Around 5.5 million dollars of funding could be utilized for additional Riley County culvert, bridge and road projects. During Monday’s county commission meeting, Public Works Director, Leon Hobson presented the commission with a list of these projects. Commissioners discussed the urgency of some projects over others. Two that were discussed were the Fancy Creek road project and the Marlatt/Denison project. The Marlatt/Denison project is a half mile project that involves making three lane roadways, a bike lane, an urban section and a sidewalk. Instead of prioritizing the list during the meeting, commissioners asked that Hobson bring back additional information at…
Author: KMAN Staff
Updated with correction Tuesday evening: All lanes of K-9 in the city of Frankfort in Marshall County will REMAIN CLOSED as cleanup work is underway from Monday’s Union Pacific coal train derailment that occurred around 9:00 a.m.. K-9 will REMAIN CLOSED until further notice between the U.S. 77 junction at Blue Rapids and the K-99 junction in Frankfort. A total of twelve coal cars derailed with heavy damage sustained to the tracks themselves. At this point in time it is estimated that K-9 is tentatively scheduled to reopen sometime this Sunday, weather permitting. Drivers should expect delays and must use alternate…
Only KU has been eliminated, as four Big 12 teams are still alive in the NCAA baseball tournament, and two have already advanced to the Super Regionals. – TCU needed 22 innings on Saturday night to survive Sam Houston State, the second longest NCAA tournament game in history. The Horned Frogs then beat the weary Bearkats 6-1 on Sunday night to advance to the Super Regionals, where they’ll host Pepperdine this weekend in Fort Worth. -Oklahoma State advances to the Supers after stopping Cal State-Fullerton 6-4 on Sunday night in Stillwater. The Cowboys will either host UC Irvine or travel to Oregon State in the Super Regionals. The Anteaters and Beavers…
-The Manhattan High boys left Cessna Stadium with a 2nd place trophy from the 6A state track meet. The Tribe crowned three champions, Chris Melgares in the 3200 meter run, the 4 by 800 meter relay, which Melgares led off, and the 4 by 100 meter relay. MHS gave the final event, the 4 by 400 meter relay, their all by finishing second, but state champ Olathe East won the race to clinch the title. The Manhattan High girls finished 7th in the 6A team standings as Alaina Schroeder (Shray-durr) came in 2nd in the 3200 meter run, as did Matty…
TORONTO — In a season of solid outings by Mark Buehrle, this stood out as one of his best. Buehrle pitched eight sharp innings to become baseball’s first 10-game winner, Edwin Encarnacion homered again and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 Sunday. Buehrle (10-1) won his sixth straight decision, his longest streak since a nine-game run in 2005. He gave up six hits, walked one and struck out three as the Blue Jays finished a 10-game homestand at 8-2. “Today he was as good as he’s been all year,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He…
Brady Burton, superintendent of USD 384, says for the past 8 years Blue Valley High School students have been given a personal laptop for them to use during the school year. Next school year his district will be adopting a pilot program where 9th graders at Blue Valley High School will be given an iPad instead. “A lot of this is based on budget and on how technology has changed and where it is going,” Burton said. iPads cost less than laptops. Burton says that if the iPad program is successful, it will be extended to other grades.
The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan was freed in an exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
China’s aggressive moves to claim jurisdiction over land and sky in the Asia-Pacific risk undermining peace and security in the region and beyond, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A prominent southeast Kansas businessman and his wife are locked in a dispute over a $42 million tax bill and questions over which state they resided nearly a decade ago. For the past two years, Gene Bicknell has fought the tax bill that was levied based on where he lived at the time of the 2006 sale of National Pizza Company the nation’s largest Pizza Hut franchise holder. He argues he was a Florida resident. But the Kansas Department of Revenue disagrees, citing its definition of domicile imposed around the time of the sale. Bicknell, formerly of…
It’s no joke, an event held in Aggieville on Saturday, involved nothing. This was the first year for the “Nothing Festival”, and members of the Aggieville Business Association came up with the idea. The concept is that when students leave, the town becomes quieter and more relaxed. As a result, people have more time to just walk around and enjoy local business areas, such as Aggieville. This “townie holiday” promotes just spending time in the area. Families were encouraged to walk around Aggieville to shop, eat, and socialize. Signs were placed throughout Moro Street explaining the celebration-telling people to grab…