Riley County Commissioners are rethinking the McDowell Creek Road project. Leon Hobson, the county’s public works director, told commissioners Monday morning that the project’s bids all exceed the engineer’s estimate by more than 110 percent, and can’t accept any of them based on state statute. “When this project was first put on the sales tax initiative, the cost was estimated around $3.5 to $4 million,” Hobson said. “And at that point we thought that was a viable project. “As we got into the design, or as Olsson Associates got into the design, a lot of challenges started popping up pretty…
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Guests on Monday’s In Focus were: McCain Holiday Home Tour with Steve Fisher and Todd Holmberg, Director of McCain Auditorium Jared Tremblay, Staff Liaison with Manhattan Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Ben Chmeiel Staff Liaison with Manhattan Historic Resources Board
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An attorney representing a Kansas sperm donor who is being pushed by the state to pay child support says his client’s legal battle is similar to the fight for same-sex couples to marry. Charles Baylor represents William Marotta, who has been resisting state efforts to declare him the legal parent of a 5-year-old girl conceived with sperm he sold to a same-sex couple. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Baylor argued in a court filing earlier this month that the state shouldn’t discriminate against the lesbian couple by forcing the child to have a male parent. A Shawnee County…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) New data reports growing numbers in sexually transmitted diseases in Kansas. State data shows that syphilis rates have more than doubled statewide over the past four years. The Wichita Eagle reports that 145 syphilis cases were reports in Kansas in 2014, compared to 58 cases that were reported in 2011. In Kansas, men were three times more likely to have syphilis than women. The disease was most common among 20- to 29-year-olds. African-Americans were more likely to have syphilis than other groups. Not-yet-finalized Sedgwick County data shows that local HIV cases are also growing. The number of…
President Barack Obama paid his respects at the site of this month’s extremist attack in Paris on Sunday night. Obama visited the Bataclan concert hall shortly after arriving in Paris for Monday’s climate change conference.
For the second straight season, the K-State Volleyball team will head to the NCAA Tournament as the Wildcats face in-state rival Wichita State in the first round on Friday, December 4 in Lincoln, Nebraska. K-State, which is also making its fourth appearance in the postseason tournament over the last five years and 16th all-time, is one of four teams in the Lincoln sub-regional played at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. No. 4 national seed Nebraska and Harvard match up on Friday following the K-State-Wichita State contest, which starts at 4:30 p.m. Winners from Friday…
Updated Monday 6:45 a.m.–interview with Brian Barjenbruch with National Weather Service in Topeka who says the slightly above freezing temperature overnight helped the Manhattan area–but it’s not over yet: Yvonne Etzel, Westar Energy: (Photo courtesy National Weather Service, Topeka) Freezing rain will move northeast along and west of a Sabetha, to Manhattan, to Council Grove through tonight. 0.25 inches of ice may accumulate on elevated objects, power lines and tree limbs. The additional ice accumulations through Monday morning may cause tree branches and power lines to snap. Roads may become icy in the winter storm warning area overnight and through the…
The Kansas Highway Patrol responded to an injury accident on I-70 Saturday afternoon. A 1999 Honda, driven by Hillary Strange (28) of Junction City, lost control in the westbound lane due to icy conditions. The vehicle left the roadway and entered the north ditch and overturned, coming to a rest on its top. Strange was transported to Geary County Hospital with an injury.
It was ugly and perhaps undeserved, but Kansas State bounced back from its first defeat of the season Sunday with a 68-66 victory over South Carolina State at Bramlage Coliseum. Five days after the Wildcats’ late collapse against No. 9 North Carolina in the CBE Classic, K-State looked like a team that left its spark in Kansas City, but it made just enough plays down the stretch to hold off a gritty Bulldog squad. “I was worried we would have a little bit of a hangover,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “We didn’t have the energy we needed to have.…
WICHITA — Negative publicity and low pay has Kansas law enforcement agencies struggling to recruit new officers at a time when agencies have hundreds of openings but not enough qualified applicants to fill them. With law enforcement feeling the heat of public scrutiny, some recruiters say young people are opting for better-paying careers that don’t have so much negative baggage attached. The Wichita Eagle reports the Kansas Highway Patrol has more than 100 open positions but there are just 19 cadets in the patrol’s academy class now underway in Salina. Wichita police Capt. Brent Allred says college has gotten so expensive that…