WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The National Institute for Aviation Research will use an arena at the former Kansas Coliseum complex to take on more full-scale structural testing for clients. The Wichita Eagle reported that NIAR hopes to be in Britt Brown Arena by the end of this year and will conduct testing for commercial and military clients. Lease details are being worked out. Executive director John Tomblin says that if all goes as planned, about 70 employees would work at Britt Brown initially. Employment would rise to about 80 after the first year. He estimated that about 30 percent of the…
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is pushing proposals during this year’s legislative session that he says strengthen protections for child against violent crime. Schmidt, a Republican, announced his proposals ahead of Monday’s opening of the GOP-controlled Legislature’s annual session. The attorney general is asking legislators to let trial court judges issue orders barring anyone convicted of a crime against a child from having any contact with the child throughout the victim’s lifetime. Schmidt also wants to amend a law on unlawful sexual relations to clarify that it applies to foster parents and state contractors in a position…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to rewrite the Kansas school finance formula gets another round of discussion this week by the State Board of Education. The plan would represent the first complete revision of the formula since the early 1990s. The Board of Education will discuss the proposal at its monthly meeting on Tuesday. Brownback policy director Landon Fulmer, the plan’s chief architect, briefed the board in December about the plan and will be present to answer more questions. Brownback is expected to send the plan to the Legislature sometime in the next few weeks. Kansas distributes about…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee is preparing to discuss political redistricting on the first day of the Legislature’s annual session. The House Redistricting Committee planned to meet Monday morning, a few hours before the House and Senate open the 90-day session at 2 p.m. The Kansas Constitution requires legislators to redraw state House and Senate districts once every 10 years, along with districts for the State Board of Education and the state’s U.S. House districts. House Speaker Mike O’Neal, a Hutchison Republican, named himself chairman of the chamber’s redistricting committee. The panel’s ranking Democrat is House Minority Leader…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Garden City fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that killed a woman and her two daughters. The house fire was reported early Sunday in Finney County. No other information on the fire or the victims was released.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A trial is scheduled this week for a Wichita man accused of driving under the influence and speeding before a head-on accident killed a Wichita State student. Prosecutors say 37-year-old Tommie Lee Cameron had a crack pipe on July 25, 2010, when his car plowed into a vehicle stopped at a Wichita intersection. That car’s driver, 21-year-old Kari Rinehart, died. Her twin sister and their roommate were hurt. KFDI reports Cameron has a prison record that includes convictions for aggravated battery, criminal threat charges and aggravated assault.
Bald Eagles were a hot topic at Tuttle Creek Lake this past weekend as the US Army Corps of Engineers hosted its annual “Eagle Day”. Patrons were treated to a presentation by Wildlife Biologist Steve Walhe. Walhe discussed the nesting habits of eagles to the patrons who attended. The experience of informing the public has always been gratifying, says Walhe. Attendees also heard from Vanessa Avara of the Milford Nature Center, who brought a number of raptors for the public to see. Participants then had the chance to view several birds of prey says Steve Prockish of the US Army Corps of…
Riley county police Monday morning have released new information regarding two deaths on December 30th. Public Information officer Lt. Josh Kyle indicates the death to both Kawon Higgins, 26, and Amanda Bonner, 23, was the result of gunfire from a handgun. While announcing last week the deaths at 715 Yuma appeared to be a homicide/suicide with Higgins being the aggressor, the cause of death had not yet been released.
The next Manhattan City Commission meeting will be looking at new ordinances to regulate overcrowding in Aggieville businesses, and especially during Fake Patty’s day. Manhattan Assistant City Manager Jason Hilgers tells KMAN the new ordinances is constructed of three parts. First is increasing the fine for overcrowding citations, the second part allows Riley County police officers to issue a citation… originally only the fire department could issue the fines, and the last component entails giving officials the ability to shut down violators for 24 hours for repeat offenses. Other agenda items include several consent motions, and new regulations on snow…