WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Supporters of anti-abortion activist Randall Terry are opening a presidential campaign office in Kansas ahead of the state’s April 14 Democratic caucus. Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, is best known in Kansas for organizing the massive 1991 Summer of Mercy abortion protests in Wichita. He is now running as a Democratic candidate against President Barack Obama. Terry’s campaign scheduled news conferences Wednesday in Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kan., to coincide with the opening of his campaign headquarters in Wichita. An assistant campaign director planned to speak on Terry’s behalf. Terry received 18 percent of the…
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OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas man who pleaded no contest to sexually abusing a child will serve at least 25 years of a life sentence before he qualifies for parole. The Ottawa Herald reports that 33-year-old Duane Francis Brannan received the maximum term allowed by state law at his sentencing Monday in Franklin County District Court. Four other counts were dropped in exchange for the Ottawa man’s plea last month to a single count. Brannan’s victim an 8-year-old girl calmly answered questions from a prosecutor before the judge pronounced the sentence. The girl, who was known to Brannan, also…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has endorsed a cut in the state sales tax as members debate proposals from Gov. Sam Brownback to reduce income taxes. The Senate voted 29-11 on Tuesday to reduce the sales tax to 5.7 percent from the current 6.3 percent in July 2013, adding the proposal as an amendment to a broader tax bill. Debate on the bill continued, and senators expected to decide Tuesday evening whether to give the entire measure first-round approval. The sales tax was raised in 2010 to help balance the budget, and is already scheduled to drop in 2013.…
A series of car break-ins has Riley County police keeping a close watch on one particular area in Manhattan RCPD received three calls early Wednesday morning, regarding vehicles that had been broken into. The incidents occurred on Lawrence Rd., James Ave., and Gary Ave., all located just south of Susan B. Anthony Middle School. None of the victims reported anything stolen from their cars, all of which had been left unlocked. If you see any suspicious activity in this area, please call contact RCPD at (785) 537-2112
Riley County police are looking into a report of aggravated battery, which came in Tuesday. According to the report, a female was struck by a vehicle that was driven by someone with whom she had a domestic relationship. The incident in question occurred at the intersection of Pierre and S. 10th street back on March 15th. The victim suffered only minor injuries that did not require treatment. At this point no arrests have been made as police continue to investigate the matter.
A group from Manhattan will be part of an open house being offered by Crisis City, a multidiscipline training facility operated by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. The public is invited to its second annual Disaster Preparedness Day and Open House Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no cost to attend and parking is free. More than one-thousand attendees are anticipated with many more exhibitors than last year. The open house will be the culmination of a three-day training at Crisis City event involving several haz-mat and search and rescue teams from Manhattan,Hays, Garden City, Salina, Wichita and the Kansas…
Due to the continued wet weather this week, Kansas Department of transportation crews have not been able to apply pavement markings on K-18 in Manhattan, which are needed to help direct drivers for the traffic changes previously announced for later in the week. Two of the closures that were originally scheduled were completed Tuesday, with the remaining closures to now take place on Friday or Saturday, again dependent on the weather. On Friday or Saturday eastbound and westbound K-18 traffic will be head to head in the existing eastbound K-18 lanes from Ogden east to Seth Child Road in Manhattan. Beginning Friday or Saturday,…
There is a growing problem for housing on post and it’s something that’s going to take some hard facts to fix. “This has been a huge issue with Fort Riley and soldiers,” Ty Warner, Flint Hills Regional Council Executive Director, tells KMAN. “Now that the facility is at full nest, with all 18,000 soldiers back.” The Flint Hills Regional council will be doing a data collection from surrounding communities near Fort Riley to better understand the housing situation on post. “The garrison commander, Col. Bill Clark, had made an appeal to the communities,” Warner says. “To help them get better…
Wamego is going after additional grant funds. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page asked for approval to go after $190,000 in additional Kansas Department of Transportation funding available for the U.S. Hwy 24 Corridor improvements. Page said this request came about after a recent conversation with KDOT asking if the City wanted to move forward on the Hwy. 24/Kaw Valley Road improvements, saying they needed positive action so the paperwork could be sent out. Page said the additional funds would allow the City to move forward with Phase 2 of the original plan with the addition of an…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Five members of the University of Southern Mississippi pep band no longer have scholarships after taking part in the heckling of a K-State basketball player at last Thursday’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game. The school announced Tuesday that the five students also were removed from the band and will take sensitivity training. The students have not been identified. USM issued an apology last week to K-State point guard Angel Rodriguez. Rodriguez was the target of chants of “Where’s your green card?” during the Wildcats’ 70-64 second-round victory in the NCAA tournament. He said he heard the…