Emergency management officials in Texas contending with multiple storm systems are preparing for heavy rains to continue through the weekend and widespread flooding that may follow.
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For John Carlin’s Funeral information, please copy and paste the link below: http://www.ymlfuneralhome.com/obituary/5523 Prominent Manhattan resident John Carlin has passed away due to illness. Carlin was married to State Representative Sydney Carlin. Carlin was a long-time Manhattan resident and was very involved in the community. Carlin had numerous careers as a successful businessman, was an Army veteran and a former Catholic Priest. Carlin, who died early Friday, had degrees from both Notre Dame and Kansas State University. He had been married to Representative Carlin for more than 40 years and they had four children and at least 12 grandchildren. He’s remembered for his sense…
College students already facing massive potential debt loads after completing their degrees and facing an entry-level job market that demands experience have another piece of sour news. The cost of being a K-State student in Manhattan has gone up from 2014. The silver lining? This year’s increase was relatively mild, mainly due to drops in fuel prices. The 2015 Student Price Index (SPI), compiled by the Kansas State University Economics Club, increased by 1.4 percent from 2014, while the national Consumer Price Index remained essentially unchanged from last year. The SPI is based on prices collected on a bundle of goods a typical…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas Capt. Josh Kyle of the Riley County Police Department
A brief manhunt in Pottawatomie County led to the arrest of a man wanted in Oklahoma who was being served with a search warrant by Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s deputies. Undersheriff Shane Jager confirmed the individual, identified as James Wilson, took off during the serving of that search warrant at about 10 a.m. Thursday, with a perimiter set up. Wilson was later arrested without incident. While there had been reports of a helicopter by the Kansas Highway Patrol, it was not able to be used due to weather conditions. Wilson’s warrant allegedly was for possessiong a dangerous drug or substance. Bond was set at…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department initiated an investigation into the offenses of aggravated sexual battery and aggravated indecent liberties with a child involving one female victim who is 18-years-old. These crimes occurred on multiple occasions between the summer of 2011 and last year in the city limits of Manhattan. The suspect is known to the victim and is a middle-aged adult. Due to nature of these crimes no further information was released. Denzel Leonard, 22, of Manhattan, was arrested Thursday at approximately 11 a.m. while in the 2000 block of Tecumseh Road. Leonard was arrested for the offenses…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City civic leaders have announced a campaign to boost the legal age for buying tobacco products to 21. The Kansas City Star reports that the campaign is called Tobacco 21KC. The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, and other organizations announced the effort Thursday morning. The goal is to get every municipality in the metropolitan area to raise its legal age for buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. Several cities, including New York, already have voted to increase the minimum tobacco age to 21. This year, Hawaii became…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer says about 65,000 businesses in the state will pay less for their workers’ compensation coverage next year. Selzer announced Thursday that he approved lower rates proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The council is a national group that analyzes workers’ compensation data and files proposed rates in a majority of states. Selzer said rates will decrease by 11.6 percent for Kansas businesses obtaining their insurance in the marketplace and 10.4 percent for companies that participate in a state plan for high-risk businesses. Insurance Department spokesman Bob Hanson said the decline…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas agency says its workers are locked out of a computer program, delaying them from processing veterans’ claims through the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs uses a computer program that allows them to process hundreds of claims each month and send them to the VA’s regional office in Wichita. But commission workers have been locked out of the program lately. Without the program, the claims have to be faxed or mailed, which can take weeks. Wayne Bollig, a deputy director at the commission, says the outage began…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Board of Regents is preparing to announce its appointment of a new president for Emporia State University. The board is having a special meeting Thursday morning in the university’s student union, with a reception for the new president to follow. Two finalists visited the eastern Kansas campus earlier this month. One candidate is Allison Garrett. She is executive vice president of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. The other candidate is Petra Roter. She is vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The new president is expected to take office in January.…