WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A plan by Oklahoma gas company, Oneok Inc., to spin off its utility operations would mean a freeze until 2017 in base rates and small rebates for Kansas Gas Service customers. Those provisions are part of a settlement between Oneok, the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board. The Wichita Eagle reports the settlement means there will be no opposition to the company split when the plan goes before the KCC. The proposed plan calls for breaking Oneok into two companies. A new company, One Gas, would take over Oneok’s natural gas distribution systems in…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A state lawmaker says it may be time for Kansas to consider stricter penalties for irrigators who pump beyond their allotted amount of water. Rep. Joe Seiwert told the Special Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources he’s received several letters from irrigators who are trying to follow state water conservation rules and are angry about neighbors who flout those rules. Seiwert says it may be time for tougher enforcement and higher penalties, similar to efforts decades ago to make drunken driving a more serious crime. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Rep. Sharon Schwartz urges caution, saying not…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police are investigating more than 13 cases of people using counterfeit money in the city since Dec. 5. The Hutchinson News reports seven of the cases were reported during the weekend. Most of the reports have come from fast-food restaurants. But one woman reported a man on Saturday bought her 2001 Chevrolet S-10 using counterfeit money. Additional details of that case were not immediately available. Hutchinson police says businesses and individuals should inspect cash before accepting it, particularly residents who are estate sales or selling items through social media.
CLEARWATER, Kan. (AP) Power has been restored to parts of three south-central Kansas counties where the lights went out when a power line fell on a row of hay bales, causing a brief fire. More than 5,000 people were without power Sunday in Harper, Kingman and Sumner counties. KWCH-TV reports officials with Wheatland Electric said about 4 a.m. Monday that all power had been restored. A spokesman for Wheatland Electric says the line belongs to Westar Energy but supplies power to the company for the three counties. The outage started about 1 p.m. Sunday when a crossarm on a transmission…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Brady Burton, USD 384 Blue Valley/Randolph Superintendent, and, Antoinette Root, USD 378 Riley County High School principal.
Five bids were submitted to the Riley County Commission for the tractor/loader/backhoe project recently discussed during a commission meeting. Three of the bids were submitted from local companies, and two were out of Topeka. Commission Chair, Dave Lewis read the bids aloud during Monday’s meeting, which went as follows: KanEquip on Hwy 24 in Wamego: N/A Victor L. Phillips Company of Topeka: new Case 580 SN 2013 model-$86,462 Foley Equipment of Manhattan: new 2013 Cat 420F-$108,000, second bid-new model with five year lease-payments of $14,402 G.W. Van Keppel of Topeka: new Volvo BL703 2013-$110,272, second bid-five year lease payments of…
A 55-game schedule was released on Monday for the defending Big 12 champion K-State baseball team, who reached the first Super Regional in program history last season. The Cats’ season kicks off on February 14th with a trip to California, and the 28-game home schedule at Tointon Family Stadium starts two weeks later. The K-State schedule features five teams that reached last season s regional round of the NCAA Tournament, four regular season conference champions and home games against in-state rivals Wichita State and Kansas. Nonconference opponents include Cal Poly, San Francisco, Portland, St. Mary s, UC Davis, UW-Milwaukee, Nebraska,…
Information finally was released the end of last week on activity in Manhattan on Park Grove Drive KMAN had been investigating since Thursday morning. Neighbors in that area had contacted KMAN regarding activity that appeared to involve Kansas or Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. Riley county Police told KMAN Thursday they had no information or involvement in the matter. But as KMAN announced Friday morning, Weiqiang Zhang, 47, of Manhattan who lives in the 11 hundred block of East Park Grove is being charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. Further details released after Friday’s announcement indicate alleged attempt to steal rice seed samples from a Junction…
Peter O’Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died. He was 81.
Guests gathered on Sunday in a huge tent at the family compound of Nelson Mandela to attend the funeral ceremony for the anti-apartheid leader.