Riley County: Manhattan City Commission: (three winners) Usha Reddi – 4,164 Wynn Butler – 3,162 Jerred McKee – 2,517 Brian Thomason – 2,267 Kaleb James – 1,417 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 (three winners) Karla Hagemeister – 4,536 Katrina Lewison – 4,464 Jurdene Coleman – 3,039 Jennifer Prewitt – 2,524 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Ballot questions-Recreation and Sales Tax (10-year, 0.25% sales tax ) Yes – 3,613 No – 2,317 _________________________________________________________________________________________ POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY (updated 11-`14) Sales tax question: (renewed at one percent for public infrastructure/public safety improvements) Yes – 3,060 No – 941 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384 bond issue:(issue general obligation…
Author: KMAN Staff
SALINA — A new resolution says Salina city employees cannot be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Salina city commissioners voted Monday to add those categories to the city’s personnel manual. The resolution applies only to city employees. The Salina Journal reports the commission also approved a resolution adding public accommodation protections for sexual orientation and gender identity for access to city facilities and services. Natalie Fischer, the city’s director of human resources, said she had received positive responses to the proposal from city employees. There was no public comment but several people in the audience…
At least 30 headstones were damaged at Highland Cemetery in Junction City Monday night, according to the Junction City Police Department. The JCPD is asking the public for information on the incident, which it called a “horrible act of vandalism.” KMAN will have more information as it becomes available.
WICHITA — Federal investigators have determined that a fire last week at a Kansas restaurant run by a Middle Eastern family was intentionally set. The Petra Mediterranean Restaurant in Wichita was destroyed Wednesday. The words “Go back” were painted on a nearby storage unit. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the fire. The FBI, which investigates hate crimes, was notified last week. The restaurant’s owners, Ranya Taha and Bashar Mahanweh, said last week that they thought the fire might have been a hate crime. They also said the community has…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
Updated: Tuesday, 11:36 a.m. The K-State Black Student Union is urging the Riley County Police Department to press charges against 21-year-old Dauntarius Williams of Manhattan. Williams, a black man, is the owner of the car vandalized last week with racist graffiti near the campus of Kansas State University. He admitted to authorities he was the one responsible for the act, according to a press release from the Riley County Police Department Monday afternoon. The RCPD said Williams filed a false report, but did not charge him. In a joint statement, RCPD Director Brad Schoen and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson…
Updated: Tuesday, 9:56 a.m.. The Riley County Police Department has released a description of a man suspected in a shooting Monday afternoon near the University Crossing apartment complex in Manhattan. Officers listed an adult male as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect tried to rob him, then shot him in the 2200 block of College Avenue at approximately 4:20 p.m. The suspect is described as a man approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, medium to heavy build, wearing a black ski mask and a sweatshirt. Via Christi hospital in Manhattan, which is a block south of University…
Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo informed county commissioners Monday morning 1,615 people have cast advance ballots leading up to Tuesday’s cities and schools general election. “That is an increase over two years ago, which is a good sign,” Vargo said. Three Manhattan city commission seats are on the ballot, along with three school board seats for USD 383. The City of Manhattan is also asking citizens to renew a “Quality of Life” parks and recreation sales tax set to expire on Jan. 1, 2018. Junction City is asking its citizens to pass a bond for a new high school. The…
LINDSBORG — A 4-year-old dog who escaped at a Kansas rest stop while en route to his new adoptive home in Seattle has been found after three months. The Salina Journal reports that Domino is a black-and-white Border Collie-Labrador mix who was saved from a high-kill shelter in Texas. Domino was eventually adopted by Katie Aretz, a Seattle resident who found him online. But on his way to Aretz, Domino escaped from his crate Aug. 3 at a rest stop in Lindsborg and was missing for several months. Though many volunteer groups’ searches turned up unsuccessful, one volunteer found Domino,…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Maxine and Ray Coffey, and Kristi Ingalls with blood drive remembering their son. We also ahd Riley County Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director Pat Collins and Vice President for Administration and Finance at Kansas State University Cindy Bontrager.