Author: KMAN Staff
The Manhattan – Ogden school board had a lot of issues to tackle during their regular business meeting, but they were given a surprise. Doug Jaeger, CEO of Adolfson and Peterson Construction, presented a check to the board and told them that A & P was going to renovate the concession stand since there wasn’t funds allocated to that project. Even with this news, the board had a lot to discuss. The board started the night with a work session concerning the Manhattan High School East project. The board was shown the diagrams that were spelled out in the green…
Kansas State University’s public safety team cleaned up after a small explosion of waste bottles in an agronomy laboratory early this morning. No one was in the laboratory at the time, and no one was injured. Steve Galitzer, the university’s director for public safety, said a custodian in Throckmorton Hall heard noise in a laboratory around 6 a.m. The university’s public safety team was called in and found that a waste bottle overpressurized, causing other bottles nearby to rupture. Galitzer said the team has cleaned up the lab and turned it back over to the researcher. The team is not…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Tyler Palko knows full well that the most popular guy in town is the backup quarterback. He’s the one every fan wants to see at the first sign of trouble, whose name floats across the airwaves whenever the starter is struggling. Well, Palko has a chance to earn some of that popularity now. The Kansas City Chiefs’ backup has been thrust into the spotlight with Matt Cassel sidelined with a likely season-ending injury to his throwing hand. A journeyman once cut by a UFL team will make the first start of his career Monday night…
A Craigslist listing led to the arrest of a Manhattan man on the charges of felony possession of stolen property Monday evening. Paul Pierce, 20, was searching Craigslist when he stumbled upon a listing for his own Honda CR-125 motorcycle that had been reported stolen on the 20th of August. Pierce made arrangements to buy the motorcycle, and then called Riley County police to go with him on the arranged pick up. RCPD arrested Jason Oder of Manhattan on felony possession, and theft of property. Oder is being held with a $2,000 bond.
Wamego has amended its 2011 budget. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page recommended the governing body amend the 2011 budget in three different areas. He asked for an increase of $100,000 in the General Fund to reflect the budget authority to address the Burn Site issue, and the asphalt project undertaken that was outside the scope of the existing road budget. An increase of $300,000 in the Electric budget in response to the cost of wholesale power rate increases. Page said this increase gives the City budget authority transfer flexibility. In addition, Page said the Convention and Visitors…
Manhattan is a magnet for animal and agriculture research as of late, and last night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting furthered that aim slightly with an economic development request. India-based Prathista International Incorporated came forward with the request, which would use the armory building near the Manhattan Regional Airport for research and development on fermentation-based fertilizers and feed additives. The Commission moved the item forward by a unanimous vote, and will consider it further on December 20th. Also on the slate was another step forward for Lot 9, with the developers presenting the development agreement and preliminary plans for the…
Regina Busse is a 2006 graduate of Kansas State and a former Manhattan Broadcasting employee. She runs backpackerswanted.com, “connecting and motivating wishful travelers all over the world” and has traveled at least 35 countries since her graduation.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Thomas Gipson had 19 points and seven rebounds Monday night as Kansas State overcame a slow start to defeat Loyola of Chicago 74-61. Will Spradling added 15 points all in the second half for the Wildcats (2-0), Rodney McGruder had 14 points and Jordan Henriquez finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. Ben Averkamp had 19 points and seven rebounds for Loyola, which has started a season 0-2 for the first time since 2000. Denzel Brito added 12 points and Jonathon Gac had 10. The Ramblers stayed within single digits until the final minutes…