Nine years after they last raised their benchmark interest rate and after months of feverish speculation, Federal Reserve policymakers this week may finally raise that rate from a record low near zero.
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GOP presidential contender Donald Trump vowed to offer veterans free private health care, saying immigrants illegally receive better care than them. Protesters outside the retired World War II battleship in Los Angeles harbor where Trump spoke.
(Report provided by KMAN’s partner, the Wamego Smoke Signal) Facility improvements and additions could cost USD 320 between $30 and $34 million, according to a comprehensive plan outlined by Brent Bowman, principal with BBN Architects. Originally, the district had contracted with BBN to assess the Catholic church property and the locker room/bathroom facilities at the sports complex. That assessment was expanded in the spring to include a comprehensive plan to handle projected enrollment growth and current overcrowding. At the regular board meeting Monday night, Bowman came with a plan to address those issues. He first outlined uses for the Catholic…
Updated 11 a.m.: Riley County Police located and apprehended a suspect in recent aggravated robberies at approximately 4:00 AM Thursday after an overnight search lasting several hours. Officers responded to the area of Cambridge Apartments in the north western portion of Manhattan after receiving a tip regarding an aggravated robbery suspect’s location. A foot pursuit was initiated and officers immediately set up a perimeter surrounding the neighborhoods close to the 3100 block of Dickens Avenue. The Riley County Police Department issued an alert stating that “This subject fled from police and is considered armed and potentially dangerous. Do not attempt…
Proclamations, plant upgrades and providing the community with an economic development update, provoked thoughtful discussion during Manhattan’s City Commission Meeting on Tuesday evening. Mayor Karen McCulloh delivered proclamations for the 60th anniversary dedication of Peace Memorial Auditorium and The Crisis Center, declaring the month of October Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the city of Manhattan. Approval of a charter ordinance that will increase stormwater rates by three-percent, drove a large portion of the meeting. Findings of phase 1 of a recently completed cost of services study were presented by Director of Public Works, Robert Ott – leading to discussion among commissioners…
CLEVELAND (AP) — The spark came from Alex Rios. The sparklers were courtesy of the Indians. Kansas City’s Kris Medlen allowed five hits over 6 1/3 innings and Rios connected for a home run off Josh Tomlin that launched some unintentional fireworks, leading the Royals to a 2-0 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Medlen (4-1) shut out the Indians before Royals manager Ned Yost turned things over to his top-ranked bullpen. Ryan Madson struck out two in the seventh, Wade Davis got through the eighth and Greg Holland worked around a two-on, no-out mess he created in…
Some residents returned to their Northern California homes on Tuesday to find nothing but smoldering rubble. The fire that sped through rural Lake County destroyed hundreds of homes and is threatening thousands more.
Migrants and refugees blocked the main highway connecting Serbia and Hungary saying they will refuse food and water until they are allowed to cross into Hungary. Hungarian officials closed some of its border crossings with Serbia on Tuesday.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas will not follow recommendations from a task force on sexual assault that it change how freshmen are recruited and housed at fraternities and sororities. The university announced Monday it has, or soon will, implement 22 of 27 suggestions from the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual Assault. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/1UREVkR ) the two most controversial recommendations suggested all Kansas freshmen live in residence halls, and that fraternities and sororities shouldn’t begin recruiting until the spring semester. The university said it doesn’t have enough housing for all incoming freshmen. And it said fraternities…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A pumpkin weighing in at 1,034 pounds has squashed the Kansas State Fair record. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1Ot0OXU ) reports that Garden City’s Donovan Mader grew the monster in his abandoned horse pen. The pumpkin was 57.8 pounds heavier than the one that set the state record in 2007. Long lines of gawkers have been viewing the pumpkin at the Kansas State Fair’s Pride of Kansas building. It’s Mader’s first ever entry in the giant pumpkin division, which has been previously dominated by pumpkin growing experts from Wichita and Liberal. Mader went online looking for seeds. The…