TOPEKA — A state official says Kansas should no longer be considered a “low-debt” state. Kansas Development Finance Authority Senior Vice President Jim MacMurray made the comment Thursday in presenting a report on state debt to the Senate Ways and Means Committee. The report from the bond-issuing agency showed that since July 2010, the amount of debt to be paid off with state tax dollars has increased 40 percent to nearly $4.5 billion. A May 2016 report by the credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service said Kansas has tax-supported debt of $1,534 per person and ranks 17th in the nation. Kansas…
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A 19-year-old man was sentenced Thursday in Topeka to 18 months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy on Fort Riley. The defendant also was ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution for funeral expenses. Juwuan D. Jackson, who lived on Fort Riley at the time, had previously pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in August. He admitted that on Sept. 11, 2015, he handled a firearm in a reckless manner, resulting in the shooting death of 16-year-old Kenyon Givens, Jr., who also lived on Fort Riley. According to court records, when military…
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…
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: