TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed a bill that would have extended the state’s health coverage for the poor under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The conservative Republican governor made the move Thursday. He explained that he thinks the expansion would fail to serve the truly needy and would burden the state with what he called “unrestrainable entitlement costs.” The bill would have expanded Medicaid coverage to as many as 180,000 additional adults. Legislators gave final approval to the measure Tuesday. It had strong bipartisan majorities in both chambers, but supporters were short of the…
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(an investigation regarding a hit and run injury accident on I-70 is listed in a separate news report) Riley County Police Officers filed a report for burglary and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of Plymate Ln. on March 29, 2017 at approximately 8:40 PM. Officers listed Shengming Wang, 26, of Manhattan, as the victim when he reported that an unknown suspect cut the lock off of his storage unit and took 50 pairs of Nike shoes. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $15,015.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan…
Riley County Police are investigating a reported hit and run injury accident Wednesday night. Officers responded to a report of an injury accident on I-70 at approximately mile marker 316 Wednesday shortly after 10 p.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found a black 1991 Mazda Protege, driven by Javier Gali-Rodriguez, 30, of Junction City, had been struck from behind by an unknown white truck pulling a trailer, causing the Protege to be pushed into a ditch and rolling twice before coming to rest on its roof. Gali-Rodriguez stated the truck did not stop and continued down the highway. Gali-Rodriguez was transported…
Two injury accidents were reported in Geary County Wednesday, with at least one attributed to slick road conditions. Elijah Lewis, 25, of Fort Riley and Kody Seiler, 19, of California were both taken to Geary Community Hospital following a Wednesday evening accident on I-70 near the westbound Fort Riley exit. Lewis was driving a 1990 Nissan Skyline eastbound on I-70 when the vehicle hydroplaned and struck a guardrail, re-entered the roadway where it was struck by a Mack Diesel truck towing three trailers. Seiler was a passenger in Lewis’s vehicle. The truck driver was not injured. And in a Wednesday morning…
Rain the past few days has led to standing water in some areas around Manhattan, although nothing serious is being reported. KMAN shares just a few photos of locations with standing water. However, Lyon County had some flooding issues, with K-99 (Lyon County) north of Emporia closed for a while over Dow and Stillman Creeks from MM 109-110.
Fifteen members of a new committee set on discussing the Manhattan High School mascot sat down face-to-face for their inaugural meeting on Wednesday at the Robinson Education Center. The group was formed nearly four months ago when the Manhattan-Ogden board voted to retain the mascot at a meeting on Dec. 7 of last year. The committee has until September to solve four prerequisite issues and possibly recommend to board members for the mascot to be changed. The fifteen members of the mascot panel were selected earlier this year. Superintendent Marvin Wade is sitting as the chairman of what he said…
TOPEKA — The Kansas House has approved a resolution condemning pornography from websites similar to https://www.sex-hd.xxx/ as a public health hazard. Even if it is extremely arousing. The resolution approved Wednesday on a voice vote has no legal effect. The Wichita Eagle reports the resolution warns that pornography treats women and children as objects, reduces the desire to marry, can cause erectile dysfunction and creates a sexually toxic environment. Supporters also said pornography can lead to risky sexual behavior, particularly in adolescents. Opponents of the resolution said they don’t support pornography but U.S. citizens have a right to freedom of…
On April 5, weather permitting, construction on a new diverging diamond interchange project will begin at the existing K-113 and K-18 interchange. The project includes replacing the existing diamond interchange with a new diverging diamond style interchange (DDI) on K-113 at K-18 (K-18 bridges will not be affected). Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, with some occasional weekend work. The project will be completed in 5 phases with traffic carried through the project in both directions as follows: Phase 1: Construction of west half of project, including the ramps from K-113 to westbound K-18 and eastbound…
Today’s guests on In Focus included Diane Hinrichs and J.D. Koons with Student Services at Highland Community College from the Wamego campus, and also Assistant Professor of Political Science Nathaniel Birkhead. Hinrichs & Koons: Birkhead:
Wendy Montgomery, 46, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday at approximately 12:40 PM. Montgomery was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for aggravated burglary. Montgomery’s bond was set at $5,000.00, causing her to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft Tuesday at approximately 3:00 PM. Officers listed Gabrielle McAtee, 18, of Manhattan, as the victim when she reported that a pair of diamond earrings were taken from her luggage by an unknown suspect somewhere between Manhattan and Cancun, Mexico while traveling. The total loss associated with this…