TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials and university economists are preparing to issue new revenue projections for legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback to use in making budget decisions. Friday’s meeting allows the forecasters to revise earlier projections for the current fiscal year and the budget year that begins July 1. The current forecast was issued in November. It predicts the state will collect $6.2 billion in revenues during the current fiscal year and $5.5 billion for the next fiscal year. The forecasters predicted that revenues would decline by $705 million during the next fiscal year following massive state income taxes enacted…
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The Kansas State University Police Department is investigating reports of a male taking photos of females in Hale Library. According to K-State Police Captain Don Stubbings the witness reported the person as a black male 5’11″-6’0″ in his twenties with short hair wearing a blue and white striped polo type shirt. It is believed the subject was using a cell phone camera to take photos which were sexual in nature. If anyone has information about these incidents they are encouraged to contact the K-State Police Department at 532-6412. Anonymous tips can be left at www.ksu.edu/police/
Pottawatomie County law enforcement authorities successfully tracked down one fugitive Friday, with two manhunts going on at the same time. A 46-year-old St. Mary’s man was taken into custody by the Pottawatomie County sheriff’s office, with the assistance of St. Mary’s police and the Kansas Highway Patrol after what is described as a short manhunt in the St. Mary’s area. A sheriff’s office spokesman indicates the subject, who has not been named, was wanted for aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer. That incident occurred late Thursday night when a deputy was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle…
Manhattan’s unemployment numbers went up a just a tad during the last reporting period. The figures released on Friday morning indicate that Manhattan saw a slight rise in unemployment from 4.5 to 4.7 percent. However, the figure is identical to the 4.7 percent unemployment rate a year ago. The Manhattan metro area numbers, which include Riley, Geary, and Pottawatomie Counties report a slight increase to 5.4 percent in unemployment during the latest reporting period. Individually, Riley County’s rate as a whole went up to 4.8 percent, which is the exact same figure it was in March of 2012. Geary County reported a decrease in the…
Early Friday morning, a single family residential structure at 919 Mission Ave was reported to be on fire . The Manhattan Fire Department dispatched crews and upon arrival found the one story building ablaze from the back of the structure. According to Battalion Chief Rex Worden, the department was able to get the fire out by about 5:45 am. But, at about 6:30 am, the fire rekindled itself. Crews reappeared on the scene and again extinguished the fire. The occupants of the building were able to evacuate safely. The estimated loss is about $75,000 to contents and $80,000 to the…
Update: The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department has captured the escaped inmate. At about 12:30 AM Saturday, Jon Adrian Getzlaff, 24, of Wamego, was taken back into custody by the Sheriff’s Department. Getzlaff was captured in Westmoreland. Below is our story from earlier Friday. —- The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department is seeking an inmate who escaped from the Pottawatomie County detention facility’s exercise yard shortly after 9 a.m. Friday. Jon Adrian Getzlaff, 24, of Wamego is described as 5’4″, weighing about 150 pounds, with short hair and scruffy facial hair. He was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt with a word…
BOSTON (AP) The Royals game against the Boston Red Sox scheduled for this evening as Fenway Park has been postponed due to the continuing manhunt for the Boston Marathon Bomber who is still at large. No makeup date has been announced. The Bruins game against the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled for TD Garden has been tentatively re-scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. Police identified two suspects. One was killed during a shootout with police and the other was being sought during a massive manhunt across the city and surrounding areas.
According to a report in the Kansas City Star, 19 members of the K-State track and field team were preparing for a meet at Cal State-Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon when it was cancelled by a bomb threat. Campus was evacuated and afternoon classes were cancelled at Cal State-LA, and the Wildcats had to leave the track and walk back to their bus. K-State coach Cliff Rovelto told the Star it’s the first time he’s had a meet cancelled like this in his over 30 years with the Wildcat program, and had to look for alternative meets for his athletes. K-State…
Pottawatomie County Court was busy Thursday, with several sentencings, one of which was a Topeka man receiving a sentence of 19 months for one charge and eight months for the other, to run concurrently. Lucas Fenwick (22) was taken into custody last August for originally several burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property counts. Law enforcement agencies from at least three counties participated in the investigation. Items taken included flat screen televisions, jewelry, and guns. Fenwick was also imposed restitution Thursday and payment of court costs as part of his post-release when he becomes eligible for parole. Also on Thursday,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs coach Andy Reid will make his return to Philadelphia when Kansas City visits the Eagles for a Thursday night game in mid-September. Kansas City opens the season Sept. 8 at Jacksonville, plays its home opener Sept. 15 against Dallas, and then visits the Eagles where Reid spent 14 years as head coach on Sept. 19 for a prime-time game. The Chiefs return home against the Giants on Sept. 29, visit Tennessee the next week, and then have three straight at Arrowhead Stadium against Oakland, Houston and Cleveland. They visit Buffalo before a…