It was a day of recognitions, including one good-bye, at Monday’s Rilley County law board meeting. Outgoing Manhattan Mayor Jim Sherow had kind words for his law board colleagues and in particular, the Riley county police department. RCPD Director Brad Schoen remembered working with Mayor Sherow, and even on a lighter note playing basketball, with Sherow many years ago. Sherow had been serving as Law Board vice-chair, and incoming Manhattan Mayor Loren Pepperd will take over that position. Other recognitions included one for Dustin Weiszbrod, who was instrumental in solving a prescription fraud and i.d. theft case. Corrections officers and police…
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WESTMORELAND, Kan. – The Pottawatomie County Commission voted unanimously during its Monday meeting to extend its current contract with ATA Bus through the end of the 2012 calendar year “We’re pretty excited to expand those services to St. George and continue that service,” Dustin Trego, management assistant of operations at Pottawatomie County, said. ATA Bus Director Anne Smith was also present at the meeting. She said the fares for the new commutes to St. George have not yet been determined. The new contract will go into effect June 1, 2012. — The Pottawatomie County Fire Department is examining new avenues…
Flint Hills Christian school has a new science building. A grand opening was held Monday morning for the new facility. Deanna Likes is the marketing/fundraising coordinator at Flint Hills Christian school, located at 3905 Green Valley Road. She says it’s been a collaborative effort between the Administration and a lot of parents. Administrator Frank Leone tells KMAN traditional lab counters are just part of the new facility. The school has been working on the building for two years.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed a bill strengthening the Kansas bank commissioner’s regulatory authority because it also would shift power over hiring and salaries away from the governor’s office. It’s the second time this month the Republican governor vetoed an obscure bill approved by the GOP-controlled Legislature with bipartisan support. The first bill dealt with barbering regulations. Brownback rejected the banking bill last week. His office didn’t announce the action, but The Associated Press obtained a copy of his veto message Monday. The governor said most of the bill represented good policy. But he objected to provisions…
HUGOTON, Kan. (AP) Kansas Dairy Ingredients plans to construct a new production facility in southwestern Kansas, investing $20 million and creating 60 jobs within two years. Officials with the company announced their plans Monday during an event in Hugoton, where the plant will be built. The project will also create about 150 temporary construction jobs. The plant will process some 1 million pounds of milk per day to produce dairy products when it opens later this year. It will expand to 2.5 million pounds by the end of 2013. Expansion at the plant will allow for cheese production and other…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A group of Lawrence residents says Kansas should become the fourth state in the country to legalize physician-assisted death. The Kaw Valley Older Women’s League is circulating a petition to ask Kansas lawmakers to introduce legislation to make physician-assisted death legal. Members told the Lawrence Journal-World they want to at least start a discussion about the issue so Kansans could consider it an option. The group supports restrictions similar to a law enacted in Oregon in 1997. Oregon requires a doctor to prescribe medication but it must be administered by the patient, who must have a prognosis…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) The storms that raked Kansas during the weekend left downed power lines and some closed roads at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. The good news is that a pair of nesting eagles at the central Kansas refuge apparently survived the storms. The Wichita Eagle reports Saturday’s storms ripped out about a mile of power lines and poles at the refuge and uprooted about a quarter mile of trees. Several roads leading into the refuge were closed. Barry Jones, a visitor services specialist at the refigure, says an eagle’s nest with hatchlings had survived the storm. An…
The Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles won’t be able to provide some services while it installs a new computer system during the first week of May. The Kansas Department of Revenue says the new computer system will combine three old systems into one, providing more efficiency. Because of the upgrade, state and county offices won’t issue driver’s licenses and identification cards, or process vehicle titles and registrations, from May 1 to 7. People who have licenses or registrations expiring in April or the first week of May are encouraged to renew before April 30. The Garden City Telegram reports the…