With elections coming this year. filings for various positions keep rolling in. The Riley County Commission second district seat is among those being contended for, and a new challenger has joined the race, Scott Seel. The seat is to be vacated by Commissioner Al Johnson in January of 2013.
Author: KMAN Staff
1. According to Riley county police reports a Riley County residence was burglarized with an estimated loss of over 10-thousand dollars. 66-year-old Lonnie Foreman of 329 North Noble told police that sometime between the 26th and 30th of May his house was broken into, and several items were taken from the home. One of the items reported stolen was a silver dollar gold metric valued at 10-thousand dollars. Captain Kurt Moldrup of the Riley county police department says the case is still under investigation, and no arrests have been made at this time. 2. A Salina man was arrested by…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Revenue Department says the state collected nearly $27 million less in taxes than expected in May. The agency reported Thursday that May’s tax collections totaled slightly more than $564 million. Economists and researchers had forecast last month that May revenues would total nearly $591 million. Officials attributed the lower-than-expected figure to a slowing of growth in individual income tax receipts. Still, Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says revenues through the first 10 months of the current fiscal year totaled $5.4 billion an increase of 8 percent over the same period a year ago.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A 20-year-old Kansas man faces nearly three years in prison after pleading no contest to blackmailing a former girlfriend to get her to send him provocative pictures of herself. Todd Murphy, of Hutchinson, was originally charged with sexual exploitation of a child for a September 2010 incident involving a 16-year-old girl. The Hutchinson News reports that Murphy pleaded Wednesday to the lesser charge, which was amended by Reno County district attorney Keith Schroeder after he spoke with the girl’s family. Schroeder says Murphy hacked into the girl’s email account and obtained a picture of her in a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Crews are working in several Kansas communities to restore power, remove broken trees and repair minor damage from hail and high winds that smacked the state. The most serious damage from Wednesday night’s weather was reported near the town of Silver Lake, northwest of Topeka. Shawnee County’s emergency management director said straight-line winds destroyed a Baptist church under construction. In Wichita, the city-owned Sim Park Golf Course was closed Thursday while crews replaced hundreds of divots created by hailstones. About 15,000 customers of Westar Energy in scattered communities lost power during the storms. Most had electricity restored…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansans whose vehicle tags expired in May are getting a break from the state. The Kansas Department of Revenue and Kansas law enforcement agencies say people whose car tags expire as of May 31 will have until June 29 to renew them. The grace period was prompted by long delays earlier this month after a new vehicle title and registration system was installed across the state. Officials said that for 30-day permits, the cardboard style permit can be displayed on vehicles. For 30-day permits that expired any time in May, there will be a grace period through…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) An open house will be held Sunday at the Immaculate Conception Church in Leavenworth, which was closed for nearly a year for a renovation project. The church closed last June 12 for the $1 million renovation project, which included a redesigned sanctuary, increased accessibility for the disabled and new flooring, lighting and pews. It reopened for services on May 27. The Leavenworth Times reports the church is built on the site of a cathedral that opened in the 1860s but burned down in 1961. The Rev. David McEvoy said it was the first major renovation project at…
ELLSWORTH, Kan. (AP) Nothing is wrong with the economy in the central Kansas town of Ellsworth. Manufacturing and other businesses are expanding or locating in the town, which has about 2,800 residents. The Salina Journal reports new projects will bring more than 200 jobs to the Ellsworth County town by 2015. City officials attribute much of the growth to the town’s location. It’s a 15-minute drive from Interstate Highway 70. And it’s on Kansas 156, which has become a major route from Garden City to northeast Kansas. On Tuesday, residents will vote on a property tax increase to expand and…