With the continued snow storm accumulation, and the need to ensure the City streets are cleared in a safe and effective manner, the City of Junction City is declaring a Traffic Snow Emergency for the next 48 hours, effective, 8;00 AM, February 21, 2013 until 8:00 AM February 23, 2013 or until further notice. All vehicles parked on emergency snow routes, which are signed/ posted, must be removed within two hours after notice of this traffic snow emergency. Any vehicle parked on an emergency snow route after such period of time may be removed or caused to be removed by…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Riley County Fire Department was called to 9214 Blue Ridge Rd, about ten miles north of Manhattan around 1:16 Thursday morning for a structure fire. When volunteers from the Blue River Hills fire station arrived, the two occupants were outside in a van and the fire had consumed all but one wall of the garage. The roof and other three walls had already fallen in the basement and several grass fires were sparked from the blaze across the street. About 3 acres of grass burned. Firefighters worked feverishly to keep the blaze from extending to the neighboring residence. The home and the…
Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka John Woynick discusses the winter storm that is affecting the local area. [mp3-jplayer]
Northeast Kansas Public Affairs Manager for the Kansas Department of Transportation Kimberly Qualls is encouraging drivers to stay off the road if they do not absolutely have to be out. [mp3-jplayer]
The Manhattan Ogden school board spent a majority of their meeting Wednesday discussing the schedules for the elementary schools and also for the high school. To start the initial talks Board President Dave Colburn asked the board members assigned to the working groups to sort of review the initial undertaking. The elementary schools schedule led the discussion and by the end a number of board members presented their choice on which direction to go. Board members Walt Pesaresi and Leah Fliter and Board vice president Curt Herrman all voiced to follow Plan A. For the high school schedule, however, there…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The mother of a woman who remained missing a day after a Kansas City restaurant was destroyed by a natural gas explosion says the family is awaiting confirmation that a body found in the rubble is that of her daughter. Genny Cramer says Fire Department officials told her dental records were being used to determine if Megan Cramer’s body was the one found Wednesday in the building where she had worked as a server. Cramer says her family is certain their daughter died in the blast. Genny Cramer says she talked to her daughter on the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) President Barack Obama says he wants to give tax breaks to all aviation companies in Kansas so they hire and produce in the state. But he told Wichita television station KAKE-TV Wednesday he doesn’t want to give somebody who is buying a corporate jet an extra tax break that ordinary people can’t get because they don’t need it and that is not the reason someone would make such a purchase. The president says people buy corporate jets because they are convenient and the buyers can afford them. He said buyers don’t need an extra tax break, especially…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate is considering a proposed amendment to the state constitution aimed at preventing the courts from deciding disputes over how much the state spends on its public schools. Senators expected to take final action Wednesday. Supporters will need a two-thirds majority, or 27 votes in the 40-member chamber, to win approval for the proposal. The measure would add a new sentence to the Kansas Constitution’s article on education, declaring that the Legislature has the exclusive power to determine how much the state will spend on schools. That article now requires the Legislature to make suitable…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has approved a bill prohibiting doctors from terminating a pregnancy solely because a woman doesn’t want a baby of a certain gender. The 37-2 vote Wednesday sent the measure to the House. The bill makes it a misdemeanor the first time a doctor is convicted of performing a sex-selection abortion and a felony each time afterward. A doctor also could face lawsuits from a patient or family member over such a procedure, but the measure says that women who have such abortions can’t be prosecuted. There’s no solid data on how many sex-selection abortions…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Saline County attorney’s office says a former cadet leader at St. John’s Military School has been charged with eight counts of aggravated sexual battery involving a younger student. Charges against David James Burke, 18, of McLean, Va., were filed under seal Friday pending his first court appearance on Thursday morning, assuming the Saline County courthouse is not closed because of a major snow storm engulfing the state. The case stems from alleged assaults that occurred in October. Attorney Dick Blackwell says that his client initially bonded out on a single misdemeanor count and he did not…