TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas regulators have approved a settlement that allows Oklahoma natural gas company Oneok Inc. to spin off its utility operations but imposes a freeze on its rates through 2016. The settlement approved Thursday by the Kansas Corporation Commission also will provide rebates totaling $3.4 million each of the next three years to 630,000 customers of Oneok subsidiary Kansas Gas Service. Customers will receive a $5.34 credit on their bills in April 2014, 2015 and 2016. With the settlement, there was no opposition to the company’s plan. A new company, One Gas, would take over Oneok’s gas distribution…
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Updated 3 p.m. A woman being pursued by police crashed her vehicle into a house in the 32-hundred block of Anderson at about two p.m. Friday. According to police reports, 24 year old Amber Dewitt was originally contacted by police for violation of a court order out of New York. She fled in her vehicle, striking an officer with the edge of her car. The officer reportedly suffered only minor injuries to his leg. Dewitt proceeded to travel south on Wreath and did not stop for RCPD, even with emergency lights flashing. She was unable to maintain control of her…
A Fort Riley man has been bound over in Riley County District court on rape and other charges. A preliminary hearing for Christopher Bates, 31, was held Thursday afternoon and he was bound over as charged with three counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, and three counts of aggravated indecent liberties. Bates was arrested in September as a result of an ongoing investigation. According to Riley County Police, the crimes occurred earlier this year in Riley County and involved three females under the age of 12 who were known to Bates.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man chosen to administer a new drug testing program for state lawmakers say those who fail the tests won’t be penalized, and their names might not be made public. The law allowing the drug testing for lawmakers also requires testing of some people who receive government benefits. If those people fail drug tests, they will have their welfare benefits frozen unless they complete a treatment program. Jeff Russell, director of the Legislative Administrative Services, will run the testing program. He told The Topeka Capital-Journal Thursday that the bill does not give anyone authority to penalize lawmakers.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas program plans to begin offering classes in January at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka. The university had housed the administrative operations for its Public Management Center at a different Topeka site, where it also offered professional development classes for public sector employees. But after the decision was made to move the administrative operations to the Lawrence campus, the university started looking for a new place to offer the classes. Alecia Gray of the School of Public Affairs and Administration says the Brown site’s Topeka location was attractive.…
November unemployment numbers were released this (Friday) morning, with the Manhattan metro area having a four percent rate, compared to 4.7 the month and year before. The Manhattan metro area includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary Counties. The city of Manhattan has a 3.3 percent rate, also well below the 3.8 percent in October and four percent in November of 2012. Unemployment rates for area counties include 3.5 percent in Riley County, four percent in Pottawatomie county, 5.5 percent in Geary, and 3.4 percent for Clay. The Manhattan metro area had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state, although the Lawrence/Douglas…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Jamie Ramsey, from the Riley County Senior Service Center, followed by Jennifer Wilson, Riley County Extension Director, and ending with Eddie Eastes, Manhattan Parks and Recreation Director. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-1.mp3 Jamie Ramsey https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-2.mp3 Jennifer Wilson https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-3.mp3 Eddie Eastes Seg 1 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122013-Seg-4.mp3 Eddie Eastes Seg 2
K-State president Kirk Schulz announced on Friday that athletic director John Currie has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the school thru the 2018-19 academic year. The new deal adds one year to his original contract, and he was given a raise of $100,000 for a salary of $575,000 for the remainder of the 2013-14 academic year. Currie will make $650,000 in the final year of the contract in 2018-19, while the extension also includes an enhanced retention incentive structure. Since coming on the job in May of 2009, Currie has led the K-State athletic department to…
College coaches don’t get the luxury of a waiver wire like their pro counterparts, so it’s a rarity when a player is added to the roster at mid-season. But, the K-State men’s basketball team will bring point guard Jevon Thomas into the fold after he became academically eligible at the conclusion of the fall semester. The 6-0, 180 pound Thomas is a former four-star guard according to Rivals.com, who’s been on the K-State campus since March. He worked out with the Cats over the off-season, but wasn’t able to participate once practice began. “Whatever the NCAA has allowed us to…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A former payroll accountant at a northeast Kansas business has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing nearly $40,000 from the company. The Leavenworth Times reports Jamie Warhurst, 37, was also ordered to pay $34,000 in restitution under the sentence she received Wednesday. Warhurst pleaded guilty last month to 48 counts of forgery and theft. Prosecutors dropped 24 other counts. The former Parker resident was accused of forging and cashing company checks at National Cold Storage while working at the Leavenworth County business in 2010 and 2011. The company reported the crimes in mid-2011, but…