MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Riley County police tactical team uncovered and seized a large amount of illegal drugs after searching a northeast Manhattan home on Friday morning. At approximately 6:35 a.m., RCPD executed a search warrant at 69 Cody Place. During the investigation, officers uncovered a variety of drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a number of loaded weapons. Two individuals were arrested at the conclusion of the investigation. David Bonney, 27-year old male, for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of hydrocodone, possession of alprazolam, no drug tax stamp, possession of drug…
Author: KMAN Staff
Starting this weekend to May 13th, the Riley County Police Department will deploy additional officers on an overtime basis to enforce laws related to underage drinking. The overtime is being reimbursed from a grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation called the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EDUL) Grant. Officers involved with this grant will focus primarily on alcohol parties in the residential neighborhoods surrounding the campus of Kansas State University. They will also target underage drinking in Aggieville bars. Other violations typically associated with this grant include hosting underage drinkers, with a minimum fine of $1,000; and using a license/ID…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republicans who support GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s overhaul of the Kansas Medicaid program have brushed aside an attack on his efforts in the state House. The House voted 69-54 Thursday to send back to its Appropriations Committee a bill creating a legislative oversight panel on Medicaid. The $2.9 billion-a-year program covers health care for the poor, elderly and disabled. Brownback’s administration plans to issue contracts this summer to three private companies to manage the Medicaid program. Supporters argue the overhaul will lead to better coordination of care and save money. The House’s move cut off debate and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A bill sought by abortion opponents in Kansas that also could limit access to birth control has cleared the state House. The House voted 95-29 on Thursday to approve the measure, which is designed to give health care providers greater legal protections if they refuse to have any involvement in abortions. The bill now goes to the Senate. Kansas already has laws that say no person or hospital can be forced to participate in abortions or sterilizations. This year’s measure extends such protections to facilities other than hospitals and says providers couldn’t be required to refer patients…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A southeastern Kansas Democrat is renewing his effort to pull a bill that would modify the state’s gambling laws to the floor for a debate before the 2012 session ends. Rep. Bob Grant of Frontenac made a motion Thursday to pull a bill he and fellow Democrat sponsored out of the House Federal and State Affairs Committee. A similar effort was defeated earlier in the week. Grant wants the chamber to consider the measure, which would change the investment threshold for constructing a state-owned casino in either Cherokee or Crawford counties. Voters there have approved allowing for…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) House members have approved a bill that aims to put certain guarantees of religious freedoms in Kansas law, codifying current legal precedents. The 91-33 vote Thursday sends the bill to the Senate. Conservative Republicans drafted the bill to protect Kansas residents from laws that they say infringe upon their rights to religious freedom. The bill declares that state and local government policies shall not “substantially burden” people’s right to exercise their religious beliefs without showing a compelling interest and imposing the burden in the least restrictive way possible. It also declares that people have the right to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has signed his first batch of bills that repeals a number of Kansas laws identified by his administration as outdated. The four bills signed Thursday were the first group to make it to the Republican governor’s desk out of 51 individual statutes recommended for removal. He was joined by Secretary of Administration Dennis Taylor, who has been assigned to identify specific items for repeal. Brownback created the repeal office within Taylor’s agency in 2011, saying there was a need for the state to identify and remove statutes and regulation that were unnecessary and viewed…
HOLCOMB, Kan. (AP) About 220 western Kansas students have parents who work at a closed processing plant that produces a beef product known by its critics as “pink slime.” The Garden City Telegram reported that the number of affected students comes from administrators in the Garden City and Holcomb districts. Officials at Beef Products Inc. announced Monday that production had stopped at its Holcomb; Amarillo, Texas; and Waterloo, Iowa, plants. The plants produce what’s known in the industry as “lean, finely textured beef,” but is referred to as “pink slime” by those seeking to have it banned. The suspension of…