A Manhattan man pleaded no contest to drug charges in Riley County District Court on Monday morning. As KMAN reported last summer, Andre Quinton, Jr. was arrested in July of 2015 for a long list of drug-related offenses including intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school, possession of narcotics, and domestic battery. Police raided Quinton’s home and found more than 38 grams of methamphetamine packaged to be sold. Quinton was facing a minimum of 46 months in prison and up to $300,000 in fees for his Level Three drug felony. In Judge David Stutzman’s courtroom, Quinton and his attorney submitted an agreement resulting in Quinton serving 74 months and paying $10,000.…
Author: KMAN Staff
Monday’s guests on In Focus were: Dr. Justin Thomason, K-State Veteran on “Heart Month” Executive Director Lori Bishop with Flint Hills Volunteer Center John White, Kansas Farm Bureau’s “Young Farmers and Ranchers” David Yocum with Bellus Academy
It was a big day for bid openings at the Pottawatomie County Commission meeting Monday. Commissioners and County Administrators were pleased with the bids they received, which were described as “really good prices” by Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark. Clark and his staff will consider the bids more closely Thursday before commissioners take action. Commissioners are holding a special meeting Thursday to vote on the bids due to the President’s’ Holiday on Monday. Bayer Construction had the apparent low bid of $2,627,208.95 dollars but Amino Brothers of Kansas City had the shortest time period of seven to eight months…
TOPEKA — The state’s mental hospital in eastern Kansas would receive an additional $2.4 million in its current budget to help boost its staffing under a proposal from a legislative committee. The Senate Ways and Means Committee added the money Monday for Osawatomie State Hospital as it debated other proposals for keeping the budget balanced through June 2017. The Department on Aging and Disability Services reported last month that 187 of the 483 positions at the hospital were vacant. The federal government decertified the Osawatomie hospital in December after a critical survey found that the hospital failed to protect suicidal…
TOPEKA — A Kansas Senate committee has approved a bill that would balance the state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The measure approved Monday by the Ways and Means Committee would eliminate a projected deficit of nearly $200 million in the $16.1 billion budget for the next fiscal year. The committee’s 9-2 vote sends the bill to the full Senate for a debate that could occur by the end of this week. The bill includes many of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposals to help close the budget gap by juggling funds and capturing unanticipated savings. The GOP-dominated…
TOPEKA –The executive director of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s Council of Economic Advisors has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Shawnee County jail records show that Stanley Ahlerich, executive director of the Kansas Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors, was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Ahlerich was released about an hour later on $1,000 bond. A Brownback spokeswoman declined comment Sunday. A message left at a home phone listing under Ahlerich’s name Sunday wasn’t immediately returned. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Ahlerich, of Winfield, has led the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors since Brownback…
TOPEKA — A Junction City resident received a surprise of a lifetime when checking his Hot Lotto ticket Saturday night, according to a press release from the Kansas Lottery. The lucky winner, who wished to remain anonymous, matched all numbers in the Jan. 30 Hot Lotto drawing to win a jackpot prize worth $1,550,000. “Saturday night, I scanned my ticket on the store’s lottery checker and the message read, ‘Sign back of ticket. Claim at Lottery,’” said the winner. “I’ve never seen a message like that, so while I was pumping gas I looked up the winning Hot Lotto numbers…
TOPEKA — The chairman of the Kansas House education committee says his panel won’t vote on a school consolidation measure. Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, told The Topeka Capital-Journal Saturday he doesn’t intend to move forward this year with a House measure introduced by Rep. John Bradford, a Lansing Republican. The measure would pare down the number of school districts to one per county in most counties. The Kansas Association of School Boards estimated the number of districts would drop from 286 statewide to 132. A hearing in Highland’s committee on Wednesday attracted 41 opponents to the bill. Highland says the…
If you’re looking for a last-minute gift idea for your Valentine that will be both unique and appreciated, look no further than the C. L. Hoover Opera House in Junction City. This weekend, the Neil Simon comedy “Jake’s Women” will be performed. The play tells the story of Jake, a middle-aged novelist who is much more successful at writing his relationships than he is at living them. His marriage to second wife Maggie is in trouble, and Jake isn’t equipped to handle the situation. He calls on the many other women in his life, including his sister, his therapist, his…
Shadow Hosier, 27, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on February 5, 2016, at approximately 1 p.m. Hosier was arrested on two warrants for probation violation. The original offenses are listed as domestic battery and battery. He was given a bond of $7,500. Police in Riley County filed a report and are now investigating the crimes of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy within the city limits of Manhattan. This report was filed on February 6, 2016, at approximately 3 p.m. for an incident involving a 20-year-old female victim and a 20-year-old male suspect which is…