64 months is the sentence of a Manhattan man who pleaded guilty in February to two bank robberies. Mark Wyche, 23, was sentenced to a little over five years in federal prison earlir this week in U-S District court, and was also ordered to pay $5,400 in restitution. Wyche admitted to the October robbery of the Community First National Bank at 210 Tuttle Creek Boulevard and the November robbery of Kansas State Bank on Poyntz Avenue. Wyche had faced a maximum penalty of up to 25 years and a fine of up to $250,000 for each of the robberies.
Author: KMAN Staff
Tuesday night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting brought good news for a local company. CivicPlus, a Manhattan-based webpage developer for community websites with clients all across the U.S. and Canada, had the second reading of their economic development funding application. The Commission’s reaction was very positive, with Commissioner Jim Sherow calling it “the best economic development proposal [he’d] ever seen brought forward.” The application passed second reading by a vote of four to zero, with Commissioner Rich Jankovic abstaining due to business concerns. Also discussed was a possible expansion to Manhattan Public Library’s Children’s Library. Library Board members communicated their desire to expand the…
By Kenny Lannou KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Former K-State Consensus All-American Mark Simoneau will become just the second Wildcat football player and first under head coach Bill Snyder to earn college football’s most prestigious honor as the former linebacker was announced today as part of the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2012. The Class of 2012 is comprised of 14 players and three coaches and includes standouts Ty Detmer (BYU), Dave Casper (Notre Dame), Art Monk (Syracuse) and Coach Jimmy Johnson (Oklahoma State/Miami). “This is truly an unbelievable honor for me, my family, the town…
By Tom Gilbert KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced the hiring of former Southern Illinois player and assistant coach Brad Korn as the program’s director of operations on Tuesday. Korn is the third member of the Weber’s initial coaching staff at K-State, which includes assistant coaches Chris Lowery and Alvin Brooks III. “Brad is terrific young coach and a great addition to the staff,” said Weber. “Brad played for Matt Painter and me at Southern Illinois and then got his start in coaching as an assistant to Chris (Lowery),” said Weber. “He was part of one of the winningest…
The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrated their 10,000th visitor on Mother’s Day. 5 year old AJ Mumford crossed the threshold in the afternoon to receive a surprise of balloons and a big celebration. City Manager, Ron Fehr, mentions the winner received a gift basket from the gift shop, tickets to the Symphony in the Flint Hills and a gift certificate to Old Chicago. The fact that the center reached the 10,000th customer mark in only a months time proves how successful the facility has been thus far.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have resumed their discussions about reducing taxes, but Senate negotiators are finding they don’t have as much room as they’d like to bargain with House members. Three senators and three House members met Tuesday to work on an alternative to massive tax cuts that the Republican-controlled Legislature sent to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback last week. That package cuts individual income tax rates and eliminates income taxes for 191,000 businesses. The state’s sales tax rate already was set to drop to 5.7 percent from 6.3 percent, starting in July 2013. Many lawmakers want to reconsider those…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline is asking two Kansas Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from ruling in his ethics case. He contends the judges hold biases that could influence their decision. An attorney for Kline says in documents released late Monday that Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justice Carol Beier should not be allowed to rule on an administrative panel’s recommendation that his law license be suspended indefinitely. The case stems from Kline’s criminal investigation of Kansas abortion providers that began during his one term as attorney general. The state Board for Discipline of Attorneys…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Secretary of State Kris Kobach plans to discuss legal issues surrounding redistricting before a debate in the Kansas Senate on a new plan for redrawing the chamber’s 40 districts. Kobach is the state’s chief elections officer but also a former law professor. He planned a Tuesday news conference. It was scheduled only hours before senators were to debate a new map favored by moderate Republicans. Majority Leader Jay Emler, a Lindsborg Republican, expects the plan to pass. But passage probably wouldn’t break a stalemate with GOP conservatives, who have a majority in the House and have blocked…