The FAA is considering closing the Manhattan Regional Airport’s control tower due to sequestration. In a list released by the FAA several airports with contracted control personnel would be closed to bridge a budgeting gap put in place by sequestration. Airport director Peter Van Kuren says he’s disappointed the FAA would take such a measure, but is confident the airport will continue to run smoothly even in its absence. Currently pilots at the airport do similar approaches without the control tower into and out of airports during the evening hours at the Manhattan Regional Airport. The list of airports to be closed can be…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Friday starting at 6 pm the 88th annual Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce meeting and banquet will be held at the Manhattan Conference Center on 410 south 3rd street. The chamber will be honoring the board of directors, and members at the event, and announce the volunteer of the year and the Lud Fiser citizen of the year. On Saturday the Manhattan chamber of commerce will hold its legislative coffee event at the train depot at 7:30 am.
Thursday is Pope Benedict’s last day as the leader of the Catholic church. The pope greeted Cardinals at the Vatican and promised ‘unconditional obedience’ to his successor.
Hundreds of illegal immigrants are being released from federal custody, due to the sequestration budget cuts set to take effect later this week.
Speaking to business executives, President Obama said automatic budget cuts caused by the sequester would be a “tumble downward” for the economy. However, he said many Americans might not feel the impact immediately.
Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is being challenged in the Supreme Court case, Shelby v. Holder. Oral arguments will be heard Wednesday morning to determine if that key provision should be struck down.
A shark, possibly 14 feet long, killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach on Wednesday, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired gunshots at the enormous predator.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has given initial approval to legislation abolishing the statute of limitations on prosecuting rape. The measure debated Wednesday also changes the time limits for prosecuting a sexually violent crime. Final Senate action is scheduled Thursday. Kansas is among 10 states that now require a rape to be prosecuted within five years. The legislation does away with that limit. The bill also allows for prosecution of a sexually violent crime to begin within 10 years if the victim is at least 18 years old. For younger victims, prosecution would begin within one year of the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka woman is seeking the right to co-parent a child at the center of a sperm donor child support case. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Angela Bauer cited a first-of-its-kind Kansas Supreme Court decision in seeking Wednesday to intervene in the child support case. The court ruled Friday that the non-biological mother of children in a same-sex relationship can have the same parental rights as the biological mother. Bauer and her former partner advertised for a sperm donor on Craigslist. The donor says he signed a contract waiving his parental rights and responsibilities. But because no doctor…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. a contract worth more than $350 million, dealing a major blow to Wichita-based Beechcraft as it emerges from bankruptcy protection. The announcement Wednesday means Sierra Nevada will build at least 20 light air support planes in Jacksonville, Fla., for use in Afghanistan. The contract could ultimately be worth nearly $1 billion, depending on future orders. The planes would give the Afghan National Army Air Corps a fixed-wing strike capability. Beechcraft, formerly Hawker Beechcraft, had proposed the AT-6 attack aircraft, a version of its T-6 trainer. Sierra Nevada Corp.…