Manhattan sales tax numbers are down a bit again this last reporting period, according to Manhattan Finance director Bernie Hayen. March figures were released late Wednesday morning, which reflect actual numbers for two months prior, or January of this year. $874,400 were collected, with an adjusted rate of $814,963. That’s down $17,686 and $10,212 for the respective amounts. The adjusted amount is $30,543 less than the adjusted forecast of $845,506, and $5,917 less than the adjusted compared to the budget. Hayen has a reminder that last year’s month-to-month reports were often at an all time high for city sales tax collections, and the amount this year is still…
Author: KMAN Staff
Riley County Police were made aware of an indecent liberties case after receiving the information from Wichita police. Limited information was released, as the investigations department just received the case, but a sex offense was reported to Wichita police sometime around 9:30 Tuesday evening. Although the case was reported in Wichita, it actually occurred in Manhattan. A male child, under the age of ten, was the victim of inappropriate touching in the northeast part of Manhattan. It is unknown when the incident occurred, but the suspect is a female who is known to the victim. Police indicated that the child…
Blue Springs Missouri defensive end Elijah Lee has committed to K-State according to the Kansas City Star.Lee recorded 72 tackles and 15 1/2 sacks during his junior season for the eventual Missouri Class 6 state champions. He later won the Buck Buchanan Award — handed to the top lineman or linebacker in the Kansas City metro area. Lee also had offers from Wyoming and Toledo and is a three-star recruit on rivals.com. He’s the second Blue Springs standout to commit to K-State this month, as three-star running back Dalvin Warmack also pledged to the Wildcats three weeks ago. Warmack ran…
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) The Kansas City Royals set a team record for spring training wins with their 23rd victory, beating the Seattle Mariners 11-6 Tuesday behind Brett Hayes’ four hits. Hayes tripled and drove in two runs. The Royals had 18 hits, including seven doubles. Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson and Miguel Tejada added two hits for Kansas City. The Mariners took a 4-1 lead before a six-run seventh for Kansas City. Mariners starter Jeremy Bonderman gave up seven runs and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings. Franklin Gutierrez and Michael Morse homered for Seattle in the seventh.
Ross Kivett knocked in a career-high five runs as K-State survived a wild game on a frigid Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium, 10-8 over Nebraska. Kivett drove in a run on a second inning single to pull the Cats within 2-1 of the Huskers. He followed with a sacrifice fly to score Jon Davis for the second time and tie the game at 2 in the fourth. Kivett doubled in the 5th for the first of three runs scored by K-State to give K-State the lead for good at 8-5. He complete the scoring for K-State with an RBI…
Construction crews in Berlin continued to remove sections of one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for an apartment block early on Wednesday morning.
A strong earthquake struck rural central Taiwan on Wednesday, swaying buildings, sending school children to seek cover and injuring at least 20 people. The magnitude-6.1 earthquake was felt throughout the island.
All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it begins hearing two same-sex marriage cases with far-reaching implications for gay civil rights. No apparent majority emerges among the justices as they examine California’s gay marriage ban.
A representative of local landlords laid into the language used in the library expansion literature at Tuesday night’s Manhattan city commission meeting. Manhattan resident Richard Hill says an item pertaining to debt is confusing, and could lead to problems down the road. City Attorney Bill Raymond disagreed with Hill’s assessment of the document, and said there is no ambiguity within the document. Assistant City Manager Lauren Palmer pointed out the preceding paragraph states the meaning of the phrasing under scrutiny by Hill. The city commission tasked city staff to work to put a proposal together to ensure Manhattan Regional Airport was…
The White House says North Korea’s recent threats aimed at South Korea and the United States undermines international efforts to ensure peace and stability in North-East Asia.