Today’s guests on In Focus was Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler.
Author: KMAN Staff
An Onaga man has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, in connection with an aggravated indecent liberties case reported last summer. Mikel Babcock, 20, was sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County District court under Jessica’s Law in connection with the case, which was reported by Onaga Police Chief Daniel Costlow last July. Four charges were involved in the case, with the arrest coming after an 11 month investigation. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Topeka Police Department assisted with the case. Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck tells KMAN the victim was was 10 years old at…
Today’s guests on In Focus included State Representative Tom Phillips of Manhattan, Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent Greg McClure, Riley County Senior Service Center Director Jami Ramsey, and Henry Otto and Colleen Lindgren with the Blue Valley Youth Sailing Organization. Phillips: McClure: Ramsey: Otto & Lindgren:
Officers filed a report for rape, aggravated battery, and aggravated burglary in northeast Manhattan on May 18, 2017. Officers listed a 16 year old female as the victim when she reported that a suspect known to her forced his way into her residence and raped her. Due to the nature of the crimes reported, no additional information will be released.
Updated 10:30 a.m: Still not much damage to report from Thursday night’s weather activity, although Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison indicates a street sign and tree on Anderson Avenue in the 10,000 block came out of the ground , with water also reported across the 700 block of Marlatt Avenue Thursday night. That road was open Friday. ### While no damage reports have come in yet from Thursday evening’s storm which included a tornado warning, KMAN had a chance to have an early Friday morning visit with Meteorologist Bill Gargan with the National Weather Service in Topeka:
TOPEKA — Work in the Kansas Legislature has stalled on a plan that would fully repeal past income tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. House and Senate negotiators failed to agree Thursday evening on a plan to raise taxes to fix the state budget and boost spending on public schools. They reviewed a plan that would return Kansas to the income tax laws in place in 2012 before tax cuts touted by Brownback began. Rates would have risen and an exemption for farmers and business owners would have ended. It was the most aggressive plan lawmakers have considered and…
Riley County commissioners voted Thursday to keep their salaries flat for the second budget year in a row. Commissioners continued 2018 budget work and agreed to keep their salaries at $43,403.62. The board also agreed to forgo a step increase, as it did last year. Commissioner Ben Wilson made a motion to exclude the board from a Cost Of Living Adjustment — otherwise known as a COLA increase — but his motion failed due to a lack of second. The commission did not give itself a COLA increase last year. For 2018, commissioners will receive a .8 percent COLA increase. There…
U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall issued a statement Thursday that was more aggressive than comments he made last week at a town hall in Wamego about an independent investigation into President Donald Trump’s alleged ties with Russia. At the town hall, Marshall said he was supportive of an independent investigation if it would be the fastest way to put the issue at bay. “What I hate is all this distracts Congress from doing what we need to be doing. I want to get to the truth as efficiently as possible,” Marshall said during the hour-plus long meeting at the Ironclad. During the town…
The Kansas Board of Regents dealt with a variety of matters Wednesday and KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Cindy Bontrager, Kansas State University’s Vice President for Administration and Finance:
Brewster Jones, 32, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 3900 block of Zeandale Rd. on May 17, 2017 at approximately 4:01 PM. Jones was arrested on Riley County District Court warrants for battery of a law enforcement officer, flee and elude, interference with a law enforcement officer, violating maximum speed limits, failure to appear (x2), and was arrested for interference with a law enforcement officer. Jones’ total bond was set at $33,000.00, causing him to remain confined at the time of this report.