TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has signed legislation fixing a flaw in a new public school funding law as the state Supreme Court prepares to consider whether it increases spending enough. Colyer’s office tweeted photos Monday from a signing ceremony at the Olathe public schools’ headquarters. The bill ensures that the state phases in a $534 million increase in spending over five years as intended. At @OlatheSchools this morning to sign the school funding bill fix. This bill gets more money in the classroom and adds accountability without raising taxes on hardworking Kansas families. #ksleg pic.twitter.com/kcjnqccWnF — Governor Jeff…
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Monday’s guests were Cathy Dawes and Pamela Kempton, who discussed the Manhattan Arts Center production of “Timeless Music” on May 15. Kempton is the director and Dawes is one of its performers. Also on Monday’s show were Mike and Lisa Irvin of Flint Hills Foster Teen Camp.
Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck told the Manhattan Mercury Friday there was “no criminal action” in an officer-involved shooting in Wamego two months ago that left one man dead. Ethan Straub, 25, of Wamego, was shot and killed during an altercation with law enforcement on Feb. 26. Five officers from four agencies — including Wamego and St. George police departments, sheriff’s deputies and Kansas Highway Patrol — fired at Straub. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation handled the case and sent the results to Schuck, according to the Mercury. Straub allegedly attempted to carjack a vehicle at Kreem Kup Drive In…
WICHITA — A federal indictment charges Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell with financial crimes related to campaign funds. The indictment unsealed Friday includes five counts of wire fraud, five counts of bank fraud and two counts of money laundering. The 33-year-old Wichita man was issued a summons to appear May 9 in court. O’Donnell did not respond to phone and email messages, and court records do not indicate an attorney. Prosecutors allege O’Donnell put campaign money into his personal bank account and filed false reports with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. O’Donnell, a Republican, was elected to the Kansas State…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators have approved pay raises for state workers and extra funds to partially reverse past spending cuts on state university campuses. The House and Senate passed a bill Thursday that would add millions of dollars in new spending to budgets approved by lawmakers last year for the state’s current fiscal year and the next fiscal year beginning in July. The House vote was 98-23. The Senate vote was 26-14, and the bill goes to Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer. The bill provides an additional $15 million to state universities to undo most cuts made in their operating budgets…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard, Riley County 4-H Extension Agent John Jobe, and Patrick Schnieders with the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Hibbard: Jobe: Schnieders:
TOPEKA — Kansas and Oklahoma lawmakers have passed legislation to grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that won’t place children in LGBT homes. The Kansas Senate approved a bill early Friday that would prevent agencies from being barred from providing adoption services for the state if they refuse to place children in homes violating their religious beliefs. The vote was 24-15. The House approved it earlier on 63-58 vote. It goes next to Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer, who supports it. In Oklahoma, the state House approved similar legislation on a 56-21 vote Thursday and sent it to GOP Gov.…
The national anti-hunger nonprofit, Feeding America, announced new data this week through a press release that reveals food insecurity exists in every county in Harvesters’ service area including Riley County, where the food insecurity rate of 17.9 percent is higher than the national average (12.3 percent) and remains higher than pre-recession numbers. It said Pottawatomie County’s rate was 10.9 percent for 2016. Geary County’s was 17.2 percent. Harvesters provides food and household products to nearly 620 nonprofit partner agencies in 16 counties in northeast Kansas and 10 counties in northwest Missouri. Map the Meal Gap 2018 shows overall food insecurity…
Alex Herren, 23, of Hoisington was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on May 1st, 2018 at approximately 8:45 AM. Herren was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Herren was issued a total bond of $5,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report.
Thursday’s guests were NBAF Director of Partnership Development Dr. Marty Vanier and Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council and former 1st Infantry Division Commanding General Perry Wiggins.