Author: KMAN Staff

A two vehicle accident at Highway 24 and Colombian had traffic slowed down at 5:30  Wednesday evening. A Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department official indicates there were no serious injuries, although an extrication was necessary. The accident had traffic down to one lane westbound, where the accident occurred, and also caused a slow down in eastbound lanes. UPDATE: An official from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed all road areas are cleared and traffic is open and no longer delayed.  As previously stated, no injuries were reported.

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Witnesses continued to take the stand Wednesday morning during the Levertis Horne jury trial.  Horne is accused in a home invasion case, which resulted in a Kansas State University student being shot. Officers and 911 dispatchers were questioned, including Riley County Police Officer, Rich Lewis.  Prosecuting State Attorney, Barry Disney began by asking Lewis questions about a cell phone used the night of the incident back in October of 2012.  The cell phone appeared to be that of Levertis Horne.  Disney asked Lewis about several screenshots of texts and calls Lewis had taken of the phone when he originally investigated…

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Wamego’s 2014 budget was approved. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Mayor Bob Morse opened the Public Hearing to answer taxpayer objections to the proposed use of funds and the amount of ad valorem tax for the 2014 budget. As required, the budget was published, along with the notice of hearing. With no questions from the public, a motion was made to adopt the 2014 City of Wamego budget as published. The vote was unanimous. In other business, Reese & Novelly’s Michelle Morton and Carol McCulluh went over the City’s 2012 audit, which showed no material weaknesses, and the City’s reports…

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K-State will play two games on ESPN’s “Big Monday” during the 2013-14 basketball season. The first is on February 10th when the Wildcats host the Kansas Jayhawks inside Bramlage Coliseum, and the second is a road trip to Oklahoma State on March 3rd. The Wildcats went 1-1 last season in “Big Monday” games, losing 83-62 at Kansas and beating West Virginia 71-61 in Manhattan. Kansas and Oklahoma State both will make four appearances on “Big Monday” to lead the Big 12. K-State opens the 2013-14 season on November 1st with an exhibition game against Pittsburgh State. Stay connected to all…

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The match up was set up for a Royals victory. James Shields pitching for Kansas City and Minnesota sending out a 27 year old Canadian left hander making his major league debut. It was not the case last night as Shields struggled early on and Andrew Albers sat down the Royals in a 7-0 Twins victory. Shields pitched six innings and gave up seven runs on eight hits. Albers pitched 8 1/3 innings for the Twins giving up just four hits. The Royals will go for the series win tonight at Kauffman Stadium. Danny Duffy coming off the DL is…

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A consensus over a flat mill levy didn’t mean the Manhattan city commission had an easy night during Tuesday night’s budget session. Commissioner Wynn Butler argued over points on the budget concerning a large increase in the social service advisory board’s budget for 2014, and several other items within the previously published city budget.  Butler  was able to work with the other commissioners to  decrease items such as ATA’s on-demand budget from 5% to 1.7%,  and leverage those gains in the general fund into the road maintenance fund. The commission voted to move the Manhattan Art Center and the Wolfhouse…

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