The City of Manhattan Fire Department would like to remind citizens to use fireworks responsibly and enjoy a safe Fourth of July holiday. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to fewer fireworks related calls during the legal discharge dates in 2014 than in 2013. There were five fireworks related calls in 2014, all occurring on July 3rd or 4th, with no fire loss being reported. To keep safe, it is important to follow the City of Manhattan’s basic firework regulations: Discharge is allowed from 8 a.m. to midnight July 1 through July 4 Sales are allowed from noon July 1 through midnight July 4…
Author: KMAN Staff
Sales tax numbers for Manhattan in June were down, according to figures just released by the State Treasurer’s Office and Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen. The $870,536 collected is about $18,000 less than June of last year, when the numbers were $888,675. the net budget impact is a negative $4,515–previous to this a large surplus was shown in the budget impact numbers. Hayen notes this is the first month in 2015 that was not higher than the preceding year. He adds surprisingly, most retail outlets and big box stores were up over the previous year with the exception of Town Center Mall. The…
On Monday June 29th, Kansas State University’s President Kirk Schulz published an open letter on the university’s website addressing the last legislative session and his concerns. “Dear Faculty and Staff, A warm mid-summer greeting from Anderson Hall! I trust that you are finding your way across campus through the myriad of construction projects as we continue to build needed physical infrastructure for our faculty, staff and students. I know it can be very inconvenient at times, and I thank all of you for your continued patience. The last month has been a busy and challenging time in Kansas. After a…
Greece’s cabinet shut the country’s banks for six business days and it’s restricting cash withdrawals. Greek citizens are racing to banks to withdraw money. Greece is trying to meet a June 30th deadline for a bailout installment.
Former fugitive David Sweat is hospitalized in critical condition after he was caught in upstate New York, near the Canadian border. Sweat was captured on the property of an Amish dairy farmer who heard the gunshots.
(photo credit Kathy Suppes) “It’s been a great Stampede. Wonderful weather”! And with those words, Riley County EMS Director Larry Couchman reported that he and his staff experienced a relatively smooth Stampede weekend. While the weather on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was near ideal for the concert event, Couchman noted that “Thursday night, we had a brief storm come through”. The heavy rains and winds did cause some issues for the folks on site charged with keeping the Stampede healthy. The EMS tent had “some issues” during the storm, but Couchman noted that the rain was appreciated to help “knock…
Shortly after Sunday headliner Travis Tritt took the stage, Country Stampede President Wayne Rouse was finally able to sit down and relax…for just a few moments. The twentieth anniversary of the country music festival had gone off as smoothly as he could have hoped. “It was a great weekend. A lot of fun. Had some really great artists. Just a really good time”, he said. As for the artists, crowds were excited to see acts like Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, and Travis Tritt on the Stampede stage. And for anyone who has attended the Stampede, the event is much…
Travis Tritt, the final act of the weekend event, was ready to play. “We are gonna have a blast tonight”, he said, before tearing through a high-energy set featuring most of his hits. And then it was done. The curtain closed on this 20th anniversary edition of the Country Stampede. While the Sunday crowd was a little smaller than it was Friday and Saturday, Tritt came to entertain. From the opening notes of “Put Some Drive In Your Country” to the final strains of “T-R-O-U-B-L-E”, the 25 year music veteran kept the crowd on their feet and singing along to…
photo by Kathy Suppes The 2015 Country Stampede has wrapped up at Tuttle Creek State Park, and it appears that the weekend was a safe one for all those who attended. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat was pleased with the weekend. “Considering how the weather was looking when we came into this, I think overall things went pretty well”, said Riat. “We had a couple of incidents we’re looking into, we had some underage drinking that we dealt with”. Keeping the thousands of fans who attend the Stampede safe is a massive assignment, and Sheriff Riat acknowledged the many…
The second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was shot and captured near the Canadian border on Sunday.