Today’s guests on In Focus were USD 383 assistant superintendent Eric Reid and board member Darrel Edie. In the second segment, Andrew visited with Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram.
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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) yesterday visited with members of the Fort Riley Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The soldiers – along with their horses – are in Washington to participate in the Inaugural Parade on Friday. “I met with these Big Red One soldiers at the foot of the statue that commemorates our 34th President and a man who grew up just 30 miles from Fort Riley,” said Sen. Moran. “Over the years, Kansans like President and Five-star Army General have made quite a footprint in Washington, D.C., but it’s all in service to men…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr.
Kansas State fought off a late TCU rally and picked up its fourth straight win and fifth win in the last six games with a 74-63 decision on Wednesday night in Bramlage Coliseum. The No. 22 Wildcats are now 10-1 at home this season, the third straight season with 10 or more wins. K-State (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) was paced by All-America candidate Breanna Lewis with 21 points and nine rebounds, while also setting the school record for career blocked shots at 259 blocks, surpassing Marlies Gipson for the most in school history. Joining Lewis in double figures was senior…
STILLWATER, Okla. — Barry Brown scored 22 points to help Kansas State defeat Oklahoma State 96-88 on Wednesday night. D.J. Johnson scored 18 points and Wesley Iwundu added 15 for the Wildcats (14-4, 3-3 Big 12), who had lost two straight and three of four to fall out of the Top 25. Kansas State shot 56.3 percent from the field to deny Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood his 100th career win. Underwood is a Kansas State graduate who later was an assistant coach there. Jeffrey Carroll matched a career high with 24 points and Jawun Evans added 20 for the…
How should the state of Kansas fill a seemingly endless budget deficit? If you are a state legislator then you may opt to take it out of the state pension fund. On Wednesday evening, USD 383 board members were briefed on current legislative matters. While the session may still be young, Lew Faust, Director of Business Services at Manhattan-Ogden USD 383, said the state has been hard at work finding ways to plug the $350 million gap for this fiscal year. KPERS payments for the third fiscal quarter have been delayed. According to Faust, the payment will be made next…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments March 16 in a case challenging a law that bans a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Lawrence Journal-World reports two doctors have challenged a 2015 law that bans doctors from using forceps, tongs or other medical implements to dismember a fetus in the womb to complete an abortion. A Shawnee County judge ruled the Kansas Constitution protects abortion rights independently of the U.S. Constitution and temporarily blocked the ban’s enforcement. An appeals court split on the issue, leaving the ban in place. If the state Supreme Court agrees that the state…
TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking the Legislature to give him authority to bar potentially tens of thousands of people from casting votes in state or local races. The Lawrence Journal World reported the Republican asked a Senate committee Tuesday for legislation giving him power to hold “bifurcated” elections in Kansas. Federal courts have provisionally held Kansas cannot require for federal elections documents such a birth certificate or U.S. passport from people who register at motor vehicle or with a national voter registration form. State courts have ruled Kobach has no authority to throw out votes cast…
Wamego City Commissioners reorganized Tuesday night, with Bill Ditto now serving as Mayor. Robert Morris was selected as Mayor Pro Tem. The Tuesday night meeting was also Commissioner Richard Weixelman’s first–he is filling the vacancy left by Victor Enns. Commissioners also heard from Wamego Hospital officials who hope to move the Senior Behavioral Health Program currently housed in a modular unit to a home like structure on land to the west of the hospital facility. Plans are to have the structure look more like a house than an institutional facility. After several meetings of discussion and work, an ordinance regarding the final plat…
Mark Hecker, 21, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday evening. Hecker was arrested on a Pottawatomie County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Hecker was given no bond and was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for theft by deception in the 100 block of E. Bluemont Ave. yesterday evening. Officers listed Ryann Dupre, 35, of Ogden, and Tobias Dupre, 29, of Ogden, when they reported they were scammed out of $1,400.00 when they attempted to rent a residence through Craigslist. There is no suspect at this time. Officers…