Predicting the warning and pre-warning needs of Wildcat Creek was a topic examined by the local Wilcat Creek working Group Thursday evening. Co-Chair Rich Jankovich tells KMAN the meetings continue to raise interest by members of the public, with a large crowd turning out. Jankovich adds work has begun on creek measurements with measuring gauges at Scenic Drive and Seth Child Bridge in place and being calibrated right now. He says between the Corps of Engineers and National Weather service, mapping has begun on some of the predictability efforts. Jankovich looks forward to the system, which he says will help more…
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Governor Sam Brownback is backpedaling a bit when it comes to funding the arts, as announced Thursday as part of his latest budget proposal. The resumption of funding does come with a condition, as the newly formed Kansas Arts Commission will be folded into the state Film Commission under the Department of Commerce, a move Arts Commission Chair Linda Weiss is okay with. “There would be some reorganization, we all understand that,” Weiss told KMAN News. “We’re finding some unity in the arts community. We’re all here for the betterment of the arts.” That’s not to say private funding streams are…
According to police reports released on Thursday morning a Manhattan man has apparently committed suicide. The body of Tyrell Dieball, 29, was found at his residence on 1021 Thurston by friends Wednesday evening around 9pm. Dieball’s friends immediately called Riley County Police, and they arrived on the scene to begin investigating the death. Police say that Dieball apparently died to a self inflicted gunshot wound. RCPD is still investigating the incident, but are still calling the death an apparent suicide.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. Kobach said Wednesday he believes the former Massachusetts governor has the best record on immigration issues among the field of GOP hopefuls. He cited Romney’s veto of Massachusetts legislation to allow some illegal immigrants to pay the lower tuition normally reserved for legal residents at state colleges. Kansas enacted such a law in 2004. Kobach is a former University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who helped write tough immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona. He’s also one of the leading conservative Republicans…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man who has lived illegally in the United States for 22 years is fighting what his lawyer says would be a lifetime expulsion from the country. Manuel Amparan-Mendoza faces sentencing Jan. 18 for using fraudulent documents. Federal guidelines call for a maximum six-month sentence. But prosecutors are seeking a sentence of a year and a day, which would make his conviction an aggravated felony resulting in automatic deportation and a lifetime ban from the U.S. In a court filing Wednesday, Amparan-Mendoza’s lawyer says the result would be inconsistent with President Barack Obama’s immigration policy. He…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Emporia State University plans to reflect on its past and future as it marks Founders Day next month. The Feb. 14 festivities will include food, music and a speech by the university’s new president, Michael Shonrock. Emporia State was founded in 1863 as Kansas State Normal a term commonly used at the time for schools created to train teachers. Today, Emporia State offers 42 undergraduate and 27 graduate degrees in the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management and The Teachers College. The School of Library and Information Management…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says he wants to improve the state’s efforts to fight human trafficking. Schmidt announced Wednesday he’s expanded an existing task force to include more perspectives on the issue. He wants the task force to work with lawmakers and Gov. Sam Brownback to strengthen state laws. The task force had included police, prosecutors, social workers and victims. The new members include a forensic nurse, a Sedgwick County corrections official and Rep. Steve Brunk of Wichita. A recent analysis by a Washington nonprofit group found that Kansas has some of the weakest laws in…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Fair officials are going high-tech to keep ringers out of the fair’s livestock shows. Starting with this year’s fair, livestock will undergo DNA testing. The goal is to verify that animals competing in the fair’s contests are the same livestock nominated by their owners. Hair follicles taken from beef, cattle, sheep, meat goats and swine months before the competition will be used for testing. Currently, nose prints are taken from nominated animals. Fair Manager Denny Stoecklein say cheating has not been a problem at the fair but the DNA testing will help ensure the right…