TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas agencies are teaming up to make it easier to buy annual permits for visits to state parks. The joint initiative of the Revenue Department and the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will let residents buy annual park permits when they register vehicles in 2013. Previously, buying the permit and registering a vehicle were two separate transactions. The parks department also says a Kansas State Parks Passport will cost about $15 when bought during the vehicle registration process. The regular price is $25. The parks agency sought the new arrangement in the 2012 legislative session…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded more than $243,000 to victims of violent crimes at its December meeting. Schmidt said Wednesday the board approved cash payments in 60 new cases and 37 that were submitted earlier. The Kansas program was created in 1978 to help victims of violent crime pay for unexpected expenses, including medical treatment, mental health counseling, lost wages and funerals. Awards are capped at $25,000, with limits of $5,000 for funerals, $3,500 for outpatient mental health counseling and $10,000 for inpatient mental health treatment. Families of homicide victims…
Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, The Who, Billy Joel and Alicia Keys perform at the 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state after the embattled U.N. ambassador ran into a standoff with Republicans over an attack on Americans in Libya.
In 2007, a study was conducted on how to best utilize the county office buildings. After this study was revised in 2008, a few different options were formulated. Public Works Director, Leon Hobson came before the Riley County Commission during their Thursday meeting to focus mainly on one particular option. This plan would first require the purchase and demolition of the First Christian Church. A new four story county building would be constructed in it’s place that would house all of the various departments that are currently scattered throughout the area. This facility would be an estimated 108,000 square feet…
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating burglaries to Trisha’s Studio and Tantalizing Skin located in the 88-hundred block of East Highway 24 in East Manhattan. Tantalizing Skin was also broken into on or about December seventh. The amount of loss is undetermined at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pottawatomie County Sheriff office at 785-457-3353. Business owners stress their businesses remain open.
Emporia State baseball coach Bob Fornelli has announced the signing of four players for the class of 2013 on Thursday morning including Manhattan High senior T.J. Giller. The right handed pitcher helped lead the Tribe to a 19-6 record this past spring and a fourth place finish in the 6A state tournament. Giller was a second team all-Centennial League pick for the Tribe as a junior, and will make his debut for the Hornets during the 2014 season.
The G. Thomas Jewelers/Manhattan Running Company “Jingle Bell Rock” has been found. Manhattan Broadcasting organizes the popular search every Christmas season and after nine clues Brian Tesene of Manhattan is the lucky searcher. Tesene says he found the famous rock under a big bush behind Rusty’s Last Chance in the parking lot there and north of City Park. Tesene adds he got his clues while listening to News-Talk 1350 KMAN, as that’s the station he likes to listen to. This is Tesene’s first successful attempt at finding the rock, although he’s been searching every year since he was a freshman in college…
Daniel Sams has some competition to become K-State’s starting quarterback in 2013. Iowa Western Community College quarterback Jake Waters chose K-State over Penn State today on the IWCC campus. Waters is considered by some to be the top junior college quarterback in the country and had offers from North Carolina State, Houston, Akron and Florida Atlantic as well as K-State and Penn State. He led Iowa Western to an undefeated season and an NJCAA national championship by knocking off Butler Community College 27-7 earlier this month. He completed 73% of his passes this season for 3,501 yards with 39 touchdowns…
KMAN has received more information regarding the resignation of Manhattan High School Principal Terry McCarty. McCarty, who will be stepping down at the end of this current school year, said that it was hard to believe that he had spend nearly a third of his life with the school. He has been with the school for nearly sixteen years, and was proud to list many accomplishments that the school had achieved during his time there, including multiple state championships and a stellar debate and forensics team. McCarty says that he feels as though he has reached a point in his…