Today’s guests on In Focus were: Kansas State University Dean of Libraries Lori Goetsch K-State Assistant Professor in Department of Ag Economics Mykel Taylor
Author: KMAN Staff
Kansas State University students know a spot that they love full well, according to the latest educational review publications. The Princeton Review ranked Kansas State University in 13 different categories in the 2017 edition of “The Best 381 Colleges.” Among the rankings are No. 2 for students love these colleges, No. 3 for best quality of life, No. 4 for best athletic facilities, No. 5 for great town-gown relations, No. 6 for happiest students, No. 7 for students pack the stadiums, No. 15 for best run colleges and No. 18 for best college dorms. “K-State has been recognized among the…
Steve Land, who for the past four years has served as director of rehabilitation for Wamego Health Center, has been named as its senior administrator. “I am extremely excited to be a part of such a wonderful organization as the opportunities that we have within our community are exciting and growing,” said Land. “Our organization has such a great history, and I am grateful to be involved in its future and the development to come.” Land, who will assume his new position on Sept. 11, has more than 18 years’ experience as a licensed physical therapist. During his time as…
A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday. Joseph Brand of Manhattan was arrested on the offenses of possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs and interference with law enforcement which gave him a bond of $5,000.00 This arrest stemmed from a warrant issued in Riley County. A report for theft of property was filed yesterday in the 100 block of Barton Road in Leonardville. Listed as a victim was Farm Bureau in Manhattan and Stacy Wurtz, 31, of Riley. Items removed from the area were listed as personal checks, a Samsung tablet, an HP computer, and a black computer bag totaling approximately…
E-cigarette smokers in Manhattan may soon be pushed outdoors as the result of a new ordinance being considered by the city commission. At Tuesday’s city commission work session Jared Wasinger, management assistant, gave the audience a general idea of what an e-cigarette ban would look like. In 2008 Manhattan was the first community in Kansas to ban cigarettes in public buildings. Since then Kansas has issued its’ own cigarette ban, and Wasinger said an e-tobacco ban would look largely the same. Riley County has a tobacco and e-cigarette ban on all of its’ premises, and the Riley County Health board…
EDGERTON — A 32-year-old Kansas man has pleaded no contest in the death of a bar patron who was struck in the head with a pool cue a week before Christmas. WDAF-TV reports Gregory Cooper of Edgerton was charged with second-degree murder and attempted aggravated battery in the death of 23-year-old Tyler Knudsen at an Edgerton bar on Dec. 19. Johnson County prosecutors said Cooper “unintentionally, but recklessly” killed Knudsen when he swung a pool cue at another man’s head but instead hit the victim. Family members say Knudsen was an innocent bystander just waiting to play a game of pool. Cooper…
TOPEKA — A former Kansas House candidate has asked the state Supreme Court to order a county’s judges to convene a grand jury to investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Democrat Steven Davis of Lawrence filed his request last week after Douglas County’s chief judge rejected Davis’ petition for a grand jury. Davis wants the grand jury to investigate whether the Republican secretary of state or his subordinates mishandled online voter registrations. Davis circulated petitions after hearing anecdotes about potential problems, but even some of Kobach’s toughest critics haven’t seen evidence of wrongdoing. Kobach did not immediately return telephone messages…
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback summed up the situation his state is facing when it comes to its core industry — agriculture — bluntly. “It’s not been pretty,” Brownback said in Manhattan Tuesday. “And you can’t say I can see the prettiness down the road just yet.” And perhaps that sense of uncertainty was why Brownback was in the Little Apple for the first-ever Kansas Governor’s Summit on Agriculture Growth in the Manhattan Conference Center. An Aug. 5 government report showed the value of land and buildings on Kansas farms fell 7 percent last year and cropland values also fell 7 percent…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes visits with Sue Hageman, Riley County representative with Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail and Marcia Rozell with the Manhattan Convention and Visitors’ Bureau: Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins: K-State Police Lt. Brad Millington:
KMAN has received a report of a gas leak in front of the Bank of the Flint Hills and Fritzon Auto Sales on East Highway 24. Kansas Gas Service is currently at the site, where a very strong odor of gas is being investigated.