Three subdivisions may be receiving a facelift in the future. The Riley County commission passed a resolution to repave Lakewood, Driftwood and High Meadows subdivisions. Assistant county counselor Craig Cox explains the next step in the process. “This resolution will be mailed to all of the landowners in each subdivision,” Cox said. “There will be a cover letter explaining the protest period and what needs to be done to file an official protest.” The commission has set a public hearing for September 19th of this year to pass the sales tax resolution for the project. Landowners will have until that date…
Author: KMAN Staff
Sales tax numbers for Manhattan declined slightly for August compared to the same period in 2010. $768,817 were collected in August figures, which actually reflect two months prior. The adjusted rate is $728,920, and reflects a decline of $25,948 from the year before. The budget had called for 750-thousand dollars. Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen attributes part of the decline to the partial month’s collection of sales taxes from Wal-Mart. He anticipates those additional numbers will be credited to the city in the September report. However, Hayen says most big box stores were down a little from a year ago…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A Fort Riley soldier who said he was shot and robbed while jogging in Kansas City has been charged with making a false report. The Jackson County, Mo. sheriff’s office says 25-year-old Pvt. Brian Anderson was charged Thursday after he admitted that the wound he suffered on Aug. 8 was self-inflicted. Anderson had told investigators that he was shot and robbed on the Little Blue Trace Trail in Kansas City. Anderson was taken back to Fort Riley Thursday where he is in custody of the U.S. Army.
Continued strong student enrollment and an improved financial situation at Kansas State University will permit a permanent mid-year 2.5 percent pay increase for faculty and unclassified staff. President Kirk Schulz indicates they realize many people have been without salary increases for a considerable time and says this represents a start toward getting salaries up to where they should be to meet K-State 2025 goals. April Mason, provost and senior vice president says one of the outcomes they intend to reach in the first five years of the K-State 2025 plan is to achieve faculty and staff compensations competitive with peer…
K-State men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced a pair of additions to his roster on Thursday morning. Both players are freshmen walk-ons, Shawn Meyer of Blue Springs South in Lee’s Summitt, Missouri, and Brian Rohleder of Wichita Bishop Carroll. Meyer is a 6 foot-5 210 pound guard, who averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and two assists per game for Blue Springs South during his career. Rohleder is the second Wildcat in his family after his brother, Kevin played on the K-State football team from 2007 thru 2010. Brian Rohleder, a 6-foot-3 210 pound guard, averaged 13 points, six rebounds, three assists, and 1.5…
Sometime during the late afternoon tomorrow (Friday, August 26), eastbound and westbound K-18 traffic will be switched to a head to head configuration with one lane each direction from approximately one-half mile west of the Manhattan Airport Entrance to Scenic Drive, for construction of a box bridge, box culvert extension, and concrete pipe across the eastbound lanes on K-18 in Riley County. Traffic will be directed through the project work zone via signage. Drivers should expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes, if possible. Traffic will be restricted to one 12-foot wide lane in both directions on K-18. Reduced speed…
Enrollment numbers were a little late in coming from Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 the first day of school, with all the construction projects occupying much of Associate Superintendent Bob Seymour’s time. But Seymour had those numbers for KMAN this (Thursday) morning. The number is up 171 students from last year, with 5875 this year compared to 5704 last year in grades K-12. Seymour explains that is for the “bricks and mortars buildings,” meaning no virtual, pre-school, or pre-school special education students. He adds adjustments will continue to be made. Riley County USD 378’s enrollment numbers are up for the year. However,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri athletic director Mike Alden is standing behind the school’s embattled men’s basketball coach to a point. Frank Haith’s future has come into question after Yahoo Sports reported last week that a former University of Miami booster said he paid then-Hurricanes recruit DeQuan Jones $10,000 to attend the school with Haith’s approval. Haith spent seven years at Miami before Alden hired him in April. Alden discussed Haith for the first time Wednesday at a kickoff party for Missouri football boosters. Asked by The Associated Press if he supports Haith, Alden replied, “We support the NCAA…
TORONTO (AP) Brett Lawrie hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, Jose Bautista added his major league-leading 37th homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Wednesday night. Jesse Litsch (5-3) pitched one scoreless inning of relief for the win. Frank Francisco worked ninth for his 11th save. Louis Coleman (1-3) took the loss for the Royals, who have not won consecutive games since Aug. 3-4. Kansas City has won four of its past 16. Lawrie broke a 3-3 tie with a leadoff blast to left in the seventh, his fourth. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The agent for Brandon Siler says the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker tore his Achilles tendon during practice and will miss the entire season. David Canter confirmed the injury in a text message to The Associated Press on Wednesday. He did not know which Achilles was hurt on Tuesday, but he said Siler has already had surgery to repair it. Siler was competing for the middle linebacker spot beside Derrick Johnson after signing with the Chiefs as a free agent. He had looked good throughout fall camp after picking up 44 tackles, one sack and one…