Conservative culture warrior Rick Santorum formally launched a 2016 White House bid on Wednesday, vowing to fight for working-class Americans in a new election season that will test his influence in an evolving Republican Party.
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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces an indictment against nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives for racketeering, conspiracy and corruption at a news conference, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Nine of the 14 that were indicted by the Justice Department are soccer officials, while four are sports marketing executives and another works in broadcasting.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has rejected a bill for raising taxes to close a projected state budget shortfall. Senate President Susan Wagle said after the chamber’s action Wednesday that legislators will need to trim additional spending from the budget. The Senate voted 30-1 against giving the bill first-round approval after members spent hours whittling it down. The measure would have raised sales, tobacco and gasoline taxes. It also would have suspended a tax break enacted in 2012 for business owners and farmers as an economic stimulus. The bill initially would have raised $496 million during the fiscal year…
Two highways in Riley and Pottawatomie Counties will be partially closed for bridge inspections. These lane closures are needed so that KDOT bridge crews can utilize the a special vehicle to safely inspect underneath the bridge decks. The lane closure schedule for this week is as follows, weather permitting: Northbound K-99 will be reduced to one open lane for both directions over Kansas River Bridge south of Wamego Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also, Eastbound K-13 will be reduced to one open lane for both directions over Tuttle Creek Dam Spillway Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.…
Partnerships and team efforts were a common theme at Wednesday’s groundbreaking for the future National Bio and Agro Defense Facility to be located off Denison Avenue near Kansas State University and the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Dignitaries from the national, state, and local level participated in the ceremony–including Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, who said there will be place like this in the world once the project is finished. He said Kansas will be at the top, the pinnacle of animal health, research, and zoonotic reserch in the world. Under Secretary with the U-S Department of Homeland Security Dr. Reginald Brothers also talked…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes speaks with Riley County USD 378’s Interim Superintendent Nancy Meyer and Blue Valley/Randolph’s USD 384 Superintendent Brady Burton, Charlotte Schartz of Manhattan Catbackers, and Stephanie Watts, Transportation Planner with the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization. Riley County Schools, Part 1: Riley County Schools, Part 2: Charlotte Schartz of Manhattan Catbackers: Stephanie Watts, Transportation Director with the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization:
Manhattan sales tax receipt numbers were up this last reporting period, with $917,647 collected in May, compared to $845,877 the month before. That’s also up from 2014 numbers for May of $859,419. $790,000 had been budgeted for this past month. The May numbers generally reflect April retail sales from across the community. “Virtually every sector we monitor was up compared to a year ago,” said Bernie Hayen, Manhattan Finance Director.
Updated 10 a.m. Thursday: Officers with the Riley County Police Department would like to thank the community for assistance in apprehending a subject involved in an injury rollover accident that tied up traffic at Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Casement Road Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 2:10 AM on May 28, 2015 police made contact with and apprehended Jason Calhoun, 37, of Manhattan while in the 500 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. (Motel 6). Calhoun was arrested for the offenses of aggravated battery, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, duty of driver to give certain information after an accident, duties associated…
“The new reality is that our homeland security efforts must involve the public at large too. In government, we are often afraid to ask the public for help.” This was one of many main points made by US Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson during his speech as part of K-State’s Landon Lecture Series on Wednesday morning. Secretary Johnson spoke about the “new reality” today’s national security officials face in directing national efforts for a constant and evolving terrorist threat to an audience including key KSU administration and state politicians. The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 in the…
– Manhattan High girls soccer had their season end after a 4-0 loss to Maize in the 6A state quarterfinals. MHS finished the season with a 14-3-2 record. – Manhattan High boys golf took 4th place in the 6A state tournament in Hutchinson. The Indians had a team score of 300 and all six players shot in the 70’s. Cole Dillon led the way for the Indians with a 4th place finish after shooting a 72.