“Misleading” and “alarmist” are just some of the words used by Brian McNulty, Operations Project Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tuttle Creek Lake, to describe a news release issued Tuesday from the U.S. Geological Survey regarding sediment in the lake. While he agrees some of the facts are correct, he tells KMAN the statement that Tuttle Creek has lost 43 percent of its storage capacity is misleading. McNulty adds yet another survey has been completed by the Corps but has not been published, which should more acurately portray the actual sedimintation rate information. And yet another survey…
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While admitting it’s not a perfect system, Shawn Sullivan, the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Aging described it as the best they could come up with, when addressing Pawnee Mental Health officials in Manhattan Tuesday. Secretary Sullivan outlined the new proposed KanCare, or Kansas Integrated Care program, supported by the governor, and to be presented to state legislators. He talked about long-term increases in Medicaid spending due to an increase in enrollment and spending per person. Sullivan admitted in the system he currently works in there’s not any uniform outcome or measure where payment is based on how well…
Freshman Thomas Gipson was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the Week on Monday after posting double-doubles in overtime games with West Virginia and North Florida last week. A 6-foot-7, 275-pound rookie, Gipson becomes the first K-State true freshman to earn the weekly honor since Michael Beasley collected the award for the eighth and final time on March 3, 2008. A native of Cedar Hill, Texas, Gipson averaged 19.0 points on 53.8 percent shooting (14-of-26) in helping K-State split two overtime games with 11.0 rebounds in 32.5 minutes per game.
The school that is widely believed to have cost K-State its spot in the BCS is now struggling to sell its allotment to the Sugar Bowl. Virginia Tech was selected for the January 3rd game in New Orleans in part based on its ability to sell tickets, but is now asking its fans for help to fill the Superdome. Right now, Virginia Tech has sold just over 9,000 of their 17,500 tickets. The Hokies are even encouraging fans to buy proxy tickets for others around the New Orleans area to use. The tickets can be purchased by VA Tech fans…
MULVANE, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission has given the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane a conditional certificate to hold a controlled demonstration. The Wichita Eagle reports that commissioners approved the controlled demonstration certificate after touring the casino at Mulvane’s turnpike exit during a two-hour closed session Monday. Earlier Monday, commissioners also approved the casino’s security and surveillance plans. The casino has to complete at least one controlled demonstration successfully to show state regulators it’s fit to open. The casino plans to open Dec. 26. The controlled demonstration is scheduled for Friday, and another will be held Dec.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Members of the technical and professional union at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita have accepted the company’s 9.5-year contract offer. The measure was approved 548 to 210 during a vote Monday night at Curtis Middle School. The Wichita Eagle reports members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace’s Wichita Technical and Professional Unit were deciding whether to accept the contract or authorize a strike. The union says the contract includes $2,000 signing bonuses, annual raises starting next year, participation in the Spirit Incentive Plan and increased restrictions on Spirit’s use of contract labor. Nearly 97% of…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Hawker Beechcraft is selling off surplus assets from its Salina division, which the airplane maker is closing. The Wichita-based company announced in 2009 that it would close the Salina operation. The company, one of the nation’s leading business jet manufacturers, said it was moving the jobs to Wichita, where Hawker Beechcraft is headquartered. The company’s lease of 484,000 square feet in Salina expires February 2012. Employees at the Salina facility build wings and other parts. The Salina Journal reports that the asset sale is planned for Dec. 20 and will include machine tools, pickup trucks, and other…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) A Barton County judge has set a February date to hear any pending motions in the case against a Great Bend man accused of killing a 14-year-old girl and burning her body. Judge Hannelore Kitts is expected to hear arguments in the case of Adam Joseph Longoria beginning at 9 a.m. on Feb. 10 in Great Bend. Longoria is charged with capital murder and other crimes in the death of Alicia DeBolt, whose charred body was found in August 2010 at the asphalt plant where Longoria worked. Still to be decided is whether jurors will hear…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An aide to U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts has been named Kansan of the Year by a group that celebrates the state’s heritage. Harold Stones, of Topeka, will be honored Jan. 27 in Topeka at the annual banquet of the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas. The group picks both a Kansan of the Year, honoring a native of the state, and a Distinguished Kansan of the Year, which can honor someone born elsewhere. Stones has been director of special projects for Roberts since 1997. He serves primarily as the Kansas Republican’s liaison to military bases, local governments,…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Downtown Wichita gets its first charging station for electric vehicles this week. Westar Energy, the biggest electricity provider in Kansas, says the station will be dedicated Thursday morning outside its general office on North Broadway. Westar says it’s providing the 240-volt charging station is a courtesy to drivers of electric vehicles. The company installed its first electric vehicle station in October in its home city of Topeka and plans two more, in Emporia and Lawrence. Westar says it has eight electric vehicles in its own fleet so far.