The 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade will host a change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. July 21 at the post’s Cavalry Parade Field. Col. Allen T. Cassell will relinquish command to Col. Jason McGuire after two years in command of the “Durable” brigade. Cassell is slated to become the chief of staff of the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command at Fort Hood, Texas. McGuire recently completed a School of Advanced Military Studies fellowship. He is coming to the Durable brigade from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he served as an instructor from July 2015 to July 2017.
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Wednesday’s guests were USD 383 School Board President Darrell Edie and Superintendent Marvin Wade, along with Manhattan Christian College Vice President for Academics and Professor of Family Ministry Dr. Greg Delort.
TOPEKA – The Kansas Supreme Court is weighing whether state legislators boosted spending on public schools enough this year to provide a suitable education to all children, as the high court had ordered. The justices heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys about a new school finance law but appeared skeptical that the funding plan offers enough money for education. That law phases in a $293 million increase in education funding over two years. The justices ruled in March that the state’s then-$4 billion a year in aid to its 286 school districts was inadequate. School districts suing for more funding say…
The Riley County Police Department is welcoming Hali Rowland as the new Public Information Officer. Hali Rowland comes to RCPD from KWCH 12 in Wichita, where she spent 4 years as a producer and assignment editor. Rowland previously obtained a bachelor’s degree in Communication with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism from Wichita State University. Interim PIO Alexander Robinson has served in the role the previous 8 months and will work side by side with Rowland to ensure a smooth transition. While most functions will be transitioned to Hali over the next few weeks, Ofc. Robinson’s last day before leaving for law school will be…
Two items on the city commission meeting agenda for July 18,2017 were approved to move forward. The first item was to consider the first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the code of ordinances relating to city-owned cemeteries and to consider the establishment of columbarium fees and other provisions for burial plots to store urns at Sunrise Cemetery. Commissioners approved the ordinance changes, establishing the fees to be alloted to columbariums per the community’s request. For detailed information on the agenda item: click here. The second item was to consider approving community development block grant 2017 year program annual…
Manhattan Regional Airport is conducting a full-scale exercise to test emergency responders’ abilities to respond to an aircraft incident this week. The exercise will take place from 6 to 8 p.m.Wednesday on airport property near Wildcat Creek Road. A portion of Wildcat Creek Road will be closed between the business park and Skyway Drive with limited access for residents. The exercise will include a mock aircraft fuselage, mannequins and volunteer role players. Several emergency responders will be participating, including the Manhattan Fire Department, Riley County Police Department, Riley County Emergency Management, Riley County EMS and several others.
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan City Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr.
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) issued the following statement regarding the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA): “There are serious problems with Obamacare, and my goal remains what it has been for a long time: to repeal and replace it. This closed-door process has yielded the BCRA, which fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act or address healthcare’s rising costs. For the same reasons I could not support the previous version of this bill, I cannot support this one. “We should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. Furthermore, if we leave the federal government…
FRISCO, Tex. — The 2017 college football season draws nearer as the Big 12 holds its annual Media Day meetings this week at the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility. On Monday, league commissioner Bob Bowlsby took the stage, along with half of the Big 12’s head coaches. Kansas State, and head coach Bill Snyder, will have their turn Tuesday. Bowlsby’s press conference didn’t have the intensity it did a year ago, when conference expansion and Baylor’s sexual assault scandal were the elephants in the room. Instead, he admitted it’s been nice to not have the Big 12’s stability in the news…
A new resolution regarding procedures for appeal hearings for Riley County Police department employees was approved by Riley County Law Board members Monday. When an employee is suspended or terminated, the employee may appeal the Director’s discipline to the law board by requesting such a hearing. The resolution specifies certain procedures in the process. There was some discussion regarding the hearing officer, who currently is board member Barry Wilkerson. Wilkerson was selected for the entire year of 2017. Law Board chair Craig Beardsley asked board member Mike Dodson his thoughts of continuing with that procedure. Dodson said he thought it seemed…