WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita officials say they are planning an urban wetlands park in northwest Wichita. Mayor Jeff Longwell announced Thursday the city will use more than 40 acres of land to create the park and public nature area. The land is being donated by Slawson Cos., which is planning a mixed-use development adjacent to the property. The Wichita Eagle reports the city council must approve the land donation, which could happen next week. Longwell says the park could include walking and jogging trails and a boardwalk, with other nature-related activities, such as bird watching and a fishing pond. Part…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas and Nebraska will extend for one year an agreement that allows Nebraska to pump more of its share of the Republican River while ensuring Kansas eventually gets all the water it is due. The Republican River Compact Administration, which includes Colorado, announced the agreement Thursday. It extends similar agreements reached for the past two growing seasons. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Nebraska expects to pump about 35,000 acre-feet more than its share would allow in 2016. In return, Nebraska will pump enough groundwater to Harlan County reservoir this winter and spring to help Kansas through the 2016 growing…
Today’s guest on In Focus was Riley County Police Captain Tim Hegarty.
A four year old Riley County marijuana possession case that reached the Kansas Court of Appeals level, resulted in an unpublished opinion Friday. The case involves a St. George woman from May of 2011. Aliyah Stephens challenged her felony conviction for possession of marijuana and the resulting sentence on the grounds that her waiver of her constiutional right to a jury trial was infirm. The State Court of Appeals found, with one dissenting opinion, that the Riley County District Court did not adequately inform Stephens of her jury trial right, adding the district court’s brief discussion at Stephens’ arraignment was inadequate.…
The Faculty Senate of Kansas State University has just announced the upcoming 2015 State of the University address. President Kirk Schulz will present the address at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, in the Alumni Center Ballroom in Manhattan and at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in the College Center conference room at the Salina campus. The address will be followed by an open forum serving as an opportunity for discussion with President Schulz. The events will be video streamed online for those who are not able to attend in person. The link will become active just prior to each event.
Former co-workers are remembering Virginia gunman Vester Flanagan’s angry outbursts and perceived slights. Flanagan killed a TV reporter and a cameraman on Wednesday before taking his own life. (
For many New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, going back was either too frightening or didn’t make sense. Many of the diaspora decided to make Houston their home, but they’ve found a way to bring a bit of New Orleans with them.
Members of the Manhattan community came out in full force once again, as project officials with the Wildcat Creek Watershed Resiliency Project hosted an Idea Workshop, Thursday night. Voices filled the room at city hall, as ideas – much like the creek itself, began to flow. The overall goal of the meeting was to get input from the community on how the area could be redeveloped into an amenity, should the county receive $40,000,000.00 in block grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) National Resiliency Competition. As KMAN previously reported the project…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas says it’s reached a settlement agreement over the release of documents to a student group looking for ties between an economic research center and Charles and David Koch. Art Hall, a lecturer and executive director of the Center for Applied Economics in the University of Kansas School of Business, sued the university to prevent the release of emails, correspondence and notes to Students for a Sustainable Future. Hall previously was chief economist for the Public Sector Group of Koch Industries Inc. The case was set for trial in November. Under the agreement announced…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Yordano Ventura struck out a career-high 11 in just six innings, Paulo Orlando homered and the Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Thursday. Ventura (9-7) allowed two hits and four walks to improve to 5-0 in his last seven starts. The Royals’ usually solid bullpen nearly gave it away, though. Kelvin Herrera served up a homer to Ryan Flaherty in the seventh, and Greg Holland allowed two more runs in the ninth before getting Gerardo Parra to ground out with a runner on to end the game. Chris Tillman…