The Manhattan city commission will meet Tuesday to review economic development figures from the previous year. Assistant City Manager Jason Hilgers says its been a good year for the city’s workforce. Hilgers was encouraged by the way certain companies like Farrar and Florence Corporation have bounced back after being hit by the economic downturn of 2009. Additionally, some of the companies like GTM Sportswear and Flint Hills Beverage continue to show signs of growth in 2011. Officially, there is only one item on Tuesday’s agenda; however, Hilgers indicated he expects the commission to delve into another issue, the county’s half-cent sales tax. The possibility of…
Author: KMAN Staff
With the finish line of the Take Charge! Challenge right around the corner, any way to get points helps Manhattan with the chance of beating Lawrence and receiving the award. This past weekend, Westar and the UFM Community Learning Center co-hosted the Home Energy Savings Workshop at the Leadership Studies building on the Kansas State campus. Laura Lutz, Account Manager in Energy Efficiency, talks about the challenge and the standings thus far . Though there was a majority of home owners attending, Kansas State University had some representatives at theworkshop. During the workshop there were hands on demonstrations that allowed people to become…
“Can you hear that train a-coming, coming round the bend”. Those were the sounds coming out of Wamego’s City Park Saturday with the debut of the new Train with 102 year-old Gilbert Wille in the Conductor’s seat. Wille said he’d been looking forward to this day since the old train was taken out of service in 2007. Wille has spent countless hours with the old train that had been in service for over 50 years. He said he kept the old train running for years, when it originally ran on coal and steam, and was later outfitted with a gas…
See exclusive free video wrap up from Miami at www.thegamedaynetwork.com It doesn’t get more dramatic than the Cats 28-24 win over Miami on a goal line stand at the 1 yard line with just seconds left to play. LB Tre Walker collared Hurricane’s QB Jacory Harris with just feet to spare at Sun Life Stadium to preserve a hard fought win. QB Collin Klien made big play after big play with his feet and with his arm accounting for 3 total TDs and was helped by RB John Hubert who had a huge breakout game rushing for 166 yards and…
25-year old Joshua Burch of 516 Riley Avenue in Ogden is expected to face eight charges including felony counts of possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a firearm, and no drug tax stamp as well as misdemeanor charges of theft, possession of hallucinogens, possession of depressants, possession of drug paraphanelia, and criminal use of weapons. RCPD is holding Burch on $17,000 bond. *** 45-year old Michael Curnew of 600 S. 8th street was booked Friday evening. Curnew is expected to face a total of five charges which include felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of obstruction of the legal process, criminal…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The 2011-12 equestrian season started off with a bang on Friday at Timbercreek Stables, as Kansas State swept past Minnesota-Crookston, 19-0 (1472-1195.5). On top of shutting out the Eagles, K-State also took home all four match-MVP awards, a feat that was last accomplished by the Wildcats on September 24, 2010. “This was a great start to our season and it gave our riders a lot of confidence to move forward,” said K-State head coach Casie Lisabeth. “We did have small mistakes and we will definitely be working on cleaning up our rides and equitation this week, but overall we…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the second straight season, both Petra Niedermayerova and Karla Bonacic advanced out of the quarterfinals of the Adidas Hoosier Classic at the IU Tennis Center on Friday. In addition to the two singles wins, K-State also picked up a doubles victory in the afternoon. Niedermayerova, ranked No. 35 in the preseason Campbell/ITA national singles rankings, picked up her second straight win by dispatching of Abilene Christian’s Julia Mongin, 6-1, 6-0, in the first flight. The sophomore of Brno, Czech Republic, is now 2-1 this season and 26-11 in her career. In straight set matches, she is 21-6 for her career and…
CHICAGO (AP) Bruce Chen enjoys U.S. Cellular Field, especially since he’s figured out how to pitch on the home field of Chicago White Sox. ”I know it’s a hitter’s park, but if you keep the ball down, you give yourself a chance,” Chen said. Chen allowed only two hits in eight strong innings and the Kansas City Royals hit four homers off Zach Stewart to rout the White Sox 11-1 Friday night. Jeff Francoeur, Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar also homered for the Royals. Kansas City has won nine of 11 overall in a late-season surge. Chen (12-8) finished 3-1 this season against the White…
Friday afternoon the Junction City Police Department was dispatched to an area where possible shooting took place near the Ramada Limited located at 1133 S. Washington Street. During the investigation it was learned that two groups of subjects had been shooting at each other, but no injuries had taken place. Search warrants were obtained for three rooms at the Ramada Limited in reference to the shooting investigation, which led to the arrest of four subjects on drug and other charges. Arrested was Heidi Koehn, a 29 year old white female from Wichita, Kansas on charges of Felony possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Koehn…