HUGOTON, Kan. (AP) A groundbreaking ceremony takes place Thursday in southwestern Kansas for a $20 million dairy ingredient and cheese processing plant. The facility will employ 60 people when it is finished. Gov. Sam Brownback is among the officials scheduled to attend the ceremonial start of construction of the Kansas Dairy Ingredients plant in Hugoton. It’s expected to open later this year. Company officials have said the plant will initially process about 1 million pounds of milk per day, growing to 2.5 million pounds by the end of 2013. The expansion will allow for production of cheese and other dry…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas attorney general’s office says participation in an Internet safety program for children grew by about 8 percent in the state’s last fiscal year. Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office says more than 65,000 children, parents and teachers took part in the Netsmartz program during the year that ended June 30. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that more than 60,000 people participated during the previous fiscal year. Netsmartz is presented throughout the state by the Kansas Alliance of Boys Girls Clubs. It was developed by the national Boys Girls Clubs and the National Center for Missing and Exploited…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka official says commercial flights from the city’s regional airport could resume by next year thanks to $2.2 million in government incentives. Topeka Regional Airport, formerly called Forbes Field, hasn’t had commercial service since Allegiant Air halted its weekly round trips to Las Vegas in 2007. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority learned Tuesday that it has secured $950,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The state allocated $1 million earlier this year to lure commercial flights back to the airport, and the authority has set aside another $250,000. Authority president Eric Johnson…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeastern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for selling exceptionally pure heroin blamed for at least two overdose deaths. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 36-year-old Tyrone Ramsey, of Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday for distributing and possession with intent to distribute heroin. He pleaded guilty earlier. Prosecutors said Ramsey sold heroin for a drug trafficking ring that operated in the Kansas City metro area from late 2007 to May 2009. Investigators bought heroin from him several times, and found evidence that heroin he sold led to the…
After serving the Manhattan area community for more than 10 years, Roy Crenshaw will step down as Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters on September 7th. Crenshaw said the organization has reached the goals he set when he accepted the position and he now looks forward to enjoying his time in retirement. A member of the Manhattan community for most of his life, Crenshaw accepted the executive director position in 2002 after returning from living and working in Israel. Crenshaw says he was looking for a challenging position that also allowed him to serve his community. Crenshaw adds One of his goals at…
Riley County Police are investigating a camper theft. Sometime between the hours of 9:30 pm on August 14 and 6:45 am August 15, a camper was reported taken from a residential location. Daniel Mulhern, 56, of Manhattan, reported that his 2006 Jayco Camper trailer was stolen from the alleyway behind his residence in the 900 block of Pierre Street. The camper is white and blue and is a pull-popup style. The total loss is $7,000.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jeremy Guthrie allowed only three singles in seven innings, and the Kansas City Royals rolled to a 5-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. Guthrie, who struck out a season-high eight, ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings. He has yielded eight hits and struck out 14 in his past two starts, victories over the A’s and the Chicago White Sox. Guthrie (5-12) is 2-3 in five starts with the Royals, who acquired him in a July 20 trade with Colorado for left-hander Jonathan Sanchez. Tim Collins and Greg Holland completed the shutout…
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Sophomore starting offensive lineman Brian Thomas and sophomore safety Urell Johnson have left the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The 6-3, 319-pound Thomas was a two-year starter at guard, but coach Tommy Tuberville says he was sliding down the depth chart because of conditioning and medical issues. Tuberville says Johnson was leaving to transfer to Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., to be closer to his hometown of New Orleans.
Tuesday night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting brought forward two important items with the 2013 City Budget and the consideration of a sales tax renewal. After giving a presentation of the proposed action posed by some of the commissioners to approve the 2013 Budget, City Finance Director Bernie Hayen says he does not agree with moving forward with it. Geri Simon, Co-chair of the Save Our Social Services group, attended the meeting and agrees with Hayen. She says her group does not agree with the five percent cut to outside agencies, particularly social services. Ben Champion of the Bicycle Advisory Committee spoke during the public comment portion…
A Michigan couple is attempting to swim 50 miles across Lake Michigan to raise awareness about postpartum depression. They hope to complete the swim in 30 to 36 hours.