SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina’s city commission will consider allowing liquor sales in the city on Sunday. The possibility arose during a meeting Monday, when the commission approved an ordinance that allows microbreweries in the city. During discussion of that ordinance, commissioners considered whether to allow Sunday liquor sales. Current Salina law prohibits Sunday sales at liquor stores and other places that sell packaged alcohol. Commissioner Randall Hardy says he thought the current law was a restraint of trade. Other commissioners also indicated they would support Sunday sales. The Salina Journal reports the city’s staff will bring the issue before the…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County officials say the death of a man whose body was found in a car on the campus of a Topeka school is not considered suspicious. A deputy found the man’s body in a car late Monday on the grounds of Washburn Rural Middle School. He was described as being in his mid-40s but his name was not released. Martin Weishaar, spokesman for the school district, says the man appeared to have died from a medical condition. The man was not associated with the school. The Shawnee County sheriff’s office also said the death didn’t appear…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A veteran employee of the Kansas Department of Corrections has been named to the state Prisoner Review Board. Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts announced Monday that Peggy Lero would fill an opening on the three-member board. Lero has been with the corrections agency since 2000 and has nearly 40 years of experience in corrections and criminal justice. She’s currently the parole director in the northern parole region in Topeka. The Prisoner Review Board has several responsibilities, including decisions on parole and the conditions of inmates freed on supervised release. Lero replaces Kathleen Graves, who was named deputy director…
It’s time to catch up on the City of Manhattan. Cathy sits down with City Manager Ron Fehr and Commissioner Wynn Butler. [mp3-jplayer]
The man who led the IRS when the agency gave extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups tells Congress he knew little about what was happening while he was commissioner.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin says her state is facing one of its ‘most horrific’ disasters ever. She says officials don’t have a firm number of deaths caused by a massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore. FEMA has arrived to help.
Just a day after the catastrophic events in Oklahoma, the relief efforts have begun in Manhattan. Heidi Kitts is from Shawnee, Oklahoma and currently lives in Manhattan with her husband who is retired from Fort Riley and she is leading the efforts collecting donations. Donations can be non-perishable food items, clothing, and shoes for all age-groups and genders. Monetary donations are also being accepted. Cases of water are also accepted due to the sparse amount of clean water in Shawnee and Moore. Kitts says the devastation in Shawnee has affected her by not being able to reach…
A former Kansas State University visiting assistant professor of interior architecture and product design will be in court Wednesday for his trial. 28 year old William Yankey was arrested in September of 2012 at his home on the 1800 block of Colorado street here in Manhattan. After being arrested on a $50,000 bond for suspicion of of rape, he was released. The reported rape occurred on December 8th of 2007, in the northeast portion of Manhattan. With the jury selection taking up most of Tuesday, Judge Meryl Wilson will hear from witnesses as the trial begins Wednesday. KMAN’s Laura Monsanto…
K-State dominated the Big 12 postseason awards with seven first team All-Big 12 selections and four individual award winners. Brad Hill picked up his second Big 12 Coach of the Year award after leading K-State to it’s first league championship since 1933. Hill also won the award in 2009 after taking the program to it’s first ever NCAA regional. The Wildcats, who were picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 preseason poll, made the biggest jump by a regular season champion in Big 12 history. Junior infielder Ross Kivett took home Big 12 Player of the Year honors, joining…
Updated Wednesday: Riley County police now say six juvenile male suspects have been identified in connection with sexual exploitation cases that involve 10 female victims. RCPD Public Information Officer Mat Droge indicates the incidents occurred between June of last year and May of this year. Meanwhile Riley County USD 378 Superintendent Brad Starnes wanted to clarify that contrary to some media reports, the case is not connected to his schools. Starnes adds his district does work closely with law enforcement and the school resource officer. But Starnes stresses there have not been formal charges to his knowledge. He adds if there is a…