NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has been suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season by the NFL, one of four players punished for participating in a pay-for-pain bounty system. Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with the Green Bay Packers, is suspended for eight games this season; Saints defensive end Will Smith is barred for four games; and linebacker Scott Fujita, now with the Cleveland Browns, will miss three games. All of the suspensions are without pay. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s ruling was announced Wednesday. All four players have three days to appeal. An NFL…
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During Wednesday’s Manhattan Ogden regular school board meeting, the new principal of Woodrow Wilson was introduced. Deb Naureth will be taking over come the fall semester as principal. The board also gave their votes on who they wanted to see fill the vacant seat at the table and three people were chosen for the interview portion of the selection. Patricia Hudgins, Marcia Rozell and Beth Tatarko had the most votes by the board. Hudgins and Tatarko each had 5 and Rozell had 4. Everyone else had 2 or less votes. The exact time and date of the interviews has not…
Brad Claussen, Manhattan building official discusses building permit numbers this year with our Cathy Dawes.
Manhattan/Ogden NEA Representative Usha Reddi sits down with KMAN to discuss brain food for your child.
VALLEY FALLS, Kan. (AP) Three people suffered only minor injuries when a helicopter crashed in northeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the privately-owned helicopter crashed about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in Valley Falls, about 30 miles northeast of Topeka. The three people on board were taken to a Topeka hospital with minor injuries. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig says the helicopter missed several trees before landing on its side on an old railroad bed that has been converted to a walking trail. No one on the ground was injured. Herrig said the Bell Ranger 206 was owned by Hawkeye Aviation…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Participants in the annual winter wheat tour are finding most fields maturing early and potentially record yields on the first day of the trek through northern Kansas. The trade group Kansas Wheat reports an average yield estimate of 53.6 bushels per acre after making 267 field stops on Tuesday. That is the highest estimate in the history of the three-day tour. Estimated yields the first day ranged from 120 bushels per acre to 21 bushels per acre. The tour also found the crop is two to three weeks ahead of schedule. Participants are stomping through fields across…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Senate panel has endorsed a new congressional redistricting map that adjusts the lines of the four Kansas U.S. House seats. The map was advanced Wednesday and could get a full Senate vote later this week. The proposal shifts the boundaries of the districts to reflect changes in the 2010 census. Among the issues resolved in the map is where to put Riley County and the shape of the 4th District, which centers on Wichita and Sedgwick County. Riley County would remain in the 2nd District. The county is home to Manhattan and Kansas State University. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New figures from the Kansas Legislature’s staff project that a compromise plan for cutting taxes will leave the state with a budget shortfall exceeding $700 million by mid-2018. The new figures from the Legislative Research Department circulated Wednesday, two days after the same agency projected that the tax plan would create a budget shortfall of $161 million by July 2018. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the projections from a legislative source. Lawmakers in both parties say they need assurances that the tax plan they pass won’t create a shortfall. The plan, drafted by House and…