HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Fair officials are considering a major redesign of the fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News reports all of the current proposals are long-range ideas but the goal is to make the fairgrounds a more modern attraction. The suggestions include removing the century-old racetrack, while leaving the grandstand. The main entrance could move to a different location and the fair would be divided into quadrants with thoroughfares to make walking through the grounds easier. Another proposal is to allow private businesses to permanently move to the fairgrounds, on a type of main street promoting Kansas. Chip…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers are discussing two separate proposals for lowering the state’s sales tax on groceries. Twelve Kansas senators are sponsoring a proposal to offer voters a constitutional amendment that would reduce the sales tax to zero over three years. One of the sponsors, Democratic Sen. Tom Holland, says voters need to have a voice in how the state is handling its tax policies. Unlike many other states, Kansas charges its full state sales tax rate on groceries. The rate was increased last year to 6.5 percent. The Kansas City Star reports another proposal would reduce the grocery…
A Manhattan woman was arrested early Friday evening for drug charges. Julia Anne Kasprick, 28, was arrested in the 1900 block of Hunting Ave. for the sale and distribution of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana. She was released on a $7,000 bond. A Topeka man was arrested by the Riley County Police Department late Friday afternoon for theft. Clinton Michael Thompson, 27, was arrested in the 1000 block of S. Seth Child Rd for theft by deception under $100,000. Thompson remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report with a bond of $7,000.
Two local community members were honored at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce’s 91st Annual Meeting and Banquet Friday night in the Manhattan Conference Center inside the Hilton Garden Inn. The chamber awarded Rod Harms as its 2015 C. Clyde Jones Volunteer of the Year and Jan Miller was honored as the 2015 Lud Fiser Citizen of the Year award winner. Miller owns Steve’s Floral, a business originally began by her brother, opened in Marysville in 1983. While she was attending classes at Cloud County Community College and K-State, she did design work for the shop. In 1987 the store…
WICHITA — A new report shows the number of farms and ranches fell last year in Kansas. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that the state had 60,400 farms in 2015, down 600 from the previous year. The number of farms with less than $100,000 in agricultural sales decreased by 800 farms, while the number of those with more than $100,000 in sales grew by 200 farms. Kansas has 46 million acres of land in farms and ranches, unchanged from a year earlier. The agency says the average size of farming operations is 762 acres, up 8 acres from…
Friday’s guests on In Focus were Senator Tom Hawk, of Manhattan, Ri. Co. Ext. Health, Nutrition, Food Safety Agent Ginny Barnard, Riley County Sr. Center Meals on Wheels with Elsa Morgan and Mary Jo Harbour, and Gary Westerman.
TOPEKA — A proposal to build a new veterinary laboratory at Kansas State University is one step closer to reality. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the university’s proposal for a Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, with an estimated cost of $43.2 million. The project still must be approved the Kansas Legislature. The university plans an 80,000-square-foot facility. The new building will allow the university to consolidate its diagnostic and research labs with offices and support facilities. Regent Bill Feuerborn said Kansas State will seek $10 million in private donations for the project. A timeline for the construction,…
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers are discussing two separate proposals for lowering the state’s sales tax on groceries. Twelve Kansas senators are sponsoring a proposal to offer voters a constitutional amendment that would reduce the sales tax to zero over three years. One of the sponsors, Democratic Sen. Tom Holland, says voters need to have a voice in how the state is handling its tax policies. Unlike many other states, Kansas charges its full state sales tax rate on groceries. The rate was increased last year to 6.5 percent. The Kansas City Star reports another proposal would reduce the grocery sales…
Police arrested Robert Weixelman, 35, of Manhattan, on Thursday evening at approximately 10:00 p.m. on the offenses of violation of a protection order and stalking. This arrest stems from actions violating a court order which occurred on the afternoon prior to the arrest in the 600 block of Osage St. Bond was set at $10,000. An Ogden woman was arrested on Thursday morning for attempted burglary and theft. 26-year old Tara Sotkovski was arrested while in the 200 block of 12th St. in Ogden shortly after 10 a.m. Sotkovski was arrested on a warrant for the offenses of attempted aggravated burglary and theft.…
TOPEKA — On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, a Democrat, successfully offered an amendment to a bill on the House floor outlawing revenge porn. Revenge porn is the posting of nude or sexually explicit photos or videos of an ex-spouse or significant other online without their consent and is very different to regular pornography from websites similar to NuBay. “Within hours of a vengeful ex-partner uploading images of a victim to a website, that image can be viewed hundreds of thousands of times,” Carlin said in a press release. “In a matter of days, it can become the…