Members of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State are mourning the loss of a faculty member. Professor Tom Gould died Feb. 14 following a lengthy fight with brain cancer. Gould started his K-State career in 1998, becoming a full professor in 2013. According to a statement made by the university, a memorial celebration in Gould’s honor is being planned.
Author: KMAN Staff
A Silver Lake man has entered a plea of guilty to aggravated battery while DUI in connection with an October 2014 accident in Pottawatomie county that left two men seriously injured. Cameron Renfro entered the plea the end of last week in Pottawatomie County District court and will be sentenced March 17th. He was to have had a motion hearing last Friday. As KMAN reported at the time, Renfro and Jeffrey Fisher of Wamego were life-flighted following the accident on Highway 24 east of Wamego. Renfro and Fisher were the drivers in the head-on collision, were trapped, and had to be extracted from the…
The surprise is gone, but the frustration remains. Kansas State found itself on the verge of a big win Monday night, but fell short. Again. This time, No. 25 Texas was the survivor at Bramlage Coliseum, 71-70. “I don’t have much to say,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “We had our chances and our guys battled. I feel for our players.” As has been the case regularly this season, poor shooting from outside was K-State’s biggest weakness, including at the final buzzer. The Wildcats made just seven shots outside the paint for the night, and Dean Wade’s potential game-winner fell…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate has postponed a debate on a measure declaring that state Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to usurp the power of the Legislature or executive branch. On a voice vote Monday, senators removed a list of impeachable offenses from a bill clarifying the Supreme Court’s authority to administer the judicial branch. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King promised that his panel would consider a separate bill on impeachment next month. The Senate gave the narrowed bill first-round approval on a voice vote and plans to take final action Tuesday. The state constitution says…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate has advanced a bill that would lessen the penalties for sexting by middle and high school students in hopes that prosecutors will be willing to combat the practice. Senators gave the measure first-round approval on a voice vote Monday, and a final vote is expected Tuesday. The House approved its own version of the legislation earlier this month. Both bills focus on 12- to 18-year-olds accused of transmitting images of a nude child. Under existing state law, prosecutors are restricted to filing a felony charge that carried a prison sentence up to 11 years and…
TOPEKA — Kansas House members have approved a proposal to add a right to fish and hunt and trap wildlife to the state constitution. The measure would add a new section to the constitution’s Bill of Rights to preserve hunting and fishing as a preferred way to manage wildlife. The House voted 117-7 in favor of it Monday, sending it to the Senate. Several legislators said it would prevent future legislation from infringing on the right to hunt and fish. They said any future measures seeking to limit the sports would need to prove that a particular animal could become…
Workforce was a common theme at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan Monday, with presentations by Manhattan Area Technical College and K-State officials. As we heard last month following the leadership retreat involving area officials held in Overland Park, workforce continues to be the number one concern of many in the Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary county area. Roberta Maldonado-Franzen, K-State’s Director of Talent Acquisition, talked about dual career opportunities. Maldonado-Franzen says K-State’s really trying to focus on building partnerships and having a network established. Maldonado-Franzen tells KMAN they are making progress. A web site currently allows individuals to sign up for job…
With spring around the corner, agricultural burning was discussed during Monday morning’s Riley County commission meeting. Pat Collins, the county’s emergency management director, told commissioners the public should expect an abundance of burning from now going into March. Collins said there are no controlled burns allowed in April due to the county’s smoke management plan. “We have some people out there burning,” Collins said. “We do have over 1,000 burn permits out across the county and they’re good for the year, so if you don’t have a burn permit you need to get that.” Collins said he and the county…
Down in Arizona, the Kansas City Royals have begun Spring Training as they look to defend their World Series crown. And on a very pleasant spring day in Junction City, Royals fans made their way to see the latest stop on the Royals’ Trophy Tour, and saw the hardware and perpetual trophy base up close. “It’s the peoples’ trophy”, said Amanda Turk with the Royals Public Relations office. “They supported the Royals’ organization so this is kind of a ‘thank you’ to them”. According to Turk, the Trophy Tour will take them throughout Kansas and Missouri this week, traveling some…
NORTH NEWTON — A Kansas police chief investigating a child torture case involving three adopted Peruvian children is alleging that “somewhere, some time, the system broke down.” The Wichita Eagle reports that North Newton police chief Randy Jordan says he’s trying to find out what happened. He says state welfare officials received around a dozen reports before the adoptive parents, Jim and Paige Nachtigal, were charged last week with three counts each of child abuse. But Jordan says none were forwarded to his department for further investigation. Some of the reports were from 2014. State welfare officials have declined to…