TOPEKA — Kansas House members have approved a proposal to add a right to fish and hunt and trap wildlife to the state constitution. The measure would add a new section to the constitution’s Bill of Rights to preserve hunting and fishing as a preferred way to manage wildlife. The House voted 117-7 in favor of it Monday, sending it to the Senate. Several legislators said it would prevent future legislation from infringing on the right to hunt and fish. They said any future measures seeking to limit the sports would need to prove that a particular animal could become…
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Workforce was a common theme at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan Monday, with presentations by Manhattan Area Technical College and K-State officials. As we heard last month following the leadership retreat involving area officials held in Overland Park, workforce continues to be the number one concern of many in the Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary county area. Roberta Maldonado-Franzen, K-State’s Director of Talent Acquisition, talked about dual career opportunities. Maldonado-Franzen says K-State’s really trying to focus on building partnerships and having a network established. Maldonado-Franzen tells KMAN they are making progress. A web site currently allows individuals to sign up for job…
With spring around the corner, agricultural burning was discussed during Monday morning’s Riley County commission meeting. Pat Collins, the county’s emergency management director, told commissioners the public should expect an abundance of burning from now going into March. Collins said there are no controlled burns allowed in April due to the county’s smoke management plan. “We have some people out there burning,” Collins said. “We do have over 1,000 burn permits out across the county and they’re good for the year, so if you don’t have a burn permit you need to get that.” Collins said he and the county…
Down in Arizona, the Kansas City Royals have begun Spring Training as they look to defend their World Series crown. And on a very pleasant spring day in Junction City, Royals fans made their way to see the latest stop on the Royals’ Trophy Tour, and saw the hardware and perpetual trophy base up close. “It’s the peoples’ trophy”, said Amanda Turk with the Royals Public Relations office. “They supported the Royals’ organization so this is kind of a ‘thank you’ to them”. According to Turk, the Trophy Tour will take them throughout Kansas and Missouri this week, traveling some…
NORTH NEWTON — A Kansas police chief investigating a child torture case involving three adopted Peruvian children is alleging that “somewhere, some time, the system broke down.” The Wichita Eagle reports that North Newton police chief Randy Jordan says he’s trying to find out what happened. He says state welfare officials received around a dozen reports before the adoptive parents, Jim and Paige Nachtigal, were charged last week with three counts each of child abuse. But Jordan says none were forwarded to his department for further investigation. Some of the reports were from 2014. State welfare officials have declined to…
Not much more information Monday involving a Riley County Police arrest of a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. As KMAN announced Sunday, Donnie Hill, 43, was taken into custody at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Seth Child and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. The arson charge is related to a fire at 615 Yuma St. that KMAN first reported Feb. 12th and Hill is the same man who was first found near the house with severe lacerations to his arm. Bond was set at $5,000.…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: AAUW with Mary Stamey, Barbara Gatewood, and Karen Tinkler Linda Duke with the Beach Museum of Art at K-State
A Westmoreland man is looking to help Pottawatomie county grow by running for the District 3 seat on the Pottawatomie County Commission. Travis Altenhofen, 26, graduated from K-State Polytechnic in 2013 with degrees in aeronautical technology and finance. Altenhofen, a Republican, currently serves on the Rock Creek school board. He says it isn’t as much a love for politics as it is serving his community. “I’m running because I think God gave me the talents and gifts to serve in the capacity of commissioner, if the people are willing to give me a shot to show that,” Altenhofen said. He…
Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. Donnie Hill (43) was picked up in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. Hill was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
No one will ever know how a court-storming would have turned out this time around. The Kansas Jayhawks decided to make that discussion irrelevant. Paced by Frank Mason’s 16 points, No. 2 KU built a 17-point lead over its in-state rival, then held on to win 72-63 after K-State cut the deficit to three. “I was proud of the way our guys battled, but we came here to win and we didn’t,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “The difference was their bench and the way they took advantage of turnovers.” Similar to the first meeting, a 77-59 KU win in…