Wamego’s Boat Ramp is becoming an attraction. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page introduced Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Roger Wolf, who presented new signage to the new boat ramp. According to Wolf, the Wildlife and Parks Department wants to promote activities along the Kansas River after receiving national recognition last year as a National Water Trail. He said there are 19 access points along the River between Junction City and Kansas City, and wants to promote usage of the river. In addition to the signage, Wolf said the Department would like to provide standard 3-panal…
Author: KMAN Staff
In a speech to the NAACP, Attorney General Eric Holder says it’s time to question Stand Your Ground laws, which he says “sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods.”
Senate Democrats came close to triggering the so-called nuclear option, but an 11th hour compromise appears at hand that will defuse the situation.
The City of Manhattan may enter into a development agreement with the McDonald’s on 3rd St. The project involves the construction of a new retail space near the intersection of 4th and Bluemont. The City would foot the bill for the estimated $200,000-$230,000 in infrastructure improvements, while McDonald’s would pay for the new building. McDonald’s will file a petition for a Transportation Development District that will include both the new and old retail space. A half-cent sales tax will be added in the district in order for the City to recoup its investment. Additionally, McDonald’s is proposing to dedicate 23,000 dollars towards the sculpture that will be…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. Senate subcommittee has approved $404 million in federal spending for the construction of a new federal research laboratory at Kansas State University. The vote Tuesday sends the funding for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility to the full Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration. The money is part of the Department of Homeland Security budget for 2014. Federal officials want to build the $1.25 billion lab to replace an aging facility at Plum Island, N.Y., to conduct research on animal diseases. State officials have approved spending up to $305 million in bond proceeds as part of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say two toddlers are in protective custody after one of the children drank a small amount of bleach at a squalid home. Lt. Doug Nolte told The Wichita Eagle that emergency responders were called to the home Monday evening after a 2-year-old girl drank bleach from a cup that was next to a cup of water. Nolte says the child suffered no serious injury from the bleach. The responders called police after finding human feces, trash, a bug infestation and no running water in the house. The 2-year-old girl and her 1-year-old brother were taken…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) State officials have notified the city of Wichita that nine agencies will be leaving a city-owned building, meaning more than 700 people will be moving. Most of the employees in the Finney State Office Building work for the Department for Children and Families. Department regional director Diana Bidwell says the agency’s work space is spread over seven floors in the building, making it difficult to efficiently serve clients. The Wichita Eagle reports the department is handling about 45,000 cases and that number is expected to increase. The state agencies have been in the building for nearly 20…
PRATT, Kan. (AP) The state has rejected a request that it change the way coyotes can be hunted during deer firearms season. The law enforcement arm of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism had asked the agency’s Board of Tourism to ban coyote hunters from using two-way radios and hunting from vehicles during regular deer firearm season. It is legal to use the radios and hunt coyotes from vehicles but those practices are illegal for hunting deer during the 12-day firearm season. The Pratt Tribune reports officers said they had encountered several deer hunters who claimed to be…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) A Pittsburg woman has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband. Carla Moutz entered the plea Monday to one count of first-degree murder in the May death of John Moutz, 49. The trial was scheduled to begin Oct. 7. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports the trial is scheduled for Girard but potential construction at the Crawford County Courthouse may relocate the trial to Pittsburg. John Moutz died at Pittsburg hospital after being shot at a home where his wife was staying. The home was owned by Carla Moutz’s father.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man avoided a second trial by reaching a plea agreement in the shooting death of his accomplice during a home robbery. Terrell Cole, 32, pleaded guilty last week to involuntary manslaughter in the January 2011 death of Andre Lovett. He had been scheduled to go on trial July 29 for first-degree murder. Wichita police say Cole and Lovett were trying to rob a home when Cole fired a shot at one of the victims as he ran from the scene. The bullet hit Lovett, who died the next day. The Wichita Eagle reports the jury…