a good social service network, probably the key thing is it keeps pressure off of law enforcement,” he said. The Special Alcohol Fund Advisory Committee presented its 2017 budget recommendation Tuesday. The fund is…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Pottawatomie County Commission Chair Dee McKee and Health Director Leslie Campbell Charlene Brownson and Barry Miche with Geneological Society Brandon Irwin with Kansas State University’s Department of Kinesiology on Affordable Housing and update on his Tiny House
LIBERTY, Mo. — A Kansas man is charged with stealing a shuttle van at an airport and then trying to take off in a jet to fly to Miami. The Kansas City Star reports 21-year-old Adam Scott, of Overland Park, was charged Friday in Clay County, Missouri, with two counts of first-degree tampering. He also faces a tampering charge in Platte County. Investigators say Scott took the van from Kansas City International Airport after he couldn’t afford to buy tickets. He allegedly drove to Wheeler Downtown Airport, where he again tried to buy tickets but couldn’t. Scott eventually got into…
A Manhattan man charged with first degree murder and child abuse appeared in the Riley County District Court via webcam from the county jail Tuesday afternoon. Andrew Gibson, 25, appeared before Judge William Malcolm for a status hearing that was continued from May 24. The court scheduled Gibson for a preliminary hearing on Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. The hearing is estimated to last one hour and will be in front of Judge Sheila Hochhauser. On May 11 KMAN obtained more details on the case. According to an affidavit of Gibson’s arrest warrant, three-month-old Serenity Reich was not breathing when police arrived at…