TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has appointed a new state director to oversee his offices in Kansas and represent the senator in his home state. Moran says Brennen Britton will serve as a liaison to businesses, community leaders and local government officials. Britton will live in Manhattan, where the Republican senator has an office. Moran also has offices in Hays, Pittsburg, Olathe and Wichita. Britton previously served on Moran’s legislative staff, handling issues related to the economy, judiciary and homeland security. He holds a bachelor’s degree in religion and political science and a law degree from Duke University.
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It’s time to check in with Manhattan Mayor John Matta and City Manager Ron Fehr on today’s InFocus. [mp3-jplayer]
The House Ways and Means committee heard from six conservative groups Tuesday who said the IRS put them through the wringer as they sought tax-exempt status.
All six members of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday to discuss the sexual assault crisis in the armed forces, acknowledging it’s ‘like a cancer’ that could destroy the force.
[mp3-jplayer] K-State hitting coach Mike Clement was in studio during hour one of the show to talk about KSU’s regional victory.
The Big 12 has released start times and TV details today for early and special date games in 2013. K-State’s match-up with Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday, September 7th will kick off at 5:30 and be televised by Fox Sports One. The Wildcats already knew they would play under the lights on Fox Sports One in the season opener against North Dakota State on Friday, August 30th at 7:30. Fox Sports One is a new network that will launch in August that will provide expanded coverage of Big 12 events. The other non-conference game for K-State is a home date with UMass that…
KMAN received word of a possible suicide around 10:45 Tuesday morning. The incident is said to have taken place on the 800 block of Fremont, in an apartment. Riley County Police arrived on scene a few minutes later. The subject received a cut to the throat. Public Information Officer, Matt Droge could not comment, as officers had just arrived at the apartment. KMAN will continue to bring you updates as they become available. ———- Update It was confirmed by Droge on Wednesday morning, the incident was just an “attempted suicide”, and the victim sustained minor injuries.
Longtime Manhattan High volleyball coach Mary Lou Morgan put together a sterling resume in her 17 years on the sidelines, and was inducted over the weekend into the Kansas Volleyball Association Hall of Fame. Morgan won 499 matches during her career along with 15 I-70 League championships. She led the Tribe to 13 state tournaments, including a 6A championship in 1986 and a pair of runner-up finishes. Morgan also helped found the KVA in the early 1980’s. She retired from coaching in 1999, and teaching in 2004.
Eight high school state championships will now be handed out each year in football, volleyball, basketball, softball, and baseball in the Sunflower State. 64 member schools made up class 4A in the Kansas High School Athletic Association (KSHSAA) during the 2012-13 school year. 4A held a large range in enrollment between its members over the last year in all sports but football, from Highland Park with 729 students to Rock Creek and Frontenac with 258. The member schools voted this spring by ballot to split 4A into divisions one and two, with 32 members in each division. The changes will take…
The Kansas Legislature narrowly passed a two-year state budget in the waning minutes of the 2013 legislative session. State Representative of Manhattan, Sydney Carlin, says there was compromise on the budget, but she doesn’t think it was enough, saying “there was still one we could have taken but did not, but it is still a $777 million tax increase over the next four or five years”. Carlin adds the entire increase will come from sales tax and changes to income tax deductions saying that “it is hitting people pretty hard. They are getting a tenth of a percent off of…