The below comes to KMAN courtesy of a USD 383 press release. Melanie Koehn, USD 383 Adult Learning Center teacher, was named The Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Outstanding Teacher of the Year runner-up for 2016. Melanie received her Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University, with a major in marketing and a minor in Spanish, in 2002. Marrying and moving to Western Kansas; her husband worked as a game warden and Melanie worked as a Spanish Teacher and Librarian at the junior high school. She began her teaching certification at Fort Hays State University in 2007. She served in a variety of…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three Republicans in the Kansas Senate have introduced a proposal to reverse an income tax cut for business owners championed by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. Senate Vice President Jeff King of Independence and Sens. Jim Denning and Greg Smith of Overland Park described the measure they unveiled Tuesday as a proposal to promote tax fairness. Their bill would undo a 2012 policy that exempts more than 330,000 farmers and business owners from state income taxes. It would tax 70 percent of their income. The state has struggled since to balance its budget, and the three senators said…
WESTFALL, Kan. (AP) A man has been charged with intentional second-degree murder in the death of another man at a farmhouse in southeastern Lincoln County. Lincoln County Sheriff Mike Weigel said Tuesday that 36-year-old Joseph Schultz was arrested in the death of 33-year-old Kevin Kubick. Schultz has asked to be appointed an attorney. The Salina Journal reports that Lincoln County deputies were sent to the farmhouse 1 .5 miles southwest of Westfall at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after receiving a 911 call from a woman. Weigel said that when authorities arrived, Kubick was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Authorities have arrested a Kansas man in the killing of his wife in northeast Kansas. Jackson County sheriff Tim Morse said in a news release that the 66-year-old man was arrested Tuesday. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1pg50BP) reports that the sheriff’s office received a 911 call in October from the couple’s home. The husband told dispatchers he had found his 61-year-old wife unresponsive. She died the next day at a Topeka hospital. The sheriff’s office opened an investigation, and an autopsy indicated the woman died from trauma to the spleen. A search warrant on the husband’s residence was…
Manhattan’s City Commission work session was filled with updates, Tuesday night. The commission learned of Fake Patty’s call numbers and noise complaints, as they received a quarterly update from the Riley County Police Department. A total of 361 calls were made to police during the binge drinking holiday, that saw multiple injuries and numerous intoxication induced arrests. That number ranking as the highest volume of calls seen since 2013 and rising from 300 received last year. During the session, commissioners also engaged in discussion about the city’s five-year strategic plan for bicycling. Infrastructure Analyst, Jared Tremblay fostered the narrative, that…
Stanley Hoerman of Manhattan has officially joined the race for the 66th district of the State House of Representatives in Topeka. Hoerman grew up in south-central Manhattan with eight brothers and sisters. “I was well trained by my parents and they were very good people and they taught us right and wrong.” Hoerman said he was “disappointed ” in last year’s legislative session. “It was so divisive and they just barely got anything done, so I think it’s time for a change.” If elected, said he’ll advocate for safety on city, county and state roads. “I just think there’s a…
All three subjects sought following a drug raid in Riley County are in custody now. That’s according to Riley County Police Public Information Officer Matthew Droge who told KMAN early Wednesday morning the three were found in Topeka. More information will be released later in the morning. As earlier reported two other arrests had been made during that raid–with two names listed on Wednesday morning’s arrest report including Dashaun Craig Lamont Perkins, 21, and Donte Trayvon Westmoreland, 23, both of Stockton, California. The two were arrested in the 1200 block of Bertrand Street and each has a $40,000 bond. …
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and the St. George Police Department continue to investigate vehicle burglaries in the St.George area. These burglaries have occurred over the past several months, with the most recent reported overnight between last Friday and Saturday (March 4th and March 5th). At least 2 vehicles were entered without permission in the 12,000 block of Hillside Drive in rural St.George. The loss is reported to be under $10 at this time. The suspect in this matter reportedly walked to several cars and appears to have entered those that weren’t locked. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes talks to Riley County Commissioner Ron Wells.
“Somewhat boring, mostly flat” is the way Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen describes February sales tax numbers for Manhattan. A little over a million dollars was collected this past month which is similar to last February’s numbers. Specifically $1,010,818 dollars in sales tax receipts came in last month compared to the slightly higher number of $1,028,934 in Feburary of 2015. The February numbers were quite a bit higher than January’s $888,302, bringing year to date numbers to $1,899,120 million. The February amount was $10,820 above what had been budgeted.