TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the public water supply in the City of Emmett located in Pottawatomie County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a water main break that may put the system at risk for bacterial contamination. The advisory took effect on Feb. 16 and will remain in effect until chlorine residuals are adequate and all other conditions which place the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be adequately resolved. Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: · Boil…
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan City Commissioners have authorized steps to move forward in two feasibility studies. Director of Parks and Recreation, Eddie Eastes presented to commissioners during Tuesday night’s commission meeting. The authorization allows the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement with Bruce McMillan Architects for a Parks and Recreation Facility Feasibility Study and a Douglass Park Southeast Neighborhood Recreation Center Feasibility Study. The commission will be appointing members to a steering committee to work with architects on the studies, as their next step. Providing recreational activities to city residents was trending at the meeting, with commissioners also discussing the development of a…
FORT WORTH, Tex. — It had been 13 months since Kansas State had won a road game in conference play. The losing streak hit 13 games last weekend in the Wildcats’ lowest point of the season, an overtime loss to rebuilding Oklahoma State. At long last, the meter can be reset. K-State topped TCU, 63-49, Tuesday night in Fort Worth. The Wildcats jumped out to a fast start, leading 26-11 at one point, then found separation down the stretch after TCU managed to climb back within seven. Justin Edwards led K-State with 17 points, while Barry Brown helped the Wildcats…
With Fake Patty’s Day less than 20 days away, members of the Riley County Law Board discussed preparedness for the biggest annual binge-drinking event Manhattan. Riley County Police Department Capt. Josh Kyle reported to the board that the RCPD plans to take similar actions to last year when it comes to how it polices the event, which is March 5. “It appears as of right now we’re not going to make any significant alterations to the plan from last year,” Kyle said. “It seemed to be fairly effective.” Kyle told the board arrests and citations were down after last year’s…
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a fire weather watch in the Flint Hills region till Saturday. Riley, Pottawatomie, Geary, Clay and Wabaunsee Counties are listed in the watch. The alert says warmer temperatures and gusty winds beginning Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon — along with low relative humidity values — increase the chances for fire dangers. Wind gusts could reach upwards of 30-40 mph Thursday and Friday. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma oil-and-gas regulators are ordering operators of 245 injection wells in the state to reduce the amount of wastewater injected underground as the agency grapples with a spike in earthquakes that have also been felt far into Kansas. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission released a plan Tuesday covering more than 5,200 square miles. It calls for a reduction of more than 500,000 barrels of wastewater each day.
TOPEKA — A project aimed at luring the American Royal horse and livestock exhibition to the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area could include a new hotel, children’s museum and 5,000-seat arena for hockey. A Kansas Department of Commerce report obtained Monday by The Associated Press says the proposed development “is assumed” to include those projects and 12 other elements. The American Royal is a 2.5-month exhibition each fall in Kansas City, Mo. But the proposal’s future is uncertain. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration wants to use a special economic development program to fund it. But Kansas legislators have included…
TOPEKA — The Kansas Secretary of Corrections would be able to sell prison-made goods to more entities under two bills before a House committee. Both of the measures would allow the secretary to sell products to any person or organization in Kansas. One would allow a vocational building program to manufacture housing units for sale or donation to the public. Corrections Secretary Johnnie Goddard told the House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development on Monday that the program would reduce the recidivism rate from 35 percent to 18 percent. Proponents from Ellsworth say the program also would address the shortage in…
WICHITA — The Kansas Court of Appeals says Lansing Correctional Facility officials acted properly when they punished Scott Roeder for making a threat against a woman who reopened a Wichita abortion clinic. Roeder is serving a life sentence for killing abortion provider George Tiller on May 31, 2009, while Tiller was serving as an usher at a Wichita church. Roeder suggested during an interview in April 2013 with an anti-abortion activist that Julie Burkhart had a target on her back for reopening Tiller’s clinic. The Wichita Eagle reports Roeder was given 45 days in solitary confinement, 60 days of restricted privileges and…
WICHITA — An animal rights group has sued to stop zoos in Kansas, Nebraska and Texas from bringing in new elephants from Africa. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Friends of Animals filed a lawsuit last week in federal court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Last month, the agency issued permits allowing the importation of 18 African elephants from Swaziland. The elephants would be divided among the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, the Dallas Zoo in Texas and the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska. The three zoos agreed to spend $450,000 over several years on black…