Wamego’s Power Pool contract has been approved. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page said he received confirmation Tuesday morning that the City’s Southwest Power Pool wholesale power supply contract with Westar has been approved. Page said the confirmation was for the rollover right for transmission for wholesale power from Westar, even though the City did not retain rollover rights from the previous contract. However, since the City did a comprehensive transmission study last year, the rollover right went into effect. He added that every member of the Pool is grandfathered one rollover right, and this contract is…
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A Manhattan businessman and former community planner has announced his candidacy for the Riley County Commission. Rod Harms, president of Civitas Group, made the announcement at Monday night’s meeting of the Riley County Democratic Party. Harms is seeking to follow third district incumbent Commissioner Karen McCulloh, who has announced that she will not seek re-election. Harms has outlined four message points that he will focus on during the campaign: including Good preparation for future growth of infrastructure and tax base; Good procedures lead to good decisions; Efficient and effective county government; and Smart programs for economic development. Harms is president of Civitas…
64 months is the sentence of a Manhattan man who pleaded guilty in February to two bank robberies. Mark Wyche, 23, was sentenced to a little over five years in federal prison earlir this week in U-S District court, and was also ordered to pay $5,400 in restitution. Wyche admitted to the October robbery of the Community First National Bank at 210 Tuttle Creek Boulevard and the November robbery of Kansas State Bank on Poyntz Avenue. Wyche had faced a maximum penalty of up to 25 years and a fine of up to $250,000 for each of the robberies.
Tuesday night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting brought good news for a local company. CivicPlus, a Manhattan-based webpage developer for community websites with clients all across the U.S. and Canada, had the second reading of their economic development funding application. The Commission’s reaction was very positive, with Commissioner Jim Sherow calling it “the best economic development proposal [he’d] ever seen brought forward.” The application passed second reading by a vote of four to zero, with Commissioner Rich Jankovic abstaining due to business concerns. Also discussed was a possible expansion to Manhattan Public Library’s Children’s Library. Library Board members communicated their desire to expand the…
By Kenny Lannou KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Former K-State Consensus All-American Mark Simoneau will become just the second Wildcat football player and first under head coach Bill Snyder to earn college football’s most prestigious honor as the former linebacker was announced today as part of the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2012. The Class of 2012 is comprised of 14 players and three coaches and includes standouts Ty Detmer (BYU), Dave Casper (Notre Dame), Art Monk (Syracuse) and Coach Jimmy Johnson (Oklahoma State/Miami). “This is truly an unbelievable honor for me, my family, the town…
By Tom Gilbert KStateSports.com (Original Story) MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber announced the hiring of former Southern Illinois player and assistant coach Brad Korn as the program’s director of operations on Tuesday. Korn is the third member of the Weber’s initial coaching staff at K-State, which includes assistant coaches Chris Lowery and Alvin Brooks III. “Brad is terrific young coach and a great addition to the staff,” said Weber. “Brad played for Matt Painter and me at Southern Illinois and then got his start in coaching as an assistant to Chris (Lowery),” said Weber. “He was part of one of the winningest…
The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrated their 10,000th visitor on Mother’s Day. 5 year old AJ Mumford crossed the threshold in the afternoon to receive a surprise of balloons and a big celebration. City Manager, Ron Fehr, mentions the winner received a gift basket from the gift shop, tickets to the Symphony in the Flint Hills and a gift certificate to Old Chicago. The fact that the center reached the 10,000th customer mark in only a months time proves how successful the facility has been thus far.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have resumed their discussions about reducing taxes, but Senate negotiators are finding they don’t have as much room as they’d like to bargain with House members. Three senators and three House members met Tuesday to work on an alternative to massive tax cuts that the Republican-controlled Legislature sent to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback last week. That package cuts individual income tax rates and eliminates income taxes for 191,000 businesses. The state’s sales tax rate already was set to drop to 5.7 percent from 6.3 percent, starting in July 2013. Many lawmakers want to reconsider those…