Jim and Francine Bostick of Manhattan, have won their battle against credit card debt. With advice from Housing and Credit Counseling Inc. (HCCI), the Bosticks were able to slash over 118,000 dollars of debt in 5 years. The Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging and the Riley County Extension Agency are hosting two free public events titled “Paying Debt- Building Savings: we did it and you can too!”. Both programs will feature a speech from Francine Bostick, and a presentation by representatives of the Manhattan HCCI. The program will be presented Wednesday, January 30th at 10:00 AM to Noon at the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency…
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It was the kind of stuff usually reserved for Hollywood, as the K-State women with just six healthy players at the end of the game, knocked off #12 Oklahoma State 76-70 in overtime on Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Cats drained a school record 16 three-pointers in 41 attempts, including six for Brittany Chambers, who scored a game-high 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Haley Texada added 15 points and seven rebounds. Mariah White had impressive stat line of 11 points with three treys, seven steals, five assists, and four rebounds. Reserve guard Heidi Brown reached double figures for…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The city of Topeka will pay a $45,000 penalty to settle a federal complaint over rules violations at the city’s zoo. The city council voted Tuesday to settle the complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in December 2011. The USDA alleged 51 rules violations at the zoo dating from 2006. Shelly Starr, of the city attorney’s office, said the civil penalties were based on violations resulting in nine animal deaths. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports zoo director Brendan Wiley says he’s happy the matter is resolved so the zoo can move into a new era. Wiley…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) Police across Kansas are looking for a man they say is pretending to be a law enforcement officer to try and cash bad checks. The man surfaced Monday in Belle Plaine, where he allegedly tried to convince clerks at two businesses to cash checks. Belle Plaine police chief Gordon Fell says the clerks didn’t fall for the story, partly because the man claimed to be a sheriff’s deputy from Adams County. There is no Adams County in Kansas. KAKE-TV reports that Fell says he has heard from other Kansas law enforcement agencies with similar reports. Fell…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police in Wichita are looking for two men who stole thousands of dollars’ worth of electronics from a Target store. The break-in happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Target near the Towne East Square shopping mall. KSNW-TV reports that burglars hit the same store last August and took 16 iPads. In the latest incident, two men wearing dark clothes, gloves and ski masks broke out two glass front doors and left with iPads, iPods, digital cameras and several laptop computers. Police said no employees were in the store at the time.
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) A 60-year-old Emporia man has been arrested following a long investigation into obscene letters sent to more than 20 women. Radio station KVOE reports the man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of 47 counts of stalking and 47 counts of promoting obscenity. No charges had been filed as of Wednesday. Authorities say the stalking investigation involved more than 20 women in Emporia and surrounding Lyon County. Some of the women began receiving the letters in late 2011. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation worked with Emporia police and Lyon County deputies on the case. Investigators used video surveillance…
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Cathy talks schools on today’s InFocus as Brad Starnes, Superintendent with USD 378, and Brady Burton, Superintendent with Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384. [mp3-jplayer]
CivicPlus is a government website developement company who specializes in the building of city and county e-government communications systems. These systems are designed to help the communication process between citizens and their local governments. Known as the leader in government website development and digital community engagement software, CivicPlus serves more than 1,300 local government websites and 50 million citizens across the United States, Canada, and Australia. CivicPlus held a groundbreaking ceremony in Manhattan on the corner of Fourth and Pierre streets on Wednesday, where a new building is said to be completed by early 2014. Patrons around Manhattan may know this area as the former Manhattan Appliance and…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. Is taking quick steps to boost security at diplomatic posts worldwide, and fiercely fought back against GOP criticism about the administration’s explanations for the Libya attack.