Aly Raisman became the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold on the floor exercise, and she picked up a bronze on balance beam on the final day of the gymnastics competition at the London Olympics
Author: KMAN Staff
President Barack Obama is directing the Agriculture Department to authorize an additional $30 million to help crop and livestock producers in drought-stricken areas of the U.S. The spending does not require congressional approval.
Jared Lee Loughner agreed Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and sparing the victims a lengthy, possibly traumatic death-penalty trial.
After the primary votes were put in, Bob Reader stands out as the republican candidate. After 84 precincts votes were tallied reader lead the way with 3,287 votes, which totaled 43% of the precincts. His opponents ended with Roger Reitz with 2,213, which made up 29% and Joe Knopp with 2,106 votes, making up 28% of the precincts. Reader told KMAN that he was delighted by the turnout and by the way the voters went.
Wamego’s 2013 budget was approved without comment. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page announced the 10-day period had passed after the Public Hearing Notice was published for the City’s 2013 budget, and with no opposition, it was approved as written. Another ordinance was presented and approved. According to page, there is a computation page in the budget that takes into consideration how much is levied for debt service. If the City levy’s more than the computation, the City needs to notify the public, and this required an ordinance to implement. In other business, the Commission approved two…
Incumbents fared well in Pottawatomie County, with County Commissioner Pat Weixelman winning in the 2nd District. County Attorney Sherri Schuck was elected as the Republican going forward to the general election, as was County Treasurer Lisa Wright. Specific votes follow: Pottawatomie County Commission 2nd District: Dennis Pat Weixelman 762 Jacob Pugh 628 County Attorney: Sherri Schuck 1921 Joe Randtke 1411 County Treasurer: Lisa Wright 2263 David Mize 1068 51st St Rep (Republican) Democrat Ron Highland 857 Scott Briggs 37 Dee McKee 591 Richard Pikul 193 Keen Umbehr 143 61st district Daniel Brenner 236 Richard Calrson 1171 Trent Ledoux 396 Senate district 1 Marje Cochran 371 Dennis Pyle 1189 …
54 of 54 Precincts Counted Republican State Senator 22nd District Riley County Joe Knopp 1701 Bob Reader 2402 Roger Reitz 1719 Republican St. Rep. 51st district Riley County Ron Highland 19 Dee McKee 49 Keen Umbehr 18 Democrat St. Rep. 51st district Riley County Scott Briggs 5 Richard Pikul 4 Riley County Commissioner 2nd District Robert Boyd 788 (Unofficial tallies name Boyd winner) Jeffrey Holmes 666 Larry Larson 506 Riley County Commissioner 3rd District David Fiser 950 Ron Wells 1115 (Unofficial tallies name Wells winner) Democrat State Board of Education Riley County Carol Viar 193 Usha Reddi 1254 The State…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A judge has refused to dismiss the case against an anti-abortion activist accused of threatening a Wichita doctor who was training to offer abortions. Angel Dillard’s argued the case should be dismissed because Dr. Mila Means is not providing abortions. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on Tuesday rejected that argument. He also rejected Dillard’s move to counter-sue the government for allegedly violating of her First Amendment rights. The Valley Center woman sent Means a letter saying she would have to check her car every day because someone might place an explosive under it. The Justice Department…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says turnout in the state’s primary election varies based on whether a county has a hot state Senate race. Kobach said Tuesday afternoon that it’s too early to tell whether turnout will exceed his prediction of 18 percent statewide. That’s a relatively low figure, and it would mean about 310,000 of the state’s 1.7 million registered voters casting ballots. He said turnout at a Wyandotte County site he visited was steady but light. His reported that about 2,200 people had cast ballots in the county by noon. In Topeka, reports from…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration resubmitted a Medicaid waiver proposal to the federal government after the first proposal needed to be withdrawn. The state needs the waiver in order to use federal Medicaid dollars for the Brownback administration’s managed care plan, called KanCare. State officials withdrew a proposal that was submitted April 26 after realizing that they had not notified Haskell Health Center in Lawrence and the White Cloud Health Station. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the administration consulted with those two American Indian groups and hosted more public forums before resubmitting the proposed waiver to the federal Centers…