KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Officials from Salina and the federal government want more time to finalize a proposed financial settlement for cleaning up contamination at a former Air Force base. Lawyers for the city and the Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to set a Feb. 13 deadline for final approval of the proposed settlement. The previous deadline was Tuesday. Schilling Air Force base closed in the 1960s, then became part of the city and home to the Salina airport. Salina officials filed suit in 2010 to recoup the cost of cleaning up the leftover pollution, which includes…
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A matter involving a dispute about water rights between the city of Manhattan and USD 383 was heard in the Kansas Court of Appeals Monday. A decision is not expected for up to 60 days. The case involves whether the city should continue to provide free water to Manhattan/Ogden public schools in the city, except for outdoor irrigation. The free water had been provided since an agreement in 1887, in which the Purcells deeded three tracts of real estate to Manhattan, stipulating that the city supply free water to all the public schools in “perpetuity.” A reminder that in November…
Calls have been rolling in to the KMAN studio about the number of Kansas Bureau Investigation vehicles seen around the area. KBI Agents from across the state of Kansas will be in Manhattan this week, but don’t be alarmed, it’s just a training exercise. In coordination with Kansas State University and the Tuttle Creek Reservoir staff, KBI Senior Special Agent, Steve Bundy says “they are training for the crime scene response teams that are placed throughout Kansas this week”. There are twelve people participating in the training and their are a number of exercises involved, including: extrication from graves, with…
According to Riley County Police reports a Kansas State Student was involved in an accidental weapon discharge incident on Monday morning. Police say 23-year-old Jake Huber was clearing his semi -automatic handgun when he accidentally shot himself in the leg as he was driving eastbound on Kimball avenue. Huber drove himself to the Manhattan Emergency Surgical Center for treatment, and then was transferred by emergency personnel to Mercy Regional Health Center. Huber was treated at Mercy Regional and then released on Monday afternoon. ——- Police say a Kansas State student and his room mates were victims of a house theft…
Case McCoy will start for the injured David Ash at quarterback for Texas against K-State on Saturday. McCoy has twice come on in relief of Ash this season and picked up the win with two fourth-quarter touchdowns against Kansas. He went 11 of 17 for 110 yards with an interception and a touchdown drive after Ash exited with a rib injury against TCU last Thursday in the Horns’ 20-13 loss to the Horned Frogs. K-State will play in prime time on national television for the seventh time this season on Saturday night against Texas at 7:00pm. The final regular season edition of Powercat…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Carolina Panthers to a 30-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the NFC. Former K-Stater Bryce Brown set a club rookie record with 178 yards rushing, including TD runs of 65 and 5 yards, but the Eagles (3-8) still lost their seventh straight game. Brown, filling in for injured running back LeSean McCoy, surpassed Correll Buckhalter’s rookie mark of 134 yards rushing in his first start since his senior year at…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) It’s Week 12 and the Kansas City Chiefs already have nothing to lose. They’ve dropped eight straight games to be officially eliminated from playoff contention. They lead the NFL in turnovers, haven’t scored a touchdown in more than 11 quarters and still have just one lonely win during one of the worst seasons in franchise history. Time to throw caution to the wind, right? Not exactly. Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel on Monday defended his decision to keep kicking field goals on fourth-and-short situations in a 17-9 loss to the Broncos over the weekend. Crennel said it…
More information has been released regarding an arrest first reported on KMAN this past Friday. Riley County police told reporters on Monday that 21 year old Levertis Horne of Manhattan was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated battery. These charges are the result of an incident that occurred on October 5th of this year. Horne allegedly threatened bodily harm to Chase Cargill. He also reportedly robbed Cargill at gunpoint as well as Austin Miller, Tyler Sweet, Andrew Johnson, and Sarah Steinhauser. Horne remains confined on a $25,000 bond and an investigation…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that his state suffered $32 billion in damage from Superstorm Sandy. He also said Sandy caused much more damage than Hurricane Katrina.
Special interest groups are looking to protect their tax breaks ahead of fiscal cliff negotiations.