TOPEKA — The latest on the opening day of the Kansas Legislature’s annual session (all times local): 4:50 p.m. A Kansas House committee is drafting a bill to repeal an income tax cut for farmers and business owners championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The Taxation Committee voted Monday to sponsor the measure. It acted less than three hours after the GOP-controlled Legislature convened its annual session. Some committee members also said they want lawmakers to pass the bill this month so that the changes could be applied retroactively to Jan. 1. Doing so would allow the state to raise…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top Kansas lawmakers are not on the same page about ending an income tax break for farmers and business owners. The GOP-controlled Legislature opens its annual session Monday and must close projected budget shortfalls totaling $1.1 billion through June 2019. Legislative leaders said this week that they see bipartisan support for repealing the tax break, which was enacted in 2012 and benefits more than 330,000 farmers and business owners. Senate Majority Leader and Overland Park Republican Jim Denning predicted that even though Brownback championed the tax break, he’d allow a bill to repeal it…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Dan Thomson, Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology at Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine K-State Institute for Commercialization President Kent Glasscock Former Kansas Governor John Carlin
Kenneth Miller, 33, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 6, 2017 at approximately 12:50 PM. Miller was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Miller’s bond was set at $10,000.00. Miller was not confined at the time of this report. Wendy Montgomery, 46, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 2100 block of Fort Riley Blvd. at approximately 4:15 PM. Montgomery was arrested for forgery, identity theft, and theft by deception. Montgomery’s total bond was set at $13,000.00, causing her to remain confined at the time of this…
A group from Manhattan High School received some special recognition last week at a state convention. The MHS Thespians won the Gold Honor Troupe Award at the 2017 State Thespian Festival in Wichita Jan. 5 – 7.
An incident in the 600 block of Highland Ridge had Riley County Police on alert Sunday. A suspicious device led to a bomb team response. According to the RCPD Facebook page, there ended up being no threat to the public. RCPD received a fire alarm call from the apartment complex and as the Manhattan Fire Department was responding, dispatch received a call from a citizen stating they heard a gunshot. Officers were dispatched as well and Once on scene, they cleared the apartment where the alarm originated from. As they did so, officers located a suspicious device and called in The RCPD Bomb Team.…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities are searching for a suspect in a deadly December shooting in Kansas City, Kan. The Wyandotte County district attorney’s office has issued a first-degree murder warrant for 24-year-old Tyrone Hamilton. The Kansas City Star reports that he is accused of killing Mario Sanders on Dec. 24. Hamilton also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police said in a news release that Hamilton should be considered armed and dangerous.
OLATHE — An Olathe firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that she has been the victim of years of sexual harassment and discrimination. The Kansas City Star reports that Elizabeth Hinton filed lawsuit against the city in U.S. District Court in Kansas City. She says she was the city’s only woman firefighter for years after she was hired in 2006, and that the harassment got worse after she became pregnant. Hinton filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last May. She alleges she was retaliated against as a result, including being given an unfavorable review for the…
Officers responded to an injury accident that occurred in the 2200 block of Marlatt Ave. on January 5, 2017 at approximately 3:40 PM. Stan Wilson, 64, of Manhattan, was driving a black Toyota passenger car which struck a black Jeep SUV from behind. The Jeep was driven by Kelly Gay, 36, of Manhattan. Wilson was transported to Via Christi by EMS for treatment. Wilson was issued a citation for following too closely.
A Topeka man was injured in a two vehicle accident that blocked westbound I-70 in Riley County for a couple of hours early Thursday afternoon. Maxwell Kenneth Kelly, 28, was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka following the accident, reported at 11:18 Thursday morning at mile marker 320, five miles east of K-177. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Kelly was travelling westbound in the left lane and struck a dump truck with a plow blade that was blading snow south into the median with its emergency lights activated. The driver of the dumptruck, 54 year old Gerald Cox,…