The candidate filing deadline for the 2016 Primary Election in Riley County is Wednesday. The primary is on Aug. 2. The last day for those looking to register to vote for the primary is July 12. Voter registration closes 21 days prior to each election. The last day to register to vote for the general election on Nov. 8 is Oct. 18. More information about voting and all the forms and documents required in Riley County can be found on their website. Election and voting information for Pottawatomie County can also be found on their website.
Author: KMAN Staff
The Kansas Supreme Court says that if its most recent education funding ruling results in public schools closing, it will be because legislators did not comply with an earlier order. The high court Friday rejected some education funding changes enacted by the Republican-dominated Legislature. The justices said in an unsigned order that lawmakers did not fully comply with an order in February to improve funding for poor schools. The court refused to separate the changes it endorsed from ones it accepted, saying they were all part of a single system. The justices said that unless the problems are fixed, the…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected some education funding changes enacted by the Legislature earlier this year and threatened to order the state’s public schools closed if lawmakers don’t act by June 30. The court ruled on a new school finance law that revised parts of the state’s funding formula but resulted in no change in total funds for most of the state’s 286 school districts. It was the third school finance law approved in as many years as Republican lawmakers hoped to keep the court from following through on the threat it made in a February…
A Junction City man waived his preliminary hearing this past week in Geary County Court in a child pornography case. Dale Holvorson is now set for arraignment before Judge Steven Hornbaker but is expected to enter into a plea agreement June 17th. Holvorson was arrested in March of this year on 14 counts of distribution of child pornography and 20 counts of possession of child porn. The Junction City Police Department was assisted by the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Wichita Police Department, with a search warrant served in the 14-hundred block of West 11th Street…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Riley County Police Captain Josh Kyle St. Rep. Tim Huelskamp
Police responded to a report of a theft at 101 East Bluemont Street, in Manhattan on May 26th, 2016 at approximately 7:21 PM. Wal-Mart was listed as the victim after miscellaneous clothing items were taken from the business. Jeremy Harper, 37, of Manhattan was arrested in conjunction with this incident. Harper remained confined at the time of this report with no bond. Police and emergency crews responded to a vehicle versus bicycle collision in the 300 block of South 4th Street on May 26th, 2016 at approximately 1:01 PM. This response came after a 2007 Honda Odyssey, driven by Jermaine…
CHAPMAN — Residents in northern Kansas are cleaning up the damage from an EF4 tornado that ripped through the rural area earlier this week. Tom and Janet Whitehair’s Dickinson County home was among about 20 homes damaged or destroyed by the half-mile-wide tornado that was on the ground for about 90 minutes Wednesday night. No serious injuries or fatalities were reported. Whitehair told the Topeka Capital-Journal he and his wife are “lucky to be alive.” The National Weather Service says the tornado had wind speeds up to 180 mph. Most of the damage was in Dickinson County, but two homes were also…
Thursday storms in the area produced high winds, tornadoes and lots of rain. So much rain, in fact, that a woman was temporarily stranded in her car in high water, KMAN learned Friday morning. KMAN visited with Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins Friday morning and the interview can be heard here: KMAN also spoke with National Weather Service Meteorologist Bryan Baerg in Topeka:
Mr. Kevin Logan will be interviewing for the position of superintendent for Rock Creek USD 323 BOE today. Mr. Logan is the third of three candidates who will be interviewed for the position. Mr. Logan is currently serving as principal at Lyons Middle School and has served in that position since 2008. Previously, Mr. Logan served as a teacher and coach at Palco High School and Hesston High School. Mr. Logan holds a B.S. in Industrial Education from Fort Hays State University and a M.S. in Educational Administration from Fort Hays State University. Mr. Logan’s Schedule for May 27th 11:00-12:00…
Riley County has a new health department director. Jennifer Green, a student at the University of Oklahoma’s College of Public Health, will start in August after graduating from her program with a doctorate in public health. Green will replace interim director Lisa Ross, who took over for after former director Brenda Nickel left the job in December. Riley County commission chairman Ben Wilson officially introduced Green to the Riley County Public Health Advisory Council during a council meeting Wednesday. Before attending the University of Oklahoma, Green finished her bachelor’s and master’s degree at Baylor University. Green has done research on public health in…