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.…
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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…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a former Kansas House member to the commission that screens applicants for the state Supreme Court. Brownback announced Thursday that he appointed former Rep. Don Dahl of Hillsboro to the Supreme Court Nominating Commission. Dahl replaces the late Janet Juhnke, a longtime Kansas Wesleyan University faculty member from Salina. Juhnke died in January, and Dahl will serve the remainder of her four-year term, which runs through June. Dahl is a 68-year-old retired U.S. Navy officer. He served as a Republican in the House from 1997 through 2008. The nine-member commission interviews applicants…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Geological Society is investigating whether a recent earthquake in southern Kansas might have been caused by oil production in the area. But KGS interim director Rex Buchanan says it might be hard to ever determine if the 3.8 earthquake Monday near Caldwell was man-made or caused by natural forces. Buchanan says there is no evidence yet to suggest hydraulic fracturing caused the quake. He says it’s more common for minor quakes near oil production sites to be caused by the disposal of salt water waste. In Kansas, the salt water waste is disposed of in…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A defense attorney is seeking a mental competency hearing for a Hutchinson teenager suspected of starting a fire that killed his mother and sister. Other motions filed this week seek an independent evaluation of the 14-year-old boy and access to his school records. The boy is charged in juvenile court with two counts of first-degree murder after the Sept. 26 fire at the family’s home. He is also charged with the attempted first-degree murder of his father and aggravated arson. The Hutchinson News reports the request for an independent evaluation is in response to the state’s motion…
After two years of planning and several months of designing, The “Peace Offering on the Blue” monument has reached its new home atop the pedestal in the 4th and Bluemont roundabout. “This is the end product of a couple of years of the Advisory Board coming up with the process to ask for proposals, to vet those proposals and to figure out how to finance the first acquisition of public sculpture for Manhattan,” said Jay Nelson, Arts and Humanities Advisory Board member The City financed the $65,000 project by using $29,000 from the 4th street Transport Development District (TDD). McDonald’s also…