The Kansas Legislature’s property tax lid has local governments wondering how to adjust for a potential funding squeeze. The Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Law Board met Thursday to discuss how the lid would impact the Riley County Police Department. President of the local Fraternal Order of Police, Detective, Brian Johnson, says his main concern is that the Tax Lid, passed by the State Legislature last year, would negatively affect pay for RCPD officers.President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Detective, Brian Johnson, says RCPD has done a good job of recruiting quality officers, but he’s concerned the State’s property…
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The improper design of an entry way at Tuttle Creek Fire Station, has Riley county officials looking for answers. Riley County Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief, Pat Collins talked with county commissioners about the issue Thursday. The south wall of a training room, where the front entry way is located, wasn’t designed properly to show as a finished wall. County commissioners denied a change order in the matter, questioning why B&G consultants is requesting additional funds to fix the problem, when it was the result of poor design. Another discussion point of a Thursday meeting, Riley County Emergency Management…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Boeing is suing the federal government over pollution at the company’s old aircraft plant in Wichita. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas seeks to recover unspecified past and future costs for cleaning up soil and groundwater contamination at the facility. The Justice Department had no immediate comment on the litigation. Boeing contends it is entitled to recover costs for pollution associated with a period when the government owned the site, as well as a time between 1940 and 1979 when the government was actively involved in manufacturing activities. Its lawsuit argues the government…
The 2016 Kansas Presidential Caucuses will be held around the state of Kansas, on March 5th. The Democratic Party will hold caucuses in over 40 locations while the Republican Party will hold caucuses in each Kansas county. Those planning to exercise their right to vote can do so at the following locations: Democratic Caucus Information: Per Pottawatomie County Democratic Party Pottawatomie county is divided into three State Senatorial Districts. Participants must attend the caucus location associated with their senatorial district. District 1 has the most counties and an area that includes all or parts of Marshal, Nemaha, Brown, Dophinian, Atchison and Jackson…
Once again, Kansas State University’s Black Student Union, or BSU, is the best in the Big 12 Conference. For the eighth time in 11 years, the university’s Black Student Union was awarded the Clarence Wine Award for Outstanding Big 12 Council of the Year at the 39th annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government, Feb. 25-27, at the University of Kansas. “Our BSU has consistently been one of the top BSUs in the country,” said Brandon Clark, who was named the Most Outstanding Black Student Union Adviser in the Big 12 at the conference. “Eight awards in 11 years…
Marcia Locke, Communications and Outreach Coordinator with Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University: Flint Hills Area Builders’ Association Executive Officer Brad Hartenstein and President Sean Ruth:
A Milford man faces a rape charge following his arrest Wednesday. Dylan Evans, 22, was taken into custody by Riley County Police at approximately 12:15 PM. RCPD indicates Evans was arrested while in the 200 block of Custer Avenue at Fort Riley but Bob Everdeen with Fort Riley Public Affairs indicates he was actually taken into custody outside of Fort Riley. Evans was processed into the Riley County Jail on one count of the offense of rape and given a bond of $25,000. This arrest stemmed from a warrant which is related to a rape investigation which began in June of 2015 and…
HAYS, Kan. (AP) Authorities have released the names of two workers who died in a sewage trench collapse in Hays. The city said that sewer line repairs were taking place in the area at the time of Tuesday’s trench collapse. The victims have been identified as 44-year-old Aaron Pfannenstiel and 66-year-old James “Jake” Jacobs, both of Hays. Another worker was injured in the collapse. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.
ALBQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A Wamego couple who recently lost a son to a California hiking accident says their son’s ashes were stolen from a New Mexico motel parking lot. Steven and Kathy Hunt reported the theft on Monday. Authorities say 32-year-old Kyle Hunt was killed in a hiking accident two weeks ago. The couple says someone broke into their son’s car outside an Albuquerque motel and stole the ashes. The car was attached to a moving truck. The search for Kyle Hunt had gone on for days until a hiker found Kyle’s backpack in a ravine. Kyle was working for…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stopped at a suburban Kansas City restaurant for some barbecue before heading to a rally at Johnson County Community College. The Texas senator ordered a smoked brisket sandwich at Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que in Olathe, Kansas, on Wednesday and sampled some of the restaurant’s ribs and burnt ends. Cruz shook hands with supporters and said he was looking forward to trying Kansas City-area barbecue because his home state of Texas takes its barbecue seriously. He told a television reporter the best way to eat ribs is with your fingers, because “if you’re…