NEWTON, Kan. (AP) An economic analysis estimates that Kansas wind energy projects have created nearly 13,500 jobs in the state. That’s one finding from a report that was drawing business leaders from across Kansas to Newton on Friday. They were gathering for a forum on the economic impact of the 19 wind energy projects now operating or being built in Kansas. The analysis was prepared by the law firm Polsinelli Shughart in partnership with the Kansas Energy Information Network. The jobs numbers include 263 operation and maintenance jobs and 3,484 construction jobs. The rest are indirect jobs created by the…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A kangaroo at a central Kansas wildlife refuge has undergone a stem cell treatment to repair an injured leg. The Salina Journal reports that vets at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure performed the procedure Wednesday on the 6-year-old female red kangaroo. The operation was performed by Dr. Danelle Okeson, the zoo’s veterinarian, and Dr. Larry Snyder, veterinarian from the University Bird and Small Animal Clinic in Topeka. The procedure was intended to regenerate a damaged joint that was causing the kangaroo to hobble around on one leg and her tail. Snyder says stem cell therapy has been a…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says he doesn’t put much stock in a recent study from a non-partisan research group suggesting the state’s tax system is unfair to the poor. Jordan said Thursday the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy praises states that rely heavily on personal income taxes for revenues while keeping their sales taxes relatively low. Jordan and Gov. Sam Brownback argue that eliminating Kansas income taxes will spur economic growth and create jobs. Also, Jordan noted that under the institute’s analysis, no state has the wealthiest 1 percent of residents paying the same…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas and 45 other states have reached a settlement with a Florida company over allegations of improper signing of mortgage documents. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Thursday the agreement requires Lender Processing Services Inc. to re-examine previously signed documents to ensure that the rights of homeowners were protected. The company will be required to review documents signed between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2010, to determine if they need to be corrected. The settlement requires proper execution of the documents and prohibits signatures by individuals without firsthand knowledge attested to in the documents. It also requires…
An inmate serving time on Geary county convictions of attempted first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated sodomy is eligible for parole in the near future. Tabor Adkins, 65, was convicted in the 1983 cases and has been in jail ever since. As KMAN news told you at the time Adkins was up for parole in September of 2009, but parole was denied at that time. Public comment sessions will be March 18th at the City Hall In Kansas City, March 20th in the Finney State Office Building in Wichita, and March 22nd at the Landon State Office Building. Letters…
KMAN has received more information concerning the incident that occurred on Thursday in the Country Estates area. The Riley County Police Department along with the Pottawatomie County Sheriffs office and the ATF, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, issued three drug related search warrants in the morning hours between 10 and 11 am. These resulted in the arrest of Robert Beattie, 25, Shameke Strong, 30, Scott Pittenger, 26, and Robert John Edleston II, 33, all of Manhattan. Each is being charged with at least possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Beattie, Strong, and Pittenger all had a bond of $10,000 each, while…
Update from Woodrow Wilson staff: As of 9:45am, Woodrow Wilson students will be returning to their school via bus in the next 20 minutes. We received the all clear from first responders to let students and staff back into the school. No explosives were found inside of the building. _________________________________________________________________________ This morning as students were coming into school, a student told a staff member at Woodrow Wilson that another student told him that he had placed a pipe bomb inside of Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow staff called the Manhattan Fire Department (MFD) and RCPD — both agencies have responded. Woodrow Wilson…
Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New Orleans during Super Bowl week, a federal law-enforcement official said Thursday.
Anxious parents went to an Atlanta area middle school to check on their children after shots were fired in the courtyard. Police said a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back of the neck by another student.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Deb Rodenbaugh Schaub with the Rotary Peace forum, followed by Tricia Vershage with Fort Riley on an upcoming event. [mp3-jplayer]