Security concerns are prompting Wamego to make software upgrades. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page said the City has offered an automated payment option for utility bills for some time, but due to tighter Federal regulations requiring enhanced security, they now need software to allow ACH transactions. Page said the cost of the software upgrade is 35-hundred dollars, but it will allow customer ACH transactions in a more secure manner. Approval was given. In other business, Page said the City’s health insurance renewal notice was received with an increase of less than 10 percent. He said the…
Author: KMAN Staff
New Yorkers chose Bill de Blasio as mayor, electing the first Democrat since 1989. Republican rival Joe Lhota says the city “cannot go backwards.”
New Yorkers chose Bill de Blasio as mayor, electing the first Democrat since 1989. Republican rival Joe Lhota says the city “cannot go backwards.”
Democrat Terry McAuliffe was elected Governor of Virginia, winning a narrow victory over Republican Ken Cuccinelli.
Riley County’s season is over after a 25-8 loss at Hiawatha in the bi-district round of the 3A playoffs. The Falcons hung with the Red Hawks and their Nebraska-bound defensive end Peyton Newell for most of the night, but made too many mistakes in the end. After falling behind 13-0, Riley County got back into it with a 42-yard touchdown pass from Brice Brummett to Landin Griffith. The Falcons would get the ball back down just 13-8 to start the second half, but things went south from the opening kickoff of the third quarter. The Falcons end their season at 4-6…
A neighborhood in Manhattan is embroiled in a dispute as home owners square off over a proposed fence. It all started in 2004 when the Kansas department of transportation decided a screening fence was not needed in the construction of the K-18 corridor next to Arbor Drive on the west side of town. Over the course of time several concerned homeowners … who say they are worried about safety and noise among other things…worked with city officials and KDOT to come to a joint proposal to facilitate the construction of the fence, and passed a petition towards completing the project.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Secretary of State Kris Kobach is embroiled in a legal dispute over which court should hear a challenge to a Kansas law requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls. Kobach’s office moved successfully to have the lawsuit transferred from state court to federal court. Kobach said Tuesday that the lawsuit raises federal voting law issues. But Wichita attorney Jim Lawing responded with court filings that denied he’s raising federal issues in representing two northeast Kansas residents challenging the photo ID requirement. Lawing asked to have the lawsuit returned to Shawnee County District Court. Lawing represents…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas legislative committee has rejected most of a state senator’s request for pay for a meeting he nearly missed by arriving late. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas City Democrat David Haley appealed to the joint claims committee after failing to receive $291 for his salary, expense allowance and mileage for a December 2012 meeting of another panel. The claims committee said Monday that Haley should receive only $73 for mileage. Haley’s claim was for a session of the joint health care oversight committee. Haley arrived shortly before it ended. Committee Chairwoman and Topeka Republican Sen. Vicki…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas legislative committee has rejected most of a state senator’s request for pay for a meeting he nearly missed by arriving late. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas City Democrat David Haley appealed to the joint claims committee after failing to receive $291 for his salary, expense allowance and mileage for a December 2012 meeting of another panel. The claims committee said Monday that Haley should receive only $73 for mileage. Haley’s claim was for a session of the joint health care oversight committee. Haley arrived shortly before it ended. Committee Chairwoman and Topeka Republican Sen. Vicki…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 36-year-old Topeka man could spend up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to making a pipe bomb. Joseph E. Rogers entered his plea Monday in Topeka to one count of making a destructive device. He told investigators he used PVC pipe and smokeless powder removed from ammunition to make explosive devices for entertainment value. Rogers and Kyle C. Roe, 29, of Topeka were stopped by Topeka police officers on Nov. 12, 2012. When Roe was being taken into custody after police discovered he had an active felony warrant, he told officers he had…