The Manhattan City Commission met on Tuesday night at City Hall for their legislative meeting, and received a good helping of public comment on everything from NBAF to tree cutting. Representatives from Westar Energy briefed the commission on an initiative called Reliabilitree which they say focuses on cyclic maintenance of trees to ensure safety, and the reduction of power outages. Manhattan resident, and biologist, Gary Conrad gave a presentation on why the commissioners should not allow NBAF to go forward, and cited a former Coast Guard Admiral’s analysis of security risks. Conrad also pointed out the dangers of the spread…
Author: KMAN Staff
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) WICHITA, Kan. – Kansas State used a strong defensive effort and an 11-0 run to open the second half to defeat Wichita State on Tuesday night, 48-43. The Wildcats are now 6-0 for the third time under head coach Deb Patterson and the sixth time in school history. Brittany Chambers paced the Wildcats with a game-high 18 points. She also added six rebounds, three steals and an assist to her final stat line. K-State used a quick 9-2 start to take control of the early stages of the first half. Chambers led the early charge with seven…
The Manhattan High basketball teams kept Wichita Word of Life guessing on Tuesday night in their newly refurbished gymnasium in a doubleheader sweep. The Tribe girls wasted no time running away from the Lady Fire, leading 26-4 after the first quarter, and 44-11 at the half. MHS (2-0) got 20 points from Darby Price, as they dominated Word of Life on the boards. The Indian boys led by as many as 14 points in the first half, but the Fire pulled within 31-28 at halftime. Word of Life tied Manhattan at 32 early in the third quarter, but the Indians…
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) Lenexa police say a woman whose body was found in a grocery store parking lot died of a heart attack. KMBC-TV reports a person passing by the area called police after coming across the woman’s body in an Aldi parking lot just after dawn Tuesday. Police spokesman Dan Friesen says the man went to see if he could help but discovered the woman might have been lying there for a while. The woman, who appears to be in her late 50s, was next to her rental car. Her name had not been released as of Tuesday evening.
COLWICH, Kan. (AP) Westar Energy officials say one of the utility’s plants near Colwich will be closed for at least two months for repairs from a fire. Westar officials say customers should not notice any impact from the closure. A transformer at the plant failed last Wednesday, causing an explosion and fire. Westar officials estimate it will cost between $5 million and $8 million to repair the plant. KAKE-TV reports the plant has a spare transformer that will be used until repairs are complete. Westar uses the plant mostly during peak summer months. No one was injured in the fire.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is accepting applications for small grants to help schools reduce solid waste and increase their recycling. The department is taking applications online until Feb. 15. KDHE will award grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 for projects that seek to reduce waste through education, composting and recycling. But the projects must be integrated into classroom instruction. KDHE Bureau of Waste Management Director William Bider says one goal is to teach students and school workers habits that can be applied in their homes or other places.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The presiding judge in a Kansas school finance lawsuit has told attorneys in the case not to expect a ruling until around the first of the year. Shawnee County District Court Judge Franklin Theis (Tice) has sent a letter to attorneys representing school districts and a Wichita attorney defending the state to update them on his timetable for a decision. The judge says it was initially thought a decision could come by Dec. 1, but the amount of material to review and the time it is taking to write a ruling has pushed the deadline back. The…
The sentencing phase for one part of the animal cruelty case in Pottawatomie County has come to a close as of Tuesday. Derek Toy, 41, and Marcia Toy, 43, were sentenced to 12 months underlying on all 10 counts concurrent to each other. The Toys were placed on supervised probation for 24 months and they were ordered to pay restitution in the amount of about $6,606.57, with court costs of $160.00, attorney fees upon their submission and other costs associated with the case of $457.19.
Former President George W. Bush gave opening remarks at a conference on the benefits of immigrants to the U.S. Economy.
A bipartisan group of governors says they sought assurances from President Barack Obama that any cuts in spending to address the looming “fiscal cliff” would not shift the financial burden onto states.