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…
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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…
The NBA has called off a hearing to oust Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling ahead of a vote on a potentially record-breaking deal negotiated by his wife to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
Pakistani police say they have arrested four more people in connection with the killing of a woman who was beaten and stoned to death by her family for marrying without their permission. Her father had already been arrested.
TORONTO (AP) — When Jason Vargas snuffed out a Toronto rally in the first inning, it gave the Kansas City Royals an early lift, one they carried all the way to a second straight win over the Blue Jays. Alex Gordon and Lorenzo Cain homered, Vargas won for the first time in three starts and the Royals beat the Blue Jays 6-1 on Friday night. Vargas (5-2) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings, walked three and struck out seven. He is 2-0 with a 1.60 ERA in six road starts this season. Vargas allowed a leadoff triple…
While neither team brought home a State Championship on Friday both the Manhattan High Indians and the Rock Creek Mustangs turned in strong showings at their respective Baseball tournaments. The Indians fell to Maize 3-1 in the Class 6A State Semifinals 3-1 to Maize on Friday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence before bouncing back to take the Consolation Game by a 3-1 margin over Wichita Northwest. Don Hess’s ball club finished the season with a school-record 22 wins and finished the 2014 campaign with a 22-3 record. Maize fell to Blue Valley in the Championship game Friday night 9-3.…
On today’s In Focus, KMAN’s Eli Anderson filled in for Cathy, as he spoke with Riley County Police Department Director, Brad Schoen.
According to statistics released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau, Manhattan is the fastest growing “big city” in the state of Kansas. According to the Bureau’s definition, a big city contains a population of 50,000 or more. The data was gathered from 2010 to 2013 and during that time, Manhattan grew at rate of 7.4%, the fastest in the state. The information came from the Washington Post: http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/05/29/the-fastest-growing-city-in-every-state-in-one-map/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost
Manhattan Sales tax numbers for May are in and the City pulled in a total of $1.538,665. According to City Finance Director, Bernie Hayen, grocery sales were down about 6% for this reporting period compared to a year ago. Big box stores and smaller retailers had mixed numbers with a fairly wide percentage spread (-10 to +10). As usual, Bernie says most restaurants and fast food establishments were comparable to a year ago. Overall, the City continues to remain flat in sales tax collections. Other tax totals for May include the Compensating Use Tax at $136,036 and the Transportation Dev Dist…
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office investigated a fatality accident early Friday afternoon in the 500 block of Osage Road. A pickup truck, driven by a 17 year old juvenile, lost control traveling northeast around a corner and rolled into the south ditch. One of the passengers, Canyon Kelly (12) was partially ejected and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Chase Salyers, and passengers, Chris Padgett and Joey Aguire were not injured. Canyon was here from Fort Mohave, Arizona visiting family on summer vacation.