K-18 has been seeing some lane closures and redirecting recently as the project continues to progress towards completion. Starting Monday and going until Friday, there will be lane closures at the crossover west of the airport. Starting Monday, March 19, 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. K-18 traffic will remain like this until mid November. Drivers should expect delays.
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It’s a complicated forumula, but property valuation notices are on the way or may have already arrived for Pottawatomie county property owners. County Appraiser Lois Schlegel says the 2012 notices went out Wednesday. “Things are pretty stable within our county,” Schlegel tells KMAN News. “Our valuation shows no indication of an upward or downward trend in the market.” Of all valid residential sales in the county, 86 percent were along U.S. Hwy 24 from St. Mary’s to Manhattan, with 78 percent of those sales from Wamego to Manhattan. Schlegel reminds residents they have 30 days to appeal their property valuation
Daylights savings time is this weekend and it’s time to think about springing forward. Blue Township Fire Chief, Eric Ward, says residents should take this time to not only change clocks, but also change smoke detector batteries. “Smoke detector batteries should be replaced every six months,” Ward says. “(Daylight Savings) makes a logical time to remember to do them.” Even if you have a hardwired smoke detector, there is a battery back up in the event of a power loss, Ward adds. Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, causing us to lose an hour.
KMAN’s Chris Swick takes you into Your Weekend for KMAN’s Morning News.
Eight different players scored, but rebounding and defense were the key for Rock Creek in a 49-41 victory over Moundridge in the 3A state tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday night at Hutchinson. Mustang junior post Jacob Miller broke his own school record with 17 rebounds to go with his nine points, as Rock Creek outrebounded the Wildcats 37-30. Wildcat senior guard Trey Unrau came into the game averaging 26.7 points, but sprained an ankle early in the first quarter and was locked down by Mustang guard Logan Miner. Unrau was held to 15 points on 22 shot attempts from the field.…
KMAN’s Chris Swick takes a look at Your Family for KMAN’s Morning News.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Four months after a fire seriously damaged a mosque in west Wichita, rebuilding efforts have begun. A fire last Halloween caused about $130,000 in damage to the Islamic Association of Mid Kansas mosque. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Donna Sibaai, a spokeswoman for the mosque, said Wednesday that members of the community raised about $100,000 for the first phase of rebuilding. She says Muslims traditionally don’t take out mortgages on their places of worship, so the reconstruction will be done in phases. Wichita Fire Capt. Stuart Bevis said federal investigators are still analyzing…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate unanimously approved a resolution recognizing the dangers that antifreeze poses to animals and children. The vote Wednesday came at the urging of 12-year-old Aaron Coash of Valley Center, whose dog Nikko died in January after drinking antifreeze, which smells and tastes sweet. The Wichita Eagle reported the boy had wanted a law passed to require additive manufacturers to add an additive that would make it smell and taste bitter. But his request came too late in the legislative session to be considered as a possible new law.