The Manhattan high basketball team closed out the regular season on an emotional senior night inside the MHS gymnasium. The girls contest was a dandy of a match up with the Centennial League crown on the line. Both Seaman and MHS were at 12-0 in league play heading into Friday nights contest. Seaman was led in scoring by Tatyana Legette with 13 points but was held to just two points in the second half and that was key in Manhattan’s 47-38 victory over Seaman to capture an outright Centennial league title. Darby Price led the way with 19 points for…
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A Gas leak resulted in the closure of portions of a couple of streets on the East side of Manhattan Friday evening. According to Batallion Chief Rex Worden with the Manhattan Fire Department the leak was discovered on North 3rd Street in front of the new Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant which is still under construction. For precautionary reasons, fire officials blocked off the 900 block of North 3rd Street and the 300 block of Vattier Street. Crews from Kansas Gas Service arrived on the scene at around 8 p.m. and as of Friday evening were still working on the scene.…
A pedestrian blocks the heavy winds with her umbrella in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. The first wave of a powerful Pacific storm spread rain and snow early Friday through much of California, where communities endangered by a wildfire just weeks ago now faced the threat of mud and debris flows.
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. He answered questions on Ukraine and immigration reform, among others.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The fate of a financially troubled ranch for juvenile boys in Sedgwick County might not be sealed after all. Just days after it appeared the Judge Riddel Boys Ranch would have to close in June, Sedgwick County lawmakers got a glimmer of hope Thursday when the Kansas House approved an amendment to a juvenile justice system bill. The Wichita Eagle reports the amendment would require the Department of Corrections to collect data on successful corrections programs for juveniles. The department also would do a cost study to determine what the state should pay for juvenile offender programs.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Despite opposition from county officials, a Kansas Senate committee recommended the repeal of a mortgage registration fee. The bill would phase out the fee over five years. It was approved by the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee earlier this week. The fee is $2.60 for each $1,000 borrowed on a home mortgage, or $390 for a $150,000 mortgage. The Lawrence Journal-World reports bankers and real estate agents say the fee hurts their business and consumers. But county officials statewide said the fee brings in needed revenue, which would have to be replaced in some other way. The…
The official snowfall in Manhattan for the month of February ended up being the fourth highest in the history of keeping records. Climatologist Mary Knapp, who spoke with KMAN early this month after the nearly foot of snow we received then, says the total for this February was 18.6 inches.. The February with the most snowfall was in 1900 with 24.8 inches. Second place was 1901 with 20.8 inches, and 2004 just edged our total this year with 18.8 inches. Knapp says in looking toward the weekend more snow is expected but that will be in March. She mentions…
GARDNER, Kan. (AP) The superintendent and two other administrators of a northeast Kansas school district have been fired but school board members are not publicly discussing the reasons. The Kansas City Star reports the Gardner Edgerton board of education voted 4-3 Thursday to fire Superintendent Bill Gilhaus; Lana Gerber, executive director of human resources and administrative services, and Christy Ziegler, executive director of educational services. The vote came after the board held a closed session at a specially called meeting. Scott Boden, husband of board member Tresa Boden, told the Star there was no public explanation for the firings.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A consolidation of call centers for Cox Communications is expected to bring about 300 more jobs to the company’s plant in Wichita. The Atlanta-based phone, cable and Internet provider says it plans to close several call centers across the country and consolidate their operations. Cox spokeswoman Christine Martin said Thursday the call center in Wichita will become one of the new Centers of Excellence after the consolidation. The centers will have a specialty, such as customer service. About 300 new account service and technical support jobs will be added in Wichita starting next month. The Wichita Eagle…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State commerce officials say exports by Kansas companies grew by 6.46 percent in 2013, pushed by growth in the sales of cereals and other agricultural products. The Department of Commerce released the data Thursday, showing that total exports were $12.45 billion. The state’s exports have rebounded in the past three years to near levels last seen in 2008. Canada, China, Japan and Mexico were the state’s top trading partners. The department says exports to China have grown by nearly $1 billion since 2011. Cereal exports grew by $686 million, while meat products grew by $298 million. Exports…