Manhattan sales tax numbers are stronger than they’ve been in recent months, with $981,939 collected in May, which is higher than the $917,647 the same time last year and much higher than last month’s $838,056. That puts the net budget impact on the positive side for the first time since February, with a $13,551 amount for the month. However the budget is still $68,025 behind the yearly budget projections. Manhattan Finance director Bernie Hayen says “Finally…a reasonably good sales tax month compared to a year ago for the same period.” Hayen mentions hotels and fast food establishments appeared to play a…
Author: KMAN Staff
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With one powerful swing, Miguel Sano put the Minnesota Twins in front of the Kansas City Royals and out of their frustration. For once, this floundering team had reason to feel good at the ballpark. Sano hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning, and the Twins staved off another series sweep Wednesday by beating the Royals 7-5. “It hasn’t been what everyone was hoping it would be, just being a guy who could come out and dominate in his second year and all the hype, but you know it’s a tough game and he’s…
*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – K-State jumped out to 5-1 lead after the top of the fourth inning, but top-seeded Texas Tech scored seven unanswered runs to come back and defeat the eighth-seeded Wildcats, 8-5, on Wednesday in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Wildcats (26-30) used a pair of two-out, two-run doubles by Jake Scudder and Michael Smith to help build their four-run advantage, but 14 of Texas Tech’s 17 hits after the third frame fueled the come-from-behind victory. The Red Raiders (41-14) scored three…
*Courtesy of K-State Sports Information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Brad Korn, a former player for Bruce Weber with more than a decade of Division I coaching experience, is returning to K-State as the Wildcats’ new assistant men’s basketball coach, Weber announced Wednesday. Korn, who played at Southern Illinois (1999-2004), returns to K-State after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Missouri State (2013-16). He spent one season on Weber’s inaugural staff in Manhattan as Director of Basketball Operations in 2012-13, helping the Wildcats to a 27-8 overall record and their first-ever Big 12 regular-season title. Overall, he has 12 years…
Developing story: A Riley County USD 378 employee is reportedly involved in some type of Riley County Police investigation. While RCPD officials have not yet been available for an official comment, USD 378 Interim Superintendent Nancy Meyer confirmed with KMAN that her district is working with the Riley County Police as they investigate the matter. Meyer also said she was not at liberty to discuss as it is a personnel matter. KMAN will provide details as soon as they are available.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton Retiring Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown
Crystal Anderson, 34, of Ventura California was arrested on the 24th of May at approximately 3:16 PM while at the Riley County Police Department. Anderson was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. There was no bond attached to this warrant and Anderson remained confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Kevin Harbaugh, 34, of Manhattan was arrested on the 24th day of May at approximately 2:50 PM while in the 100 block of North 4th Street in Manhattan. Harbaugh was arrested on a Douglas County District Court warrant for probation…
Mr. Robert Young will be interviewing for the position of superintendent for Rock Creek USD 323 BOE today. Mr. Young is the first of three candidates who will be interviewed for the position. Mr. Young is currently serving as the school superintendent in the USD 388 Ellis, KS school district and has served in that position since 2011. Previously, Mr. Young served as a school superintendent in USD 241 Wallace County and, prior to that, a math teacher and technology director for USD 388 Ellis. Mr. Young holds a B.A. in Secondary Education Science from Marymount College and a M.S.…
K-State’s Manhattan, Polytechnic and Olathe campuses will be revising the tuition rate increase to 5.81 percent to offset the higher than expected state general fund reduction recently announced by the governor. If approved, the estimated revenue from the proposed tuition increases would generate approximately $11.7 million to fund key priorities. The Board of Regents is scheduled to approve the tuition increases at its June 15 meeting. Provost and Senior Vice President April Mason and Vice President Cindy Bontrager made that announcement in “K-State Today” Tuesday. As earlier announced on KMAN, a five percent increase in tuition and fees was originally proposed…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) – The National Weather Service says a large tornado in Kansas that was on the ground for nearly an hour and a half missed a small town by about a mile. Meteorologist Chad Omitt says the tornado formed just after 7 p.m. near the Ottawa County community of Niles. He says it stayed on the ground continuously as it moved into Dickinson County. Omitt says it looks like “the heart” of the tornado was just about a mile south of the town of Chapman at one point. He says estimates are that the twister was a…