If you live in Manhattan you won’t just be electing a president come November 8. City Commissioners accepted the ballot language for a tax increase question Tuesday night, as presented by public works director Robert Ott. The question asks for approval of the imposition of a new retailer’s sales tax in the amount of 0.20% to fund street maintenance and the city’s safe routes to school program. According to documents published by city administration, the question limits the use of the funds generated by the sales tax, as follows: the costs of repairing, rebuilding, rehabilitating, upgrading and improving existing streets…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA — After he became Kansas governor in 2011, Sam Brownback slashed taxes on the promise that the cuts would trigger a furious wave of business expansion. But the “shot of adrenaline” hasn’t worked as envisioned, and the state budget remains in crisis. Now many of the same Republicans who helped pass Brownback’s plan are in revolt, refusing to help the governor cut spending after tax collections missed projections. If Brownback won’t reconsider any of the cuts, lawmakers say, he will have to figure out for himself how to balance the budget in the face of disappointing revenue. Many legislators want to…
TOPEKA — A top Kansas social services official has outlined proposals for nearly $17 million in additional spending at the state’s two mental hospitals. Department for Aging and Disability Services Interim Secretary Tim Keck discussed the proposals Monday during a meeting of a legislative oversight committee on social services. Keck said he’s asking Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget staff to include the spending in his proposals for legislators to consider. Lawmakers return April 27 from their annual spring break to wrap up their business for the year. Most of the money would be spent at Osawatomie State Hospitals in eastern Kansas. It would…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Rodney Roberts, 48, of Manhattan for the offense of violation of a protection order (X2) and criminal trespass. He was given no bond at the time of his arrest which took place in the 700 block of Tuttle Street in Manhattan. Due to the nature of this arrest and crime further information has not been released. At the time of this report Roberts was confined at the Riley County Jail. Danielle Hutchison, was arrested on March 16, 2016 while in Shawnee County, Kansas and was served with a warrant from Riley County…
Five Kansas State University professors have been honored with national recognition. The educators and their students were filmed for an online professional development program for college faculty, launched by The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE). “Academic success for our students begins in the classroom, and Kansas State University’s exceptional faculty form the foundation of a successful college career,” said Dr. April Mason, K-State’s Provost and Senior Vice President. Those included in the feature are; Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology; Gregory Eiselein, Professor of English; Ashley Rhodes, Teaching Associate Professor; Donald Saucier, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar.
Wildcat Insider on KMAN breaks down the K-State baseball weekend as the Wildcats took two out of three games at West Virginia. Five games on tap this week for the Bat Cats. Hear from associate head coach Andy Sawyers on the K-State baseball weekend. K-State football preparing for the spring game this weekend at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Bruce Weber and K-State men’s basketball in the midst of the offseason with plenty of questions surrounding a program this is also in the search for a new assistant coach. Hear from Bruce Weber and Wildcat LB Mike Moore and RB Justin…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Amtrak says it will use buses to connect people in Wichita with its trains in Oklahoma City and Newton. Several state and local officials announced the bus connection Monday, providing the first Amtrak service in Wichita since 1979. The Wichita Eagle reports one bus route will connect with Amtrak’s Southwest Chief in Newton while another route will connect with the Heartland Eagle in Oklahoma City. The Amtrak connection will run daily out of the Greyhound station in downtown Wichita. Kansas Secretary of Transportation Mike King says the bus service opens a new transportation option along the Interstate…
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Kan. – The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in solving a rash of arson fires in the 22000 block of Godlove Road. The Onaga arsons were reported on April 14, after 80 acres of native grass and brome pastures were lit on fire without landowner permission early this month and in late March. Police believe the suspect or suspects could be traveling in a vehicle starting fires along roadside ditches. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office at 785-457-3353.
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) A suburban Kansas City nonprofit has sent an official team to Ecuador to determine what type of medical assistance the group can provide in the wake of the deadly earthquake. Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Ecuador, killing at least 238 people and injuring more than 1,500. Jim Mitchum, CEO of Lenexa-based Heart to Heart International, said Sunday his organization has sent a three-member advance team to Quito, Ecuador. He says the team, which includes Heart to Heart’s chief medical officer, will work with local officials to determine how the group…
NEWTON, Kan. (AP) Another Kansas school district is considering charging parents for all-day kindergarten. KSNW-TV reports that the Newton district in south-central Kansas is looking into a $200-a-month charge. Half-day kindergarten would remain free because the state funds it. Newton Superintendent Deborah Hamm says expenses are rising with no new money. She says districts can’t continue to do the same things with fewer resources. Newton parent Ashley Horchem says the proposal is “frustrating” and that “education shouldn’t be that costly at a young age.” But Hamm says there are no other areas to trim the budget. School board members haven’t…