Riley County’s Primary Care Clinic will soon be accepting medicaid patients on a trial basis. The Manhattan-Riley County health board passed the motion during Wednesday’s meeting. Health board president Brady Burton says the plan will become effective at the beginning of the 2012 calendar year. “I think it’s going to be phased in,” Burton said. “I’m not sure on the number yet, but there will be ‘x’ amount of new patients taken in to start with.” The preliminary estimate for the number of medicaid patients that would be taken was 500. That number would only call for a few minor…
Author: KMAN Staff
The pool of candidates for the health administrator position has been reduced to two. Riley County-Manhattan Health board president Brady Burton informed KMAN that the third candidate, Larry Franken, has withdrawn his name from the race. The board voted to expedite the decision-making process during their Wednesday meeting. “We are planning to have a special meeting on October 3 to discuss the position,” Burton said. “We could possibly make a motion and vote on the new administrator.” The final candidate, and current assistant Health Administrator, Suzanne Kufahl (Koo-fall), will start the interview process later this morning.
The Manhattan Christian College men’s soccer team secured a 3-1-road victory over Southwestern College (NAIA) Tuesday night. After a 0-0 first half, MCC junior forward Zack Watkins open the game’s scoring in the 51st minute scoring from 20 yards out. Southwestern leveled the score in the 76th minute from a deflected shot, which sailed over sophomore goalkeeper Ricky Wiseman. MCC regained the lead in the 78th minute, when Watkins scored his second of the night with an assist from senior midfielder Kris Morrison. MCC’s captain Nathan Love headed in a Jordan Murphy free kick in the 82nd minute to seal…
Manhattan finished second at the Centennial League golf tournament at Cypress Ridge in Topeka on Tuesday. Manhattan tied Washburn Rural with a team score of 345, but Washburn’s 5th score was lower than Manhattan’s 5th score, giving Washburn Rural trophy. Hayden’s Brook LaRue was the league champion shooting a 77. Leading Manhattan was Blake Fingalsen’s 2nd place finish with a score of 82. Jenna Crusinberry also shot an 82 but lost a scorecard playoff to Blake and got 3rd. Taylor Lund shot an 89 to finish 7th. Kylie McCarthy shot a 92 to finish 10th, Kelsey McCarthy shot a 102…
Rank – School – Record – Last Week’s Rank 6A 1. WASHBURN RURAL (13-2) (1) 2. Blue Valley North (13-5) (5) 3. Gardner-Edgerton (19-3) (5 in 5A) 4. MANHATTAN (18-6) (2) 5. Olathe East (11-2) (4) Others: Derby (12-8), Olathe Northwest (14-6), Olathe South (10-6), Wichita Heights (8-5) 5A 1. Bishop Miege (16-2) (1) 2. St. Thomas Aquinas (20-4) (2) 3. Newton (22-1) (NR) 4. VALLEY CENTER (17-2) (4) 5. SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (9-2) (NR) Others: Lansing (12-6), Mill Valley (13-6), SEAMAN (17-7) 4A 1. St. James Academy (22-0) (1) 2. Maize South (18-0) (2) 3. McPherson (19-1) (3 in 5A)…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is endorsing the re-election bid of U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo for the state’s 4th Congressional District. Pompeo told reporters Tuesday he is seeking re-election. His announcement comes at a time polls are showing congressional approval ratings at historically low levels. Pompeo took office in January. He said he has done what he told Kansas voters he would do. He said he has worked so the government spends as little money as it possibly can and has worked to beat back government regulation. The Republican congressman says when people talk about liberty, freedom and…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) More than 20 faith, labor and community groups are expected to convene in Wichita this week to mobilize grassroots opposition to an effort to move up the start date for new Kansas voter identification laws. The groups are calling the statewide partnership KanVote and plan to meet Thursday in Wichita. Participants oppose a push by Secretary of State Kris Kobach to require people who are voting for the first time to show proof of citizenship starting in March, rather than in January 2013 as the new law now requires.
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Enrollment at Pittsburg State University this fall has increased by 2 percent. The Kansas Board of Regents said Tuesday that Pittsburg State now has 7,275 students, an increase of 145 from last year. University President Steve Scott said in a statement on the university’s website that the school has also set new records in both credit hour production and full-time equivalency. Pittsburg State University says it had a 6.6 percent increase in new freshmen and 2.1 percent increase in credit hour production.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Members of the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Refueling Wing will conduct a mass casualty exercise to test the unit’s capabilities to respond to multiple scenarios. The event Sunday at Forbes Field south of Topeka will simulate events that could strike the former Air Force base, its personnel or members of the community. It is one of many exercises the 190th conducts each year focusing on things like potential natural disasters, severe weather emergencies and enemy attack. While the unit’s primary mission is to fly KC-135 refueling aircraft, it also conducts a state mission to respond to…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Funding for three new programs at Emporia State University has made it into a Kansas Board of Regents budget proposal. The school says the $31.7 million budget proposal approved last week would include $250,000 for each new program. Two of the programs are undergraduate degrees in eCommerce and sustainability. The third is a graduate degree in something called “nursing informatics,” which is the integration of information technology into nursing. The combined $750,000 the university is seeking for the new programs would be used to pay staff salaries. The Board of Regents will submit its budget proposal to…