U.S. Senator Jerry Moran and his wife, Robba, are on the move. Moran has officially announced they will be moving from their hometown of Hays, to Manhattan. There were a number of reasons surrounding the move. Their daughter will be attending Kansas State University in the fall to study veterinary medicine and in an effort to spend more time with her and support her education, the family decided moving to Manhattan would be the best way to do that. Moran also makes frequent trips from Hays to Kansas City’s airport. The convenience of the airport in Manhattan was a plus…
Author: KMAN Staff
For the first time in many years, a Kansas Governor addressed the young men at the Kansas Boys’ State session here in Manhattan. This year’s session marked the diamond 75th Anniversary of the event in Kansas. Governor Sam Brownback gave advice on several areas of livelihood, particularly stressing to the group that developing strong friendships is important in life. “A lot of times it’s harder for guys to form strong friendships,” Brownback says. “It’s not just a casual friendship we seek, but it’s one that goes deep within one another.” Brownback says that it is also important to have a mentor for life’s…
The Manhattan – Ogden school board meeting Wednesday, June 6 was full of discussion as construction, old business and new business were presented before the board. The board started off the night with a work session discussing budget, which was followed by the regular business meeting. The first five items presented to the board had to do with construction issues. The Manhattan High School East campus had change orders for the gym sprinkler system, the cafeteria kitchen windows, doors and canopy, along with the office blast chiller. All of these items passed with a 6-0 vote. The next two items were concerned…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) A new sentencing date has been set for a Great Bend man convicted of killing a 14-year-old cheerleader whose charred body was found at the asphalt plant where he worked. Adam Longoria will be sentenced the morning of June 26. He was convicted in April of capital murder for the August 2010 death of Alicia DeBolt. Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts had earlier delayed the scheduled June 8 sentencing, but no new date had been set until Wednesday. Prosecutors aren’t seeking the death penalty, but a capital murder conviction carries a life sentence without the…
GARDNER, Kan. (AP) Authorities in northeastern Kansas say one person suffered minor injuries in the crash-landing of a small plane near Gardner Municipal Airport. The Johnson County Sheriff’s office received a call around 1 p.m. Wednesday that an airplane had gone down. Deputies found the single-engine Beechcraft in a field about 200 yards south of the airport’s runway. Two people were on board the airplane, but neither was hurt badly enough to be taken to a hospital. The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into the cause of the crash.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Lawyers are preparing closing arguments in a preliminary hearing for the leader of a Kansas commune that lived lavish lifestyles off life insurance payouts for its dead members. Prosecutors must convince a Sedgwick County judge Thursday that they presented enough evidence last week to justify putting Daniel U. Perez on trial. The 52-year-old man is charged with premeditated murder of a woman whose 2003 death was initially believed to be an accidental drowning. Perez also faces more than 30 other counts including lying on life insurance applications, rape, sodomy and sexual exploitation of a child. Judges typically…
CHENEY, Kan. (AP) When Raymond Rosenhagen of Cheney died unexpectedly, he left his family with acres of wheat ready to harvest. On Tuesday, friends and relatives showed up at Rosenhagen’s farm to help his family bring in the crop. Rosenhagen died May 15 while getting ready for the upcoming harvest. He had already passed on most of the responsibility for the farm near Cheney to his son, Mark, but still was active in the operation. The Wichita Eagle reports that Mark Rosenhagen told people he could handle the harvest himself. But the neighbors showed up Tuesday and had four combines…
BUHLER, Kan. (AP) The fourth time was the charm for the Buhler school district. Voters in Buhler on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $44.9 million bond issue for the city’s schools. Unofficial returns show the issue passed by a 2,296 to 1,089 vote. The Hutchinson News reports that voters rejected two bond issues in 2006 and one in 2007. The school district estimated the approved bond would cost residents about $40 more a year on a property tax bill for a $100,000 home. The district says the bond issue, combined with state aid, will help build a new elementary school and…