The Wamego City Commission approved an ordinance and sent another back to the Planning Commission. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page went over the proposed modifications to the City Code governing the licensing of solicitors, canvassers and peddlers, also known as itinerant merchants. The ordinance covers licensing fees and background checks on every person engaged in the practice. This is an update to the existing ordinance, which exempts food trucks operating on private property. According to Page, there would be no license or fee required of the operation as long as they have permission from the landowner. The ordinance…
Author: KMAN Staff
BALTIMORE (AP) — Manny Machado had no intention of taking a 99 mph fastball in the back without retaliating. So when the inevitable occurred, the Orioles young infielder charged the mound with his fists clenched. Kansas City right-hander Yordano Ventura hit Machado with a pitch to spark a bench-emptying fray, and Baltimore extended the Royals’ losing streak to a season-high six games with a 9-1 rout Tuesday night. Mark Trumbo homered and drove in four runs, and the Orioles also got long balls from Ryan Flaherty, Chris Davis and Adam Jones. But the game’s most striking moment came in the…
*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will play Boston College in the fifth annual Barclays Center Classic on Friday, Nov. 25, the organization announced on Tuesday. The contest will be among a semifinal doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 25 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, as K-State and Boston College will be joined by Maryland and Richmond. The winners will meet in the championship tilt following the consolation game on Saturday, Nov. 26. Times and television information for the four-game tournament will be released at a later date. “We are obviously excited to play in this high-quality preseason tournament…
There are a web of concerns surrounding the the McNiell Hotel Company development and use of a city parking lot at Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commissioner’s meeting. Deputy City Manager, Jason Hilgers, brought up the discussion item looking for feedback from the commissioners and community. The feedback was mixed. The McNeill Hotel Company wants to build a 110 room, 5-story hotel on the corner of Bluemont and 12th Street, just on the edge of Aggieville where Willy’s Car Wash is located. This is an issue in itself because the 5-story building exceeds the 35 feet zoning laws for buildings in Aggieville. The proposal forces…
A copy of the complaint filed to Riley County District Court was obtained by KMAN today. It reads as follows: Copy of Complaint/Information in State of Kansas v. Zachary Jon Burton (electronically filed June 7 with Clerk of Riley County District Court): Barry K Disney, Senior Deputy Riley County Attorney, of Riley County, of lawful age, being first duly sworn on oath, for complaint against the above shown defendant, in the name and by the authority on behalf of the State of Kansas, gives the Court to understand and be informed: COUNT 1: That between the 1st day of December, 2015…
More than 150 years has passed since the final shot was fired in the American Civil War, but two veterans laid to rest in Riley county are about to receive some honors for their service to the Union in the Great American Conflict. At 9:30 a.m. on June 18, Conrad Smith will be posthumously receiving the congressional Medal of Honor at a ceremony at St. Patrick cemetery in Ogden. According to Marie McConnell, chairwoman of the Manhattan chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Smith was battling on the front lines in Alabama when he rescued his commander and…
Two Kansas Department of Corrections inmates with local cases are up for public comment sessions and possible parole later this summer. 46 year old Shawn McDiffett has been serving time on a variety of charges from a four county area, including drug-related manufacturing, possession, and distribution charges in Riley County from 1989. Other convictions include a 1991 indecent liberties with a child in Lyon County, an ’89 conviction in Sedgwick County for driving with a cancelled, suspended, or revoked license, and traffic in contraband in a penal institution in 1992 in Butler county. Also up for a public comment session…
Gov. Sam Brownback announced late Tuesday morning that he will call back the legislature to Topeka for a special session on school funding. “After discussion with Legislative Leadership, I have decided to call a special session to keep Kansas schools open, despite the Court’s threat to close them,” Brownback said in a press release. “It is distressing that the Kansas Supreme Court has put the schools and legislature of Kansas in this position over less than 1 percent of school funding. “I will do everything I can to keep this session focused on education. I am working to arrange the particular…
TOPEKA — Tobacco companies have paid just more than $1 billion in annual payments to Kansas in the past 18 years. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Monday tobacco manufacturers had paid Kansas the money as part of a legal settlement to resolve claims by 46 states. The settlement allowed Kansas to recover part of the costs it pays for tobacco-related illness and disease. Schmidt says payments to Kansas are likely to decline significantly in April 2018 under terms of the agreement. Kansas uses most of the money to early childhood education programs. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports state lawmakers have shown an interest…
KANSAS CITY — Planned Parenthood attorneys are asking a federal judge to prevent Kansas from cutting off Medicaid funding for the organization. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson was having a hearing Tuesday in a lawsuit filed last month by two Planned Parenthood affiliates against the state health department’s top administrator. The agency plans to cut off funding July 7. Robinson will decide whether to block the department’s action while the lawsuit proceeds. Federal courts have blocked attempts to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in other states, including Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Utah. Planned Parenthood attorneys argue Kansas is acting…