TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials are preparing to auction off a 100-year-old Topeka home built by a prominent attorney and banker. The Department of Administration scheduled Tuesday’s auction after rejecting two bids for the Hiram Price Dillon home in February. The higher two bids was $351,000, from a law firm. The 12,000-square-foot home near the Statehouse was built in 1913 by Dillon. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places and is known for its Italian Renaissance-style architecture. The state has owned the house since 1998, when a church nearby traded the property for a parking lot. The house has…
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It’s time to check in with Pottawatomie County as Cathy sits down with Commission Chair Pat Weixelman, Sheriff Greg Riat, and Julie Roller with Pottawatomie County Economic Development corporation. [mp3-jplayer]
Attorney General Eric Holder says he is ‘deeply disappointed’ in the Supreme Court’s decision on a voting rights case. He says the Justice Department will still use any means available to challenge discriminatory voting laws.
President Barack Obama says scientists concur that the Earth warming and that human activity contributes to it. Obama says that the debate over climate change has been put to rest.
Fort Riley is one of 10 U-S Army posts slated for a draw down–that was the word from the Chief of Staff of the Army, who held a news conference at the Pentagon Tuesday afternoon. Governor’s Military Council Executive Director John Armbrust of Manhattan tells KMAN while the news isn’t good, it shouldn’t mean a total loss for Fort Riley. The Army is cutting a brigade at Fort Riley by September 2017. The 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division will be inactivated as part of the Army’s plans to reduce its overall strength by 80,000 soldiers. The…
Bruce Weber led K-State to their first conference championship in 36 years during his first season on the bench. One month after the season, the Wildcat program was rocked by the transfer of all-Big 12 point guard Angel Rodriguez to Miami. Weber spoke on the Big 12 teleconference on Tuesday morning about Rodriguez’s departure, and says it caught him off guard. “After the season, he said all the right things and was being a leader,” Weber said. “(Rodriguez) had to go through two surgeries, and then one day he popped in (to his office) and said ‘coach I want to…
(Update) Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer, Matt Droge reported Wednesday morning that no reports have been filed on this incident at this time. He mentioned there are many times reports of shots fired and this ends up being the outcome. This is usually because there were no shots fired, or there was no evidence of shots being fired. ——————– Riley County police are investigating a report of shots fired in the Stonemont Drive area near Highland Ridge on the west side of Manhattan off Scenic Drive. Public Information Officer Mat Droge tells KMAN the report came in about…
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, is set to conduct a change of command ceremony Friday morning at 10 at the Cavalry Parade Field on Fort Riley. The “Devil” Brigade will bid farewell to its current commander, Col. Michael Pappal, who led the unit during its 2010-2011 deployment to Baghdad in support of Operation New Dawn. While in Iraq, the brigade performed a mission with the Iraqi Security Forces, and was among the last American units in the Iraqi capital. The brigade will welcome Col. John Reynolds as its new commander. Reynolds will assume command of the…
A lightning strike early Tuesday morning caused minimal damage to a two story house on Zeandale road. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins tells KMAN lightning apparently struck a gutter, blowing out a downpipe on the side of the house. While there was no actual fire, damage is estimated at 800 to one-thousand dollars. Power was knocked out to the home. Collins says the call came in at about 5:30 a.m. The house was located in the 35-hundred block of Zeandale Road.
ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reports that K-State basketball transfer Adrian Diaz will continue his college career at Florida International. Diaz will sit out the 2013-14 season due to NCAA transfer rules before being eligible to play for the Panthers. FIU is coming off an 18-14 season, and will be led by Anthony Evans after Richard Pitino departed for Minnesota. Diaz announced he was leaving K-State in April after two seasons with the Wildcats. He averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds per game in 49 career games with K-State. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to…