The budget for the City of Manhattan has seen a lot of debate at City Commission meetings, but at Tuesday night’s meeting, the discussion was fairly quick and agreeable, as the 2012 budget passed unanimously. Budget officer Emily Campbell reminded commissioners the general fund was slated to decrease by about $77, 000, while the employee benefit fund will increase by $66,000 . The mill levy will be upped by an average of .221 mills, as the city’s portion will decrease .254 mills. The outside services mill levy will see an increase for 2012 of .475 mills. The total city budget…
Author: KMAN Staff
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) The body of a Kansas soldier killed in a helicopter shoot-down in Afghanistan has returned home to Olathe. Hundreds of people lined the route today as Spencer Duncan’s body was driven from the Gardner airport to a funeral home. His friends and family used social networking sites to urge people to “Stand for Spencer.”
Construction workers working on renovations at Woodrow Wilson Elementary school on Juliette Avenue in Manhattan ruptured a gas line Tuesday afternoon. According to the Manhattan Fire Department, a worker reportedly hit the gas line with a back hoe, not knowing the line went through that area. The Manhattan Fire Department was on the scene and reports there were no injuries and evacuations were not needed.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin says there is still a chance the Aggies will stay in the Big 12. Loftin spoke Monday after receiving authority from the board of regents to take any action he deems necessary in terms of conference realignment. He says Texas A&M is looking only at the Southeastern Conference right now, but didn’t rule out other possibilities. The Big 12 is down to 10 teams after Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-12) left in July. Loftin says any realignment by Texas A&M will take place after a “lengthy’ process. The…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State is starting a high-definition digital network that will broadcast some live sporting events, replays of classic games, news conferences and other events. The network, called K-StateHD.TV, will feature games that aren’t picked up by the Big 12 Network Television Package. That will include one football game per year, K-State vs. Eastern Kentucky this season, a handful of women’s basketball games and most home volleyball and baseball games. There probably won’t be any men’s basketball games available. Kansas State sports information director Kenny Lannou says it’s an extension of more limited service that already is…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A source tells The Associated Press that high school outfielder Bubba Starling and the Kansas City Royals agreed late Monday night to a minor league contract with a $7.5 million signing bonus. The signing bonus is payable over three years because Starling is a two-sport athlete. There was some question whether he would sign with the Royals before the deadline or play quarterback for Nebraska, where he had received a scholarship offer. Starling was the fifth overall pick out of Gardner, Kan., a short drive south of Kansas City. The 18-year-old was widely considered the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Derek Jeter had three hits and drove in three runs, including two with a go-ahead triple in the sixth inning, and struggling A.J. Burnett finally won a game in August for the New York Yankees in their 7-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Burnett (9-9) scattered 10 singles and a walk over 5 2-3 innings, but they only resulted in three runs. The right-hander had been winless in 13 starts in August since signing a five-year, $82.5 million deal with New York, going 0-8 with a 7.18 ERA. He even…
St. Marys Rep. Richard Carlson was named a recipient of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s “Legislator of the Year” Award at the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA on August 5th, 2011. “I am pleased to recognize Rep. Richard Carlson, as a Legislator of the Year, and would like to thank him for his outstanding dedication to our organization,” said ALEC National Chairman Noble Ellington (LA). Rep. Richard Carlson is to be commended for his leadership, and I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with such committed individuals like Rep. Carlson over the past year.” The…
The issue of Riley County Police over time pay came up at the Riley County Law Board meeting on Monday. Board Chair Karen McCulloh voiced her concern, pointing out the RCPD was already running at 75% of their allotted overtime hours. RCPD Director Brad Schoen explained that the numbers were par for the course, adding they usually do run over a bit every year. Schoen said that court cases, and incidents such as the recent murder investigations tend to drive up the over time hours. To date RCPD is at 75 percent of its overtime budget for the year. Also during…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Authorities are investigating the death of a worker at a northeast Kansas rail yard. Police in Kansas City, Kan., were called to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe yard around 1:30 p.m. Monday after the man was found trapped between two rail cars. Investigators say the man apparently was hit by a railroad car. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The worker was described as in his 40s. His name was being withheld while family members were notified.