You could smell the chlorine and sunscreen in city hall Monday night, as city commissioner’s dove into an aquatic discussion. The joint meeting of the city commission and parks and recreation advisory board was originally scheduled for April 26, but was cancelled when severe weather rolled into Manhattan. The local government officials gathered to hear the results of a parks and recreation feasibility study. The study was approved in December and focuses on many things like parks, trails, and athletic fields. But a heavier emphasis seems to be being placed on the city’s pools. “I’m hearing we want a pool from all…
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The Royals returned home from a 1-5 road trip to begin a series against the Washington Nationals in Kansas City. Gio Gonzalez and the Nationals bullpen combined for a five hit, 2-0 shut out victory over the Royals. Ryan Zimmerman and Daniel Murphy drove in the only runs in the first inning. The Royals offense went a combined 5 for 31 with four singles and one double. Edinson Volquez (3-2) suffered the loss allowing seven hits and two runs in over seven plus innings. The Nationals have won four straight games and are 18-7 overall. The Royals drop to 13-12 overall and…
“The Game” on KMAN Monday breaks down a busy sports weekend. K-State baseball finishes their series at Iowa with a doubleheader on Sunday. The Royals struggle on the west coast but salvage a win against the Mariners on Sunday. KC returns home to begin a series with the Nationals. The NFL draft is in the books with a recap of the Chiefs and Cody Whitehair going in the second round to Chicago. All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1-KSU-in-NFL-Draft.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2-Chiefs-draft-Tyreek-Hill.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3-Royals-get-one-on-west-coast.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4-MBC-Softball-blunder.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5-Glenn-Gronkowski-NFL-opportunity-.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6-Interview-w-Herbie-Teope-Chiefs-Digest.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/7-Big-12-expansion-possibility.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8-You-cant-be-serious.mp3
Results on a proposed $22.5 million bond issue for USD 378 school improvements are expected Tuesday night. Riley County clerk Rich Vargo told county commissioners Monday morning his office has already received 105 advance votes so far from advanced voting, which closed Monday at noon. Polls will open Tuesday at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. Vargo expects the results to be fully reported sometime around 9 p.m. “That’s dependent on when the supervising judges bring in the results from their polling places,” Vargo told the commission. The Leonardville Community Building, Sedalia Church, Riley Centre and Keats Methodist Annex are the…
More subdivision bid openings and road updates at Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting. Construction projects continue in Pottawatomie County on two major areas–including highway 24 and Excel as well as Highway 24 and Flush Road. Public Works Director Peter Clark updated commissioners on the highway 24/Excel Road Project saying the re-enforced concrete box on the north side of Highway 24 is built and back-filling is being done, with a grade being established. Clark adds the large ditch associated with the project is also closer to being completed. The Flush Road project also is progressing, with one westbound…
TOPEKA — Kansas is reporting that its tax collections last month were $2.6 million more than expected, giving state officials a small dose of good news in dealing with ongoing budget problems. The Department of Revenue reported Monday that the state collected $584.3 million in taxes in April, when the official projection was $581.7 million. The surplus was 0.5 percent. That’s positive news but revenue projections were slashed only three weeks ago. The tax collections are now being pegged against a more pessimistic forecast. Still, Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said there are positive economic signs in personal income and sales…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators tackled issued that included abortion and preventing cities and counties from regulating artery-clogging restaurant meals or sugary snacks as the worked on balancing the state’s next budget. Legislators passed and sent Gov. Sam Brownback multiple other measures Sunday before adjourning early Monday morning. ANTI-ABORTION MEASURES Two anti-abortion proposals won approval from legislators. They’re likely to become law: Brownback is a strong abortion opponent who has signed every piece of anti-abortion legislation sent to him since he took office in January 2011. One measure approved Sunday night explicitly prohibits midwives from performing abortions or administering abortion-inducing drugs. The proposal…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature is out of session until June 1, and its leaders hope lawmakers have finished their business for the year. The House adjourned shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, and the Senate followed at about 3:30 a.m. Their session June 1 is supposed to be only a brief adjournment ceremony. But the Kansas Supreme Court is reviewing changes lawmakers made in March to how the state distributes more than $4 billion a year in aid to its 286 school districts. The court said in February that Kansas was shorting poor districts on aid and ordered a…
On May 1, 2016 at approximately 2:05 PM officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Dewuan Shorter, 21, of Manhattan on a warrant for the offenses of aggravated robbery (X2) and robbery. He was also arrested on the offenses of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery as well as use of possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. He was given a bond of $15,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Shorter was arrested while in the 900 block of Colorado Street in Manhattan, Kansas for these offenses which occurred in March…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: William G. Smriga Executive Director, K-State Student Union 60th anniversary celebration happening May 4th Youth Fishing Clinic: Mischa Pickett, Tuttle Creek Lake Association president and Leo Schell Kathy Dzewaltowski and Eileen Meyer -The historic preservation community will be holding its biannual Historic Summit on Thursday, May 5.