Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to complicate President Barack Obama’s final two years in office.
Author: KMAN Staff
Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts has won re-election while turning back a challenge from suburban Kansas City businessman Greg Orman.
After hours of public discussion during multiple meetings, spanning multiple years, the Manhattan City Commission discussed the final design details Tuesday for improvements to Peace Memorial Auditorium. The original plan in 2012 was to relocate the aging Parks and Rec offices from City Park to the auditorium and remove the stage in order to make room for the basketball court. The plan was quickly tabled, however, as local veterans and concerned residents voiced their displeasure with the City changing what was originally built as a “living” war memorial. The latest design was drastically scaled back and Commissioner, Karen McCulloh was confident…
Riley County Commissioner: Ben Wilson-3,223 Pottawatomie County Commissioner: Dee McKee-2,171 66th District Representative: Sydney Carlin-3,824 67th District Representative: Tom Phillips-7,018 64th District Representative: Susie Swanson-1,420 51st District Representative: Ron Highland-151 61st District Representative: D-Vivien Olsen-956 R-Becky Hutchins-2,306 U.S. Senate: R-Pat Roberts-430,541 (Riley County-7,587) I-Greg Orman-346,730 (Riley County-6,922) L-Randall Batson-34,530 (Riley County-465) U.S. House 1st District: R-Tim Huelskamp-126,490 (Riley County-6,975) D-Jim Sherow-61,869 (Riley County-7,893) Governor: R-Sam Brownback-405,925 (Riley County-6,617) D-Paul Davis-376,453 (Riley County-7,775) L-Keen Umbehr-32,303 (Riley County-627) Secretary of State: R-Kris Kobach-477,044 (Riley County-8,038) D-Jean Schodorf-328,529 (Riley County-6,753) Insurance Commissioner: D-Dennis Anderson-296,613 (Riley County-6,151) R-Ken Selzer-474,655 (Riley County-8,277) Attorney General: R-Derek Schmidt-522,347…
Coach Snyder and Weber met with press today. Jake Trotter from ESPN joins the show in hour 1. KSU Women win last night. Royals pick up the Wade Davis option. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap the show.
Keisha Gaither, left, mother of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is comforted during a news conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The reward is up to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest in the reported abduction of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. The Fraternal Order of Police added its own $5,000 reward Tuesday to the $10,000 the city approved Monday for information on the disappearance of 22-year-old Freeland-Gaither. Detectives say a witness reported seeing a woman identified as Freeland-Gaither yelling for help as she was forced into a dark gray four-door vehicle at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday in Germantown.
Kansas Independent Senate candidate Greg Orman, and his wife Sybil leave a polling location after voting near his home in Olathe, Kansas, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – Kansas Federal Court Judge Daniel Crabtree today overturned the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The decision strikes down the 2005 Kansas Marriage Amendment that defines marriage as a “civil contract between one man and one woman only” in the Kansas Constitution, declaring any other definition of marriage as void. The ruling is temporarily stayed, putting the effect of the ruling on hold until November 11. “We are immensely pleased that the freedom to marry has finally come to Kansas,” said Susan Estes, President of the Board of the ACLU of Kansas. “Today’s decision…
Early Tuesday morning, the power went out in Wamego. According to City Manager Merl Page, this was a scheduled outage for adjustments with Westar, but they did not anticipate a complete outage. He said there was a switching problem that caused damage to an insulator, causing a complete outage for about 2 hours.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Manhattan Mayor, Wynn Butler and City Manager, Ron Fehr.