Today’s edition of In Focus was open phones.
Author: KMAN Staff
Riley County commissioners agreed to hold off on advisory board appointments and reappointments Monday. The commission will wait till after it swears in Marvin Rodriguez on Jan. 9. Rodriguez, a Republican, defeated District 2 commissioner Robert Boyd in the August primary. “It’s different, this year, of course,” county clerk Rich Vargo said. “Because not all years you have a new commissioner transition.” Several advisory board terms end Dec. 31. “Whatever you two guys want to do,” Boyd answered when chairman Ben Wilson asked him about the proposal. “I’m comfortable making a decision, but if you want to wait for Marvin,…
Riley County Law Board members Monday approved extension of the agreement with RCPD Director Brad Schoen, with a salary, compensation, and benefits raised to $141,343.46 compared to the previous 136,695.80, which is a 3.4 percent increase. The action was taken after several executive sessions lasting nearly an hour and a half. Also during Monday’s Law Board meeting, board members were told there might be a slight delay in initiating a new mental health co-responder with Riley County Police, with a delay in finding a person to fill the position. Director Schoen indicated Pawnee Mental Health is looking for someone with…
DORRANCE — Authorities say a several train cars carrying coal have derailed in central Kansas. The police department in Wilson says the derailment happened Sunday near Dorrance in Russell County. The Hays Post reports that no one was injured when the cars jumped the tracks. The derailment is under investigation.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the public water supply at Stagg Hill Golf Club, Inc. located in Riley County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a loss of chlorine residual. Failure to maintain required chlorine residual levels may put the system at risk for bacterial contamination. The advisory took effect on Dec. 19 and will remain in effect until conditions which place the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be adequately resolved. Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: · …
Officers with the Riley County Police Department filed a report for theft in the 800 block of Commons Pl Friday afternoon. Gamestop was listed as a victim, when a suspect left the store with a Playstation 4, a Playstation 4 controller, an Xbox One, and two PS4 games. Officers issued a Notice to Appear for theft to Jason Wooten, 19, of Junction City. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $670.00. Devin Field, 23, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on Friday afternoon. Field was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant…
Manhattan has a new Community Development Director but it’s a familiar name for the city of Manhattan. Eric Cattell has been named Director of Community Development for the City of Manhattan, effective today. Cattell has been the assistant director for planning for the city for the last 18 years. As director, Cattell will be responsible for directing all long-range and current land use planning efforts for the city including the preparation of comprehensive plans, neighborhood, corridor and district plans and plan updates, and the implementation of these plans and policies through the zoning and subdivision regulations and other city ordinances.…
A Louisiana man’s Saturday morning took a turn for the worse in Wabaunsee county over the weekend. 30-year-old Brandon Perque of Marrero, Louisiana, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at mile marker 327 when he lost control of his car while passing a semi-truck. Perque’s 2015 Subaru spun out in the eastbound lane then was struck head-on by the semi. Perque was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka. According to Kansas Highway Patrol, Perque was wearing his seat belt. The driver of the semi is listed as Clint Clark, 35, of Ferriday, Louisiana. Clark was uninjured. Saturday morning’s accident in Wabaunsee county was…
DENVER (AP) — D.J. Johnson had 19 points to lead six Wildcats scoring in double figures, and Kansas State pulled away in the second half to beat Colorado State 89-70 Saturday. Barry Brown had 14 points and Xavier Sneed added 12 for Kansas State (10-1), which won its fifth in a row since its loss to Maryland on Nov. 26. Johnson, who fouled out with just under two minutes remaining, also had 10 rebounds for his third career double-double. Prentiss Nixon had 30 points to lead Colorado State (8-3). Up by seven at the break, Kansas State stretched its lead…
It’s going to be a dangerously frosty weekend in the Flint Hills. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a wind chill advisory for the KMAN-listening area in effect until noon Sunday. NWS says freezing drizzle north of I-70 will gradually diminish Friday night. An Arctic airmass will begin to surge southeast through the area tonight and will cause any wet and untreated roadways to refreeze. Light to moderate snowfall is expected to overspread the area late Friday night into Saturday afternoon and end that evening. As the cold air continues to build in, dangerously cold wind chill values…