Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting included reports from Public Works Director Peter Clark and the K-State Research and Extension office of Pottawatomie County. Clark proposed hiring a consultant to perform a 20 year life-cycle cost analysis on the current County Appraiser’s Office to determine the best course of action moving forward. The analysis is set to cost approximately $8,000 and will provide county commissioners with a variety of options in either renovating the existing building or starting construction on a new one. Clark stated the County Commission and himself share the same value of saving taxpayers the most money while…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas says its tax collections fell nearly $13 million short of expectations in October for the state’s sixth consecutive monthly shortfall. The state Department of Revenue’s report Tuesday came a week before the election with allies of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback facing a backlash in legislative races over the state’s budget problems. The state collected $447 million in taxes last month when its official projection was nearly $460 million. The shortfall was 2.8 percent. Since the current budget year began in July, total tax collections of $1.8 billion have fallen more than $80 million short of expectations…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Ryan Lackey) – Kansas State junior punter Nick Walsh is one of 52 candidates nationally, including four from the Big 12, to be named a candidate for the 2016 Burlsworth Trophy, the Springdale Rotary Club announced Tuesday. The Burlsworth Trophy is presented to the most outstanding football player in America who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field. Walsh is the Wildcats’ fifth candidate since the award’s inception in 2010, joining William Powell (2010), B.J. Finney (2011-12), Ryan Mueller (2013) and Jonathan Truman (2014). Finney and Truman both advanced to become…
The 2016 presidential election has reached unprecedented levels of incivility, according to an ongoing collaborative research project that involves Kansas State University researchers and students. The project — a partnership between Kansas State University’s Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy and the National Institute for Civil Discourse — focuses on civility in the presidential and vice presidential debates. Results based on student surveys after the first three debates have shown that 2016 candidates are engaging in behavior that violates civil behavior and the traditional rules of engagement. The Kansas State University student participants will fill out the final presidential debate…
A Manhattan woman faces a theft charge in Pottawatomie County following her Monday arrest by Officers with the Riley County Police Department. 24 year old April Garner was taken into custody at the Riley County Police Department for the offense of theft of property or services listed on a warrant from Pottawatomie County. At last report she was still confined at the Riley County Jail. Garner faces two pending cases in Pottawatomie County with the most recent from June of this year involving Fritzon and Freiling Auto Sales. The bond on that warrant is $5,000. ### A collaboration between the…
The Manhattan Fire Department responded to a fire at an apartment building on Halloween night shortly after 7:30. Crews arrived at 926 Bluemont Ave. #9 for a report of an extinguished kitchen fire. Crews entered the apartment to ensure the fire was extinguished. One resident of the apartment was home at the time, and was uninjured. The building has an estimated loss of $10,000 with an additional $100 in damage to contents in the apartment unit. The property management company is McCullough Development and the owner is listed as BHD, LLC. both of Manhattan. The cause of the fire is listed…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and city manager Ron Fehr.
Today’s guests on In Focus included: Cheryl Collins and Allana Parker with Riley County Historical Museum Ron Kauffman, Director of Information Services with Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Ken and Kassidy Scroggs on Hope Ranch Therapeutic Riding Center
Although election day is still eight days away, thousands of Riley County residents have already made their choices. Riley County clerk Rich Vargo announced to county commissioners Monday morning that over 3,900 advance voting ballots had been filled out. Vargo says this election is on track to match and possibly surpass turnout seen in the 2012 general election between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. In that election, 6,333 registered voters in Riley County participated in advance voting. “It’s right on pace with 2012,” Vargo told KMAN after the commission meeting. “This week will be our busiest. We had…
HESSTON — Authorities say investigators found three people shot to death outside a rural home in central Kansas, and an unharmed 18-month-old child was found inside. Sheriff Townsend Walton says a passing motorist reported seeing bodies on the driveway of the home near Hesston in Harvey County on Sunday night. Walton says he believes the shootings happened earlier that day. Walton says the victims were a man in his 50s, and a woman and man in their mid-30s. Their names have not been released and authorities have not explained the relationships between the victims. The sheriff says the case is being…