After a parade went through Poyntz Avenue in downtown Manhattan to honor Veterans Day, citizens gathered inside the Peace Memorial Auditorium at City Hall to continue the celebration. Second graders from Lee and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Schools sang songs commemorating service men and women and remarks were heard from Manhattan Mayor Karen McCulloh, Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells and an especially moving speech was given from Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby, the Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley. “That our community comes to honor our nation’s service members like this is just breathtaking,” Grigsby said. “That each…
Author: KMAN Staff
Wednesday’s guests were: Wamego’s USD 320 Superintendent Denise O’Dea and Rock Creek USD 323 Superintendent Darrel Stufflebeam Manhattan Public Library Public Relations Coordinator Danielle Schapaugh Harry Tsamolias with K-State’s Mortar Board
TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking all Kansas Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from a lawsuit involving the court system’s budget. Schmidt announced Tuesday that the state filed a motion seeking the recusal because the justices have publicly opposed the law in question. Legislators approved a budget measure this year protecting a law that allows local judges to appoint chief judges in the state’s 31 judicial districts, rather than the state Supreme Court. The budget measure says if that law is struck down, the judiciary’s entire budget is “null and void.” Supreme Court spokeswoman Lisa Taylor says the…
TOPEKA — A spokesman for the Kansas Department of Commerce says it is working on initiatives for keeping the state from losing all of its federal arts funds. Agency spokesman Dan Lara said Tuesday that the agency is looking at partnering with other state agencies on arts-related projections. He said doing so would allow the department and its Creative Arts Industries Commission to count the spending on those projects or even a contribution of employee time on them as part of the state arts funding needed to qualify Kansas for federal funds. A National Endowment for the Arts official told state officials…
Due to heightened security at public events nationwide the Riley County Police Department will have an increased presence at some large community functions, and those that meet an undisclosed criteria, in the future. This increased police presence is out of an abundance of caution and not a result of direct threats or increased danger to the community, its safety, or future event participants. Josh Kyle, patrol commander for the Riley County Police Department said in a news release issued Tuesday, “A conscious decision has been made by RCPD to provide additional resources at some of these events to include an increase…
A rental inspection program and property maintenance ordinances were in the queue for Manhattan City Commissioners, as they sat down for a work session on Tuesday night. It was the issue of rental inspection however, that had city property owners, landlords and tenants passionately providing public comment. One K-State student present for the discussion, told commissioners that the discussion made him feel that “landlords are crooks and students are idiots.” Indicating that he didn’t feel respected as a renter. Several clips from the public comment session can be heard below. The discussion of mandatory rental inspections in the city of…
Police say that the occupants of a small business jet died when it crashed into an unoccupied house in northeast Ohio and burned, but authorities don’t know yet how many people were onboard.
On his second day in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated the underlying strong relationship between his country and the United States.
Tuesday’s guests were: Riley County Commissioner Ben Wilson Riley County Budget and Finance Officer Johnette Shepek Riley County Treasurer Shilo Heger KMAN Riley County beat reporter Brady Bauman
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education received a good grade in several areas. At Monday’s meeting, the Board heard the results of the District’s annual audit from Agler & Gaeddert CPA’s. He said the audit found the District in compliance with no deficiencies in everything the audit examined. He again stated that school districts are required to follow the General Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) rather than GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles) due to the District operating on a cash basis. USD 320 voted at an earlier meeting to opt out of the GAAP accounting method. A motion was made…