A Westar Energy substation may soon be coming to the campus of Manhattan Area Technical College and that means more opportunities for dual-credit students at Manhattan High School. MATC president Jim Genandt approached the board with two Westar representatives at Wednesday nights’ meeting. Westar Energy would like to purchase a plot of land from the college in order to build a new power substation, but due to a legal partnership with the district, MATC needs permission from the district before any final sale is approved. The property, located at the corner of Dickens avenue and Seth Child boulevard, sits in an ideal…
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 Assistant Superintendent, Eric Reed and School Board Member, David Colburn. Manhattan Christian College Director of Institutional Advancement, Jolene Rupe
The Geary County Sheriff’s Office is investigating allegations that a Registered Sex Offender was having unlawful contact with a minor in Junction City. 21-year-old Kayla Simpson is the suspect in the investigation and she remains at large. Simpson is wanted for two felony violations of the Offender Registration Act, one count of Felony Violation of a No Contact Order, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia among other violations. Simpson is also wanted by Junction City Municipal Court for Failure to Appear. If you know her whereabouts, contact your local law enforcement agency immediately.
TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism with the state’s arguments that its current education funding is adequate as they consider a lawsuit filed by four local school districts. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and four other justices on the seven-member court on Wednesday peppered state Solicitor General Stephen McAllister with questions after he suggested that the high court should defer to the Legislature. The state argued that its annual aid of nearly $4.1 billion a year to its 286 districts is sufficient for legislators to meet their constitutional duty to provide a suitable education for every child. Several justices pointed…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Authorities say two people are hospitalized after a Topeka apartment fire. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that heavy smoke was coming from the east side of the 12-unit building when crews responded around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters conducted a search and removed two adults from the building. Fire officials said they were taken to a Topeka hospital and later transferred to The University of Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Their injuries aren’t believed to be life-threatening. The fire was classified as accidental and blamed on improperly discarded smoking materials. Damages to the three-story building and its…
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) Students throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area dressed in black to support a Kansas girl who says she was sexually assaulted in a school bathroom. The Kansas City Star reports hundreds of students at Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas wore black on Wednesday in support of their schoolmate. The freshman says she was groped last week by a boy inside a boys’ bathroom while a second boy held the door shut. Word of the “wear black to stop attacks” effort spread on social media Tuesday night soon after news broke that police were investigating…
Mason Reves, 26, of Manhattan was arrested on the offense of failure to appear which was listed on a warrant with a bond of $7,000.00. Reves was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on September 20, 2016 at approximately 12:00 PM. At the time of this report Reves was not confined at the Riley County Jail.
The Wamego City Commission secured a new fire truck during Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page reviewed the financing of the purchase, noting that 550 thousand dollars would be paid out of the Fire Department Reserves, and the remaining 300 thousand would be handled through a lease/purchase for 10 years. Bids were received from four local banks, with Kaw Valley Bank and Trust the low bidder with an interest rate of 2.9 percent. Following the approval, the Commission approved an ordinance to authorize the expenditure of the funds. Commissioner Robert Morse was not present. The Wamego City Commission also approved a lot split…
The time came to take the noise off the table. Manhattan city commissioners removed the noise ordinance from the backburner for approval, with first reading approval by a vote of 5-0. Assistant City Manager Kiel Mangus indicates in the current ordinance there is no language regarding decibel limits. There are two district boundaries, which are Aggieville and Downtown Manhattan and minimum fines for first, second and third offenses. The fines could be 100, 200, and 500 dollars as first and second offenses. City Commissioner Karen McCulloh says though the ordinance is focused on decibel levels she does not think one party at…
WICHITA — The League of Women Voters says Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has discarded as of August the registrations of about 6,570 prospective voters under a rule that allows him to toss them after 90 days because they did not prove citizenship. Those prospective voters likely registered at some place other than a motor vehicle office without providing citizenship documents, so their voting rights are not protected by recent court orders. They would need to register again to vote in November. Kansas requires proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The Secretary of State’s office says it could not…