WICHITA — Participants in this year’s Kansas winter wheat tour have now spread out along various routes between Colby and Wichita as they trod through the state’s drought-plagued fields. Wednesday’s swing through southwest and south central Kansas marks the second leg of the annual event. Tour scouts made 317 stops at wheat fields across north central and central and northwest Kansas on Tuesday. The industry group Kansas Wheat said in a news release that the calculated yield the first day from the 24 cars participating was 38.2 bushels per acre, but acknowledged that yield estimate may be too high. Plant…
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Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Lyle Butler has announced his retirement from the position, effective Feb. 28, 2019, according to a press release from the chamber. Butler has directed the Manhattan area business organization for more than 18 years, extending to his overall 28-year chamber executive career. “Serving as President and CEO of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce has been the capstone of my 28 years in the chamber profession,” Butler said in the release. “This has been a true honor to have served as the local, regional and national promoter of the Manhattan area. “The…
Updated Wednesday, 1:05 p.m. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Westmoreland located in Pottawatomie County. The advisory was issued because of a line break which caused a loss of pressure. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a…
Guests on today’s edition of In Focus included USD 383 Superintendent Marvin Wade and School Board Member Karla Hagemeister, along with Director of the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Daniel Thomson. Wade & Hagemeister: Thomson:
The Manhattan City Commission met for their bimonthly legislative meeting at City Hall Tuesday night. Top among agenda items was a proposal to rezone a five-block area of the city to allow for development of high density residential buildings. “It has the potential into a more populous and vibrant place, using existing infrastructure efficiently and reducing sprawl,” said Manhattan Senior Planner John Adam, who presented the proposal. The rezoning would run between Manhattan Boulevard and 12th Street from Ratone to Vattier. Despite the overall warm reception of the proposal, commissioners had some concerns regarding parking accomodations for the increased population…
The secretary of the U.S. Army will visit Fort Riley Friday, meeting with 1st Infantry Division leaders and interacting with Big Red One soldiers, according to a press release from the army post. Mark T. Esper, the 23rd secretary of the U.S. Army, was sworn in on Nov. 17, 2017. As secretary, he has statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the U.S. Army, to include the recruitment, organization, training, equipping and care of 1.4 million active duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers, Department of the Army civilians and their families. Esper previously served as senior executive at the Raytheon…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan City Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
MAPLE HILL — Authorities say a Kansas man was struck by a train and killed while struggling with a trailer that had detached from his pickup truck at a railroad crossing. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victim as 58-year-old David Miller, of Maple Hill. The patrol says Miller got out of the truck to try to rehitch the trailer. He was trying to get back into the pickup when a Union Pacific train came around the curve Friday night in Wabaunsee County. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene. No one aboard the train was hurt.
Antonio Hill, 46, of Ogden, Kansas was arrested while in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza in Manhattan on April 27, 2018 at approximately 11:30 AM. Hill was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Hill was issued a total bond of $7,500.00. Hill was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft in the 400 block of 3rd Pl. in Manhattan on April 27, 2018 at approximately 12:15 PM. Officers listed Bed Bath and Beyond as the victim when it was reported two unknown suspects took knife sets and…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate has approved budget legislation that would restore some past spending cuts for the state’s higher education system. The vote Monday was 28-12 on a bill adding $47 million in new spending to the state’s current budget and the one for the next fiscal year that begins in July. Both annual budgets total more than $16 billion. The bill includes $18 million for state universities to reverse cuts made in their operating budgets in 2016. The measure goes next to the House. The House approved its own legislation Saturday and negotiators for the two chambers expect…