The Manhattan Martin Luther King Jr. Committee will recognize three recipients of the 2014 “Spirit of Martin Luther King Community Service Awards” at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, January 20, at Manhattan Town Center as part of the MLK Holiday Community Celebration. These awardees have long and distinguished professional and volunteer careers in the Manhattan community. Larry Hackney and the Reverend L.E. and Queen E. Madison are recognized for their service in “uniting the diversity of our community for the greater good, with a long term commitment to the community and a history of bringing people together in…
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with State Representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, followed by John Jobe, Riley County Ext. 4-h agent, and Debbie Nuss, Project Coordinator with the Riley County Senior Service Center, and ending with Ryan Pickett, Konza District Executive, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, Coronado Area Council.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents says the board is unlikely to suspend a controversial new policy on social media use by university faculty and staff. Chairman Fred Logan said Wednesday the policy likely would stay in place while a group of university representatives study its implications. The regents received a resolution from faculty senate presidents at Kansas universities asking that the policy be suspended until the group completes its work. The policy allows university administrators to discipline employees, including firing them, for improper use of social media. It was approved in December after a…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Great Bend police say a woman was critically injured and two others suffered less serious injuries in a shooting in the central Kansas town. Police said in a news release that the shooting happened Wednesday night, and it is being investigated as an attempted homicide. The woman was flown to Wesley Medical Center. Another woman and a man were treated and released for their wounds. The victims were in their 20s or 30s. Great Bend police say the victims apparently knew the shooter. Officers continue to search for the suspect.
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina police didn’t have much of a challenge finding a suspect when some ice cream was stolen from a Dairy Queen. Police say the man recently broke into the Dairy Queen and stole $200 worth of ice cream. While leaving with his treats, the man dropped some mail in a nearby parking lot, giving police his name and address. Police Lt. Sean Morton says when officers went to the address on the mail, they arrested a 30-year-old man. KAKE-TV reports the man is also a suspect in a burglary at a Salina plumbing business. He apparently dropped…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Federal prosecutors in Kansas say a Canadian man accused of assuming his dead brother’s identity left a trail of evidence. The government filed a notice Wednesday outlining evidence it plans to introduce at the Jan. 28 trial of Leslie Lyle Camick. The Winfield resident faces charges including aggravated identity theft, retaliation against a witness and wire fraud. Prosecutors allege Camick hatched a scheme in 1997 to assume the identity of an infant brother who died decades ago and flee Canada, where he owed child support and was wanted in a criminal case. He first came to the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback proposes to add $44 million for higher education to the state’s current and next fiscal year budgets to offset cuts made last year by legislators. But some Democrats were skeptical Thursday of the Brownback’s proposals. Spending on higher education was an unusual area of disagreement between Brownback and fellow Republicans in the GOP-dominated Legislature. Lawmakers trimmed a total of about $46 million in higher education spending for the current fiscal year and the one beginning July 1 combined. Brownback had wanted to keep spending flat. He’s proposing to restore about $11 million over the…
BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) Officials of Kansas’ Wolf Creek nuclear plant will meet with federal regulators in Texas next week to discuss progress in making sure the plant’s workers aren’t afraid to report safety concerns. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a letter in August after determining a “chilled work environment” exists within the quality assurance group at the Wolf Creek Generating Station near Burlington, Kan. That letter came after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Wolf Creek contractor had fired an employee for raising concerns about how work was being performed at the plant. The NRC issued the…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) One person is dead after being shot in broad daylight outside of City Hall in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star reports officers heard multiple gunshots shortly before someone reported the shooting at 3:20 p.m. Thursday. Initial reports were that the man was shot in the head while between City Hall and the health department building directly to its east. Police shut down part of a nearby street to investigate the shooting. Information about a suspect was not immediately available.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has postponed sentencing for a woman who admitted harboring workers in the country illegally as part of a human trafficking operation in Asian massage parlors in Wichita. A court notice filed Wednesday says the Jan. 29 sentencing of Xiuqing Tian of Framingham, Mass., will be rescheduled. Tian has agreed to testify against her former employers, Gary Kidgell of Waltham, Mass., and his wife, Yan Zhang, of Wichita. But their trial was put on hold when Zhang’s lawyer requested an evaluation to determine if she’s competent to be tried. Tian admitted in her plea deal…