If you live along the Big Blue River from Marysville to Tuttle Creek Lake, you may want to avoid the water until further notice. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a health advisory due to a force main break that has caused sewage to flow into a tributary of Big Blue River north of the Highway 36 bridge on the west side of Marysville. KDHE says people and pets should avoid contact with the Big Blue River until further notice.
Author: KMAN Staff
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A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted in Riley county nearly 35 years ago for second degree murder apparently has been passed over for parole. 63-year-old Michael Long’s next earliest possible release date is now listed as May of 2019. Long was up for public comment sessions in March. He began serving his sentence in March of 1983 in connection with an August 1982 case. Long has served most of his time at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility. ### Only one state of Kansas inmate with area connections is up for public comment sessions and possible parole this next…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators have drafted a new and larger plan for raising income taxes to fix the state budget after top Republicans abruptly dropped one negotiated earlier. House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday evening on a plan to raise more than $1 billion over two years by rolling back past income tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The same negotiators drafted a proposal Monday worth $879 million over two years. But Senate GOP leaders abandoned plans for an expedited vote when support for it collapsed. Democrats and moderate Republicans said Monday’s plan didn’t raise enough new revenue…
Today’s guests on In Focus included Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board President Marcia Rozell and Superintendent Marvin Wade, as well as Mary Mertz and Melissa Wahl with Riley County Farm Bureau. Rozell & Wade: Mertz & Wahl:
TOPEKA — The Kansas Democratic Party says its executive director is stepping down. The party announced Tuesday in a news release that Kerry Gooch is resigning, although he will remain during the search for his replacement. Gooch became director in 2015 at the age of 24. He joined the party as political director in 2013. Gooch says he is ready for his “next adventure,” but the release provided no details about his future plans. He also said in the release that he was “proud of the progress” that the party had made and that it was time for the party to…
WICHITA — Participants in the Kansas winter wheat tour say it is too early to know the full extent of storm damage on the state’s crop. The first day of the annual tour on Tuesday covered wheat fields from Manhattan to Colby. The 70 participating scouts made 222 stops that day. It estimated the average yield at 43 bushels per acre for the first leg of the tour. That is down from 47.1 bushels per acre for the same area a year ago. Some effects of late April freezes were apparent in a big portion of central Kansas, but were overshadowed…
On the phone, examining maps and orchestrating the emergency response efforts within Riley County is Tyler Seifkes, a Riley County Police Department dispatcher. Seifkes has worked for the RCPD over the past decade, following his time in the radio industry and graduating with a degree in communications from Kansas State University. Dispatchers at the RCPD headquarters are the only employees of the county’s law enforcement who work 12 hour shifts. After the end of a long day, dispatchers clock out and cope with what they had dealt with over their shift. For a long-time employee like Seifkes, it’s become easier over the years to…
The fate of a German short-haired pointer is still unclear after Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission meeting. Buck, the dog, may be put down after twice biting a two-year-old last month following his adoption from the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter in April. The dog is quarantined until Friday, which is standard protocol for a dog that has not had rabies shots. Buck bit the child on April 24 and may now be facing euthanasia, as is standard procedure according to city ordinance. Plenty of concerned community members attending the city commission meeting to speak on behalf of Buck, who they feel…
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers who oppose concealed guns at state hospitals have yet to settle on a path forward, though they’ve likely ruled out spending $24 million to secure the facilities. Spending committees in the House and Senate have decided they won’t fund GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal that the state pay for metal detectors and armed guards at state-run hospitals for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. Under a 2013 law Brownback signed, the hospitals will have to allow guns starting July 1 unless they provide security measures. Opponents of concealed carry say they want at least a partial rollback…