LEONARDVILLE — A large crowd greeted First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas at a Town Hall in Leonardville Tuesday afternoon. Topics ranged from veterans’ affairs to who the new Speaker of the House might be and Planned Parenthood. Huelskamp referred to previous speaker John Boehner who he says consolidated power, and limited amendments and debate, which he says harmed our institution and policy making process. Madonna Stallmann of Leonardville spoke passionately about the death of her nephew, who she told the crowd took his life due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, more commonly known as PTSD. Stallman concedes that…
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guest was Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells.
Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Tuesday morning that he will seek another term. Wells, who represents District 3, was elected to his first term in November 2012 and said he decided to run again when it was learned recently that the likelihood of Wildcat Creek getting federal funds to fix flooding issues was going to become a reality. “I ran on that, and just assumed it would be 50 years before anything ever happened,” he said. “But now… we’re confident we’re going to get the money for Wildcat Creek. I would like to stay…
Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Tuesday morning that he will seek another term. Wells, who represents District 3, was elected to his first term in November 2012 and said he decided to run again when it was learned recently that the likelihood of Wildcat Creek getting federal funds to fix flooding issues was going to become a reality. “I ran on that, and just assumed it would be 50 years before anything ever happened,” he said. “But now… we’re confident we’re going to get the money for Wildcat Creek. I would like to stay…
Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Tuesday morning that he will seek another term. Wells, who represents District 3, was elected to his first term in November 2012 and said he decided to run again when it was learned recently that the likelihood of Wildcat Creek getting federal funds to fix flooding issues was going to become a reality. “I ran on that, and just assumed it would be 50 years before anything ever happened,” he said. “But now… we’re confident we’re going to get the money for Wildcat Creek. I would like to stay…
A Fort Riley man facing charges of 2nd-degree murder and attempted aggravated battery pleaded not guilty to both Tuesday morning during his arraignment at the Riley County District Courthouse. Tierre Wall, 26, allegedly shot 27-year-old Casey Lindley in the forehead during a confrontation at the intersection of Skyway Drive and Kansas Highway 114 near Ogden during the early morning hours on March 10. Wall maintains he acted in self defense after Lindley, his fiance and his two friends got out of their vehicle and approached Wall’s at the intersection. The incident started after Lindley’s fiance, Kristina Harrison, picked Lindley and…
The USD 320 Board of Education heard about problems with elementary school issues. At Monday’s meeting, Operations Director Larry Hannan highlighted the issues with Central Elementary’s problems because of the wet spring. He emphasized these issues are with the most recent construction 5 years ago. The spring rains caused the foundation dirt on the East side of the building to wash away, which caused the waterproof geotextile to fail, causing water to seep into the gym causing damage to the floor. He said a request for proposal is out for the gym floor repair. He added FEMA will reimburse…
Two injury accidents were reported in Geary County Monday. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the intersection of US 77 and old Highway 77 for a single vehicle injury accident at about 1:41 p.m. Tonino Coby of Fort Riley was reportedly turning north onto US-77 from Old HIghway 77 when he struck the guardrail. Coby was unconscious from the accident and was transported to Geary Community Hospital by Junction City Fire/EMS. And shortly after 8:30 Monday night, deputies responded to the four-thousand block of West Lyons Creek Road in reference to a three vehicle accident. Phillip Janke of Junction City was traveling…
The private email server running in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s home basement when she was secretary of state was connected to the Internet in ways that made it more vulnerable to hackers, according to data and documents reviewed by The AP.
Two Kansas City firefighters were killed and two were injured when a burning building collapsed Monday night, a fire official said.