The City of Manhattan broke ground on the $15.8 million terminal expansion project at Manhattan Regional Airport, Friday morning. The project will be completed in two phases and once complmete, nearly quadruple the size of the current terminal from 12,500 square ft. to 42,000 square ft. The Weits Company LCC from Lenexa, Kansas is the general contractor for the project. A majority of the project will be funded through grants form the Federal Aviation Administration and the City of Manhattan. “The FAA is going to fund 7.8 million dollars and the local match is just about $2 million. And it’s going to be…
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A public reception will be held for finalists for the position of Director of Parks & Recreation for the City of Manhattan on Monday, November 4,from 5:15 –6:15 p.m., in the City Commission Room, City Hall, 1101 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan. Each candidate will provide a brief introductory statement followed by informalintroductions and questions. The reception is hosted by the City of Manhattan and members of thepublic are invited and encouraged to attend and visit with the candidates. There are four finalists for the position of Director of Parks &Recreation § Chris Curtis –Mr. Curtis holds a Bachelor degree in Recreation from…
More details were released Friday, regarding the Tuesday arrest of a Louisville man on drug-related charges. Pottawatomie County Sheriff’ Deputies responded to Louisville Tuesday for a report of an individual in distress. Sheriff’s Deputies while investigating this call noted a strong odor of what they believed to be an illegal drug. Sheriff Deputies acted on this information and searched the residence associated with this odor by consent of the resident. As a result of this search, an unspecified amount of methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia were seized. Arrested from the residence, 321 East Webster, Louisville was Garnett W. Cease age 35,…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Greg McClure, Riley County Agriculture Extension Agent, followed by Dori Mildyke and Jim Reed, Co-Chairs of the McCain Home Tours, and Todd Holmberg, McCain Auditorium Executive Director, and ending with Command Sgt. Major General Paul Funk and Command Sgt. Major Tony Grinston.
DOUGLASS, Kan. (AP) A school bus with about 10 children ran off a rural bridge and plunged into a creek, forcing the children to climb from the windows and seek safety on top of the bus. Chris Davis, 911 director for Butler County, says the bus went off the bridge Thursday afternoon. He said bus driver was apparently injured and remained in the water an hour later. Davis didn’t know the extent of the injuries. There were no reports of injuries among the children, but Davis says they climbed out of the windows after it hit the creek and landed…
DE SOTO, Kan. (AP) A body found in rural northeast Kansas has been identified as that of an Olathe man missing since Oct. 20. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday there’s no evidence of criminal activity in the unattended death of Brad Cook, 22. A pedestrian found Cook’s body Tuesday in rural De Soto. The discovery was made about two miles from where another unattended death was reported this week. In that case, a person was found dead in a carport outside a De Soto apartment complex. Investigators have not revealed the cause of either death, and say they…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A federal prison inmate has been charged with killing a Kansas man whose partial remains were found by a mushroom hunter south of Topeka. WIBW-TV reports the Osage and Shawnee county prosecutors announced the first-degree murder charge Thursday against James P. Harris. Harris is accused of killing 50-year-old James E. Gerety, who was reported missing in March 2011 by a law firm that handled his personal affairs. One year later, a woman hunting mushrooms discovered remains near Carbondale in Osage County. DNA tests recently confirmed the remains as those of Gerety. Details about Harris and the killing…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Revenue says the state collected nearly $18 million less in taxes than anticipated in October. Figures released Thursday also show tax collections have been $27 million short of expectations since the fiscal year began in July. The biggest reason is a shortfall in individual income tax collections. For the month, Kansas collected $445 million in taxes, but officials had expected $463 million. Kansas has collected $1.81 billion in revenue for the fiscal year to date, instead of the $1.84 billion expected. The state anticipated $220 million in individual income collections in October but…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 33-year-old Lawrence man has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in more than a dozen burglaries from storage units around the city. Jacob P. Paine was sentenced last week to 24 months of probation, while two other defendants are scheduled for hearings Nov. 13 on up to a dozen charges each. Police say the thieves got away with more than $77,000 in merchandise, most of which has been returned to its owners. Investigators believe most of the thefts were related to methamphetamine use. Paine initially faced more than a dozen charges before…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita Republican Phil Hermanson is resigning from the Kansas House to focus on his new family. The Wichita Eagle reports Hermanson made the announcement Thursday, saying he intends to seek public office again sometime in the future. Hermanson was married in September to Rhonda Riggs, to whom he proposed on the House floor in May. The marriage also brought him three stepchildren. Hermanson has been in the House since 2009. His district includes parts of south Wichita and Haysville. He refiled his voter registration Thursday for his new address, which is outside the district. Republican precinct members…