A neighborhood in Manhattan is embroiled in a dispute as home owners square off over a proposed fence. It all started in 2004 when the Kansas department of transportation decided a screening fence was not needed in the construction of the K-18 corridor next to Arbor Drive on the west side of town. Over the course of time several concerned homeowners … who say they are worried about safety and noise among other things…worked with city officials and KDOT to come to a joint proposal to facilitate the construction of the fence, and passed a petition towards completing the project.…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Secretary of State Kris Kobach is embroiled in a legal dispute over which court should hear a challenge to a Kansas law requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls. Kobach’s office moved successfully to have the lawsuit transferred from state court to federal court. Kobach said Tuesday that the lawsuit raises federal voting law issues. But Wichita attorney Jim Lawing responded with court filings that denied he’s raising federal issues in representing two northeast Kansas residents challenging the photo ID requirement. Lawing asked to have the lawsuit returned to Shawnee County District Court. Lawing represents…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas legislative committee has rejected most of a state senator’s request for pay for a meeting he nearly missed by arriving late. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas City Democrat David Haley appealed to the joint claims committee after failing to receive $291 for his salary, expense allowance and mileage for a December 2012 meeting of another panel. The claims committee said Monday that Haley should receive only $73 for mileage. Haley’s claim was for a session of the joint health care oversight committee. Haley arrived shortly before it ended. Committee Chairwoman and Topeka Republican Sen. Vicki…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas legislative committee has rejected most of a state senator’s request for pay for a meeting he nearly missed by arriving late. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas City Democrat David Haley appealed to the joint claims committee after failing to receive $291 for his salary, expense allowance and mileage for a December 2012 meeting of another panel. The claims committee said Monday that Haley should receive only $73 for mileage. Haley’s claim was for a session of the joint health care oversight committee. Haley arrived shortly before it ended. Committee Chairwoman and Topeka Republican Sen. Vicki…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 36-year-old Topeka man could spend up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to making a pipe bomb. Joseph E. Rogers entered his plea Monday in Topeka to one count of making a destructive device. He told investigators he used PVC pipe and smokeless powder removed from ammunition to make explosive devices for entertainment value. Rogers and Kyle C. Roe, 29, of Topeka were stopped by Topeka police officers on Nov. 12, 2012. When Roe was being taken into custody after police discovered he had an active felony warrant, he told officers he had…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Colorado man reported missing by his family last month has been found dead at a truck stop in central Kansas. The Salina Journal reports police do not suspect foul play in the death of Terry Hamilton, 67, although an autopsy was planned. A customer at a Salina truck stop along Interstate 70 reported a man in a car in the parking lot Monday afternoon. Hamilton’s family in the Denver suburb of Aurora had reported him missing in mid-October. Police said Hamilton’s car had been noticed at the truck stop earlier Monday. It wasn’t clear if the…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) The Humane Society of the United States is offering up to $5,000 for information in the death of a cat that was decapitated in Great Bend. Great Bend police found the body of a male cat missing its head and front paw on Oct. 26. Great Bend Police Lt. David Bailey says evidence indicated the cat’s body parts were cut off. The Humane Society says in a news release that a donation from a board member enabled the organization to double its standard cruelty award to $5,000.
BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) State water officials are recommending a plan to dredge the John Redmond Reservoir in Coffey County, which has been filling with silt for decades. Besides offering recreation, the 50-year-old reservoir on the Neosho River near Burlington supplies backup water to 14 communities in southeast Kansas. It also supplies water to two smaller lakes that feed cooling towers at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the proposed dredging could become a model for managing other federal lakes in Kansas that also have silting problems. The Redmond reservoir has lost about 1,000 surface acres and…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Teachers and principals from around the country are heading to the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth to study leadership development. The three-day event starts Nov. 13 and is organized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Thirty educators are participating in what is being called an inaugural event to improve public school leaders. Association executive director JoAnn Bartoletti says in a release the educators will study the Army’s learning model, which focuses on continuous education for soldiers as they advance in their careers and meet changing missions. The symposium will include…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Manhattan Mayor John Matta and City Manager Ron Fehr.