UPDATE: MANHATTAN, Kansas, January 12, 2017 – At 10:56 a.m. today, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to Dillons, 1101 Westloop Place, for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival crews found a large commercial structure with light smoke exiting the structure. Crews entered the structure and quickly extinguished a fire contained to a deep fryer inside the kitchen area. The fire was contained within 10 minutes with a total of 17 firefighters responding on six fire apparatus. The building occupants evacuated the structure and were able to exit without injury prior to arrival of fire crews. At…
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A Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in east Manhattan. 33-year-old William Correia was arrested in the 300 block of East Poyntz Ave. on Wednesday at approximately 12:45 PM. Correia was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Correia’s bond was set at $9,600. Officers filed a report for vehicle burglary in the 3000 block of Arbor Dr. on Wednesday night. 24-year-old Levi Daniels of Manhattan reported an unknown suspect entered his silver Jeep SUV over Tuesday night, and took a backpack., which according to Daniels held 3 pairs of prescription glasses, clothing, and 2 pairs of headphones. The total…
Today’s guests were Mark Dombrowski from the Fort Riley Directorate of Emergency Services; 1st Lt. Derrick Strong, Public Affairs Specialist C. Kirk Hutchinson and Scott Rhodes, as well as Manhattan Building official Brad Claussen and Melissa Wahl with Riley County Farm Bureau. Fort Riley: Brad Claussen: Melissa Wahl:
Flint Hills Regional Council (FHRC) is hosting two public workshops for the community kick-off of the Flint Hills/Fort Riley Joint Land Use Study (JLUS). The first workshop will be held on January 31, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. The first workshop will be located at Manhattan City Hall, City Commission Chamber, 1101 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502. The second workshop will be held on February 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the C.L. Hoover Opera House, 135 West 7th Street, Junction City, KS 66441. Both meetings will have a short presentation beginning at 7:05 p.m.;thereafter, the JLUS team will be available…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says it is taking steps to reduce the state’s backlog of Medicaid applications for residents of nursing homes. Those steps include more advanced payments and a hotline to assist facilities. The state has a backlog of nearly 2,700 applicants. Many are unprocessed. For others, the agency is awaiting documents from the applicant or the applicant was previously denied and is applying again. Providers testified Wednesday before the House Health and Human Services Committee that the backlog means homes often pay for care and may not be reimbursed. State Medicaid Director Mike Randol…
UPDATED: Sunday, 3:31 p.m. Weather officials continue to downgrade ice accumulations predicted for the Manhattan area. What was worried would be a repeat of the 2007 ice storm going into the weekend turned into significantly less as warmer than expected temperatures staved off what easily could have been. Of course, Manhattan residents who remember the damage the 2007 storm caused — substantial tree damage and some homes without power for a week or more — the concern was justified. Updated forecasts show light freezing rain through Sunday night into Monday. An Ice Storm Warning was issued Friday for much of the state…
Today’s guests on In Focus included Wamego USD 320 Supt. Tim Winter and Rock Creek USD 323 Supt. Kevin Logan, as well as Program Coordinator & Instructor at the Stanley School of Leadership Studies Kaitlin Long, Hannah Kleopfer from Flint Hills Job Corp, Community Volunteer Debbie Nuss, and Interim Associate Provost for Diversity at K-State Dr. Zelia Wiley. Winter and Logan: Long, Kleopfer, Nuss, and Wiley:
KMAN’s Dave Lewis and Cathy Dawes visited with State Rep. Tom Phillips and Sydney Carlin of Manhattan and State Sen. Tom Hawk about Tuesday night’s State of the State address by Gov. Sam Brownback. Phillips: Hawk: Carlin:
Three people were injured in a one vehicle Geary County accident on I-70 Tuesday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Timothy Musil, 38, of Topeka was first taken to the Geary Community Hospital and then lifeflighted to a Topeka medical facility. Also injured were Brandi Clark, 33, of Oskaloosa and Michael Mahoney, 34, of Topeka… Clark and Mahoney were taken by life flight to Stormont Vail in Topeka from the scene of the accident, at the 304 exit ramp westbound, one mile east of the K-18 bypass. KHP indicates a 2013 Nissan passenger car driven by Musil was westbound on…
More than $40 million in park improvements could be made over the next ten years as discussed by Manhattan city commissioners at Tuesday evening’s work session. The improvements would be part of a quality of life 25-cent sales tax renewal which would generate $27.5 million over a 10-year period. Bruce McMillan of Bruce McMillan Architects unveiled two options for construction at CiCo Park, which would be coordinated with USD 383. Tennis courts, improved drainage, parking, and an overhaul to the baseball diamonds are all on the list for improvements at the tune of $8.5 million. Commissioners largely favored the second option…