WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has set a hearing over a proposed class action settlement in a lawsuit by workers against the Creekstone Farms slaughterhouse in Arkansas City. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday set a fairness hearing on the motion for approval for Dec. 17 at the federal courthouse in Topeka. The lawsuit alleged that Creekstone failed to pay employees for all of the time they worked. Creekstone Farms said it paid for all time worked, including overtime. Under the proposed $195,000 settlement, about $110,000 would be split among the 144 class members. The amount paid each…
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A trip down memory lane started Wednesday night’s Manhattan Ogden school board meeting as Universal Construction gave their final report. As part of the finishing up of construction, Thursday will see the open house for Marlatt Elementary from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. During the old business item section of the meeting, the board brought back the issue of senior early release. Again, there was no audience participation, but the board did have their own discussion. Board member Pete Paukstelis brought up a couple of issues that had him concerned including the fact that at a previous board meeting many years ago,…
The woman arrested in connection with the parental custody case that occurred earlier this month is officially confined. As KMAN previously reported, the RCPD and the Topeka Police Department, located the missing three-year-old, Benjamin Chavez-Birdwell with his mother, Sonja Birdwell, at a residence in Topeka. Riley County Police reported Wednesday that Sonja Birdwell is currently being held on a $10,000 bond for aggravated interference with parental custody. —- A Manhattan man is currently being held in Riley County jail and is waiting for possible extradition to Texas. Devoris Newson,26, was arrested around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Riley County Police reported Wednesday that Newson…
Republican leaders in the House say they want to work with President Barack Obama to overcome the so-called fiscal cliff, automatic spending cuts and tax hikes. But doing this means tackling the country’s spending problem, they say.
President Obama had a meeting with his full cabinet for the first time since the election. He said turnover has been low during his first term because people have done good jobs. He also voiced support for Susan Rice at the United Nations.
The Empire State Building is getting a high-tech upgrade to its exterior lighting system. A new LED grid will bathe the iconic building in millions of shades of color.
The five Riley County Law Board members present for Wednesday’s special meeting regarding health care insurance agreed unanimously for Riley County Police Director to have the authority to select a plan within parameters of a spread sheet he provided them. Most of the plans are well below the 1.63 million budgeted for 2013. The state plan was one option, which would be about 1.5 mllion dollars–but RCPD Director Brad Schoen cautioned that if approved, that would lock them into a three year plan. Both Law Board members Wynn Butler and Loren Pepperd expressed concern about that. Meanwhile Board Member Rich…
(AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its presidents and chancellors have unanimously voted to add Louisville as the replacement for Maryland. In a statement Wednesday, league Commissioner John Swofford said the addition of Louisville along with Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse in the past year has made the league stronger. Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich says the ACC was “the perfect fit for us.” Maryland announced last week it would join the Big Ten in 2014. A source told The Associated Press that ACC leaders also considered Connecticut and Cincinnati before the vote to add Louisville during a conference…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas City Chiefs players, including Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Willie Lanier, are heading to Fort Leavenworth for talks with Army officials on traumatic brain injuries. Wednesday afternoon’s meeting at the post is part of an Army-NFL partnership on treating and preventing head injuries in both organizations. Lanier, who played from 1967 through 1977, serves on an NFL player safety panel studying ways to make the game safer. Lanier suffered numerous concussions in his early playing days before converting to a padded helmet and changing his tackling technique. The military has been looking…
Prominent American business man Herman Cain gave a lecture Tuesday evening, in the Ballroom of the K-state Student Union. As a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, his status as a front runner would mark the first time ever, that a minority candidate lead national polls in a Republican Presidential Primary. Cain earned a master’s degree from Purdue University. At various points, he worked for the Department of the Navy, the Coca-Cola Company, Pillsbury, and would be appointed CEO of Godfather’s Pizza. Cain, said that despite the struggles we face today, the American Dream is alive. He made sure to thank…