As Congress members continue to disagree, we have almost made it to a complete two weeks of the government being shutdown. Impacts in Washington D.C are evident, but impacts are happening here in Manhattan as well. Riley County Health Department staff members received disappointing news yesterday, which is a direct result of the shutdown. County Health Department Director, Brenda Nickel told commissioners, during their Thursday meeting, the state of Kansas had been lucky the past few weeks because the government shutdown had not yet impacted health services, but people that use WIC will be impacted until the shutdown is over.…
Author: KMAN Staff
House Republicans say they will advance legislation to temporarily extend the government’s ability to borrow money. Speaker John Boehner said the measure would advance if President Barack Obama agrees to negotiate over reopening government.
Footage from government-controlled Syrian TV shows weapons inspectors examining a chemical plant in an unknown location in the country. Inspectors have visited three sites linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, according to a spokesman.
Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo is home to several new additions – a female bobcat, a pair of sun conures (sun parakeets), eight prairie dogs and a male Amur leopard. All of the animals are doing well and, except for the leopard, all have completed the Zoo’s quarantine process and are now on public exhibit. “As an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) we regularly transfer animals from one institution to another in an effort to maintain healthy populations among our facilities,” said Scott Shoemaker. “The mild weather we’re enjoying across the country makes fall an ideal time.”…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed an executive order offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a homicide case in southeast Kansas. The governor made the announcement Wednesday, seeking the public’s help in locating Kevin Robert Welsh. The 35-year-old Welsh, of Toronto, Kan., is being sought in connection with the shooting deaths of Keith and Sheila Kriesel, both of Eureka, and the shooting of a third individual on Oct. 2 in Eureka. Welsh is considered armed and dangerous. Greenwood County law enforcement and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation have been…
The defending Big 12 champion K-State Wildcats were picked by the league’s men’s basketball coaches to finish in a tie for 5th with Oklahoma in the annual preseason released on Thursday morning. The Cats were also selected fifth a year ago when they went on to win their first conference title in 36 years. Kansas and Oklahoma State were picked as preseason co-league champs, each receiving five first place votes, and 77 points overall. Baylor was picked third, and Iowa State was voted fourth. West Virginia, Texas, Texas Tech, and TCU round out the final four spots in the poll.…
With a 23-22 lead, the K-State volleyball team looked to claim the first set at Iowa State on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. But, the Cyclones rallied for a 26-24 victory, and led by as many as nine points in the final two frames to win both 25-19, 25-18 over the Cats. Courtney Traxson topped the K-State attack with eight kills. Katie Brand posted 25 assists and 11 digs for her eighth double-double this season for the Wildcats, and also led K-State (13-4, 1-3) with four blocks. Manhattan native Tristan McCarty had 13 digs. Iowa State (9-5, 3-1)…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education has named the city’s police chief to lead the new police department for the city’s public schools. The school district said in a release Wednesday the board has selected Rick L. Armstrong as the first chief of the newly-formed police department for the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools. Armstrong will take over the schools post in February after retiring from the city’s police department. The board voted last spring to go from campus security to forming its own police department and using sworn law enforcement officers, much like other…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials are notifying county health clinics that a program providing cash subsidies to women and children will cease issuing checks later this month because of the federal government shutdown. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Wednesday that because of uncertain funding checks won’t be issued for November or December through the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC. The program supplies low-income women with checks or debit cards that can be used for infant formula and cereal, fruits and vegetables, dairy items and other healthy food. WIC…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democrats and liberal activists in Kansas are criticizing Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins over the federal government’s partial shutdown. But Jenkins and other members of the state’s all-GOP congressional delegation said Wednesday they’re looking for President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats to negotiate on budget issues. They also said they won’t support increasing the federal debt ceiling without reductions in federal spending. Two dozen activists rallied outside Jenkins’ office in Topeka, demanding she work for a House vote on budget and debt ceiling legislation without conditions. Jenkins represents the 2nd District of eastern Kansas but is a member…