U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp opened up Tuesday afternoon’s town hall meeting in the Manhattan Public Library touting how this one — his first of 2016 — adds to the 332 he’s done as representative of Kansas’ “Big First” district. And he had an audience. Citizens packed the library’s upstairs auditorium and there was a mix of both support and opposition for the congressman. Some members of the audience attacked his repeated attempts to repeal ObamaCare and praised parts of the law, especially its provisions that bar insurance companies from refusing plans to those with pre-existing conditions and keeping children on parents’…
Author: KMAN Staff
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the state legislature’s property tax lid provision, which prohibits local municipalities from increasing property taxes above the rate of inflation without a public vote. And now it appears the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency will also be impacted. Law Board member Wynn Butler cautioned this will have to be considered as the Riley County Police Department budget is planned in a few months, saying that has to be the starting point as both the city and county will be constrained by that. Board member Usha Reddi agreed saying it needs to be looked…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded the boil water advisory for the City of Leonardville located in Riley County. The advisory was issued due to a water main break. Inadequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory. Laboratory testing samples collected from the City of Leonardville indicate…
Matthew Woods, 25, of Overland Park, Kansas was arrested while in the 4600 block of Eureka Drive on January 15, 2016 at approximately 2:45 PM. Woods was arrested on a warrant for unlawful use of telecommunication device (X2) and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (X2). These offenses were listed on a warrant from Johnson County, Kansas associated with an investigation beginning in August 2014. Woods was given a bond of $25,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Police arrested Zachary Tilton, 27, of Marrion, Kansas on a warrant for the…
A Riley County double murder case that had been filed with the U-S Supreme Court last September has been denied certiorari. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced in September he had filed a 94 page petition with the national court regarding Kansas v. Luis Aguirre in the 2009 murders of Tanya and Juan Maldonado. For roughly every 100 petitions for cert received by the court, only about one petition is granted. With the court denying cert in this case, the State court’s decision stands. The Kansas Supreme Court had been sharply divided on the matter this past May, eventually holding…
LARNED — Internal reports show that employees at one of Kansas’ state mental hospitals have racked up significant overtime hours. The Topeka Capital-Journal obtained four weeks of overtime data for the hospital’s nursing department covering much of December. The paper says its analysis shows that in recent weeks more than half of all employees in Larned State Hospital’s nursing department have worked overtime. Hundreds of workers have accumulated more than eight hours of overtime during a single week. And some have logged more than 40 hours of overtime in that span. The new leader of the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability…
SALINA — A Portland, Oregon-based airline has ended service to Great Bend and Salina, effective immediately. Seaport Airlines announced Friday that it would no longer fly to the two Kansas cities and five other cities in California. The company blamed a pilot shortage for ending its service. KAKE-TV reports Salina Airport Director Tim Rogers says Seaport’s poor service has led to a drop in passengers. Rogers says Great Lakes Airlines will return to Salina, beginning April 1. Rogers says Great Lakes will fly to Denver in 30 seat Embraer turboprops. Great Bend Airport Director Martin Miller says his city won’t know if…
Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan Mayor Karen McCulloh and Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr.
A U.S. Navy salvage ship is supporting underwater search efforts near the last known position of two helicopters that crashed off the coast of Oahu while carrying 12 Marines. The Coast Guard says there still may be survivors.
Three U.S. Congressmen traveled Monday to the medical center in Germany where three Americans, released by Iran as part of a prisoner swap, are being treated.