TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka officials say a 2-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a pit bull mix at a relative’s home. The child was attacked Thursday afternoon while she and her mother were visiting the relative. Her name has not been released. Shawnee County Sheriff Lt. Danny Lotridge says the girl died after being taken to a Topeka hospital. Officers did not release information on circumstances surrounding the attack. The dog, a 6-year-old male, was taken away by animal control officers. Its fate was not immediately known.
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has chosen Jan. 15 as the date to deliver his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature. The Republican governor will outline his legislative agenda for 2013 one day after lawmakers begin the annual session. Brownback goes into the new year with sizeable GOP majorities in both chambers. Republicans outnumber Democrats 92-33 in the House and 32-8 in the Senate.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report shows that Sumner County was Kansas’ top 2012 winter wheat producer. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that Sumner County growers cut 17.9 million bushels this year. McPherson County was second with 11.3 million bushels, followed by Reno County with 10.8 million bushels. Sumner County, in south-central Kansas, also had the most harvested acres with 375,500 total acres. Reno County was second with 246,000 acres, and McPherson County came in third with 225,600 harvested acres. But the highest yields were in Crawford County. Farmers there averaged 61.6 bushels of wheat per acre, breaking the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate’s new Republican leaders hope to finish making committee assignments early next week. Incoming Senate President Susan Wagle already has named the chairmen and vice chairmen of the chamber’s 13 standing committees. But an all-GOP leadership panel headed by the Wichita Republican has yet to finish its assigned task of filling out each panel. The panel will also appoint Democratic committee members from a list of recommendations from Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka. Wagle will become Senate president when lawmakers convene their 2013 session on Jan. 14, and committee assignments will start on that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Top Republicans in the Kansas Senate are considering a proposal to concentrate the power over committee assignments in the chamber’s president. And the idea has bipartisan support. Incoming Majority Leader Terry Bruce of Hutchinson said Thursday that some fellow Republicans view the Senate’s current method of handling committee assignments as cumbersome. A nine-member, all-GOP panel makes the assignments. The practice is a legacy of Republican infighting decades ago and voters electing Democratic lieutenant governors in the past to preside over a Republican-controlled Senate. Meanwhile, the House gives its speaker control over committee assignments. Bruce and Senate President…
Motorists who frequent K-18 have likely noticed a big change in that area. As of 5:15 p.m. on Thursday evening, eastbound and westbound K-18 from the west city limits of Manhattan to the east city limits of Ogden was OPENED to two lanes of unrestricted traffic in each direction for the upcoming winter season. All traffic alerts noted below have now been completed. Some construction work will continue on K-18 throughout the winter months as weather allows, but the work will take place off the roadway with no impacts to traffic.
The Football Writers Association of America released their all-American team on Friday morning, and K-State linebacker Arthur Brown was named to the first team. Brown joins Georgia’s Jarvis Jones and Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o as first team linebacker. The senior from Wichita was also named a second team all-American linebacker by the Associated Press and Walter Camp. Brown also was named the Big 12 defensive player of the year by the league’s coaches as he had 91 tackles this season for K-State, including six for loss. He picked off two passes, plus had a sack and a fumble recovery. #5…
A trip to the Great Northwest could pay off in spades for the K-State men’s basketball team as they will get another shot at a top 25 team. The Cats will meet #14 Gonzaga on Saturday night in the 10th annual “Battle in Seattle” at Key Arena, the former home of the Seattle Supersonics. K-State will be trying to turn out a better performance against a ranked foe after a 71-57 loss to #3 Michigan in the Preseason NIT Finals on November 23rd in New York City. “Michigan is so guard-oriented, not that (Kevin) Pangos, (David) Stockton and (Gary) Bell…
Congressman Tim Huelskamp arrived in Manhattan Friday morning to make a very important announcement at the Manhattan Regional Airport. He started off by stressing the importance of January 3, 2013; first saying that that would be the day that the K-State football team would win the fiesta bow and second, that he would be sworn in for his second term as a U.S. Congressman on that day. This would also be when Manhattan and Pottawatomie county would officially become a part of the first congressional district. Huelskamp was also happy to announce that his staff would be opening a new sattelite…
While no details are available at this time, local police activity associated with helicopters was reportedly going on late Friday morning. Riley County Police Lt. Josh Kyle confirmed there was such activity, but indicated he had no idea regarding specifics. KMAN news has been receiving calls regarding helicopters in the area of Anderson Avenue on the west side of town.