Kansas State University announced today (Mon), it has been awarded $25 million through the Kansas Department of Commerce Challenge Grant program. The program challenges state educational institutions to leverage private dollars with state funds at a 3-to-1 ratio for construction and renovation projects. K-State in December met the private funding threshold, raising $75 million in private donations, to secure the maximum available grant money from the state. Those funds, along with the $25 million legislative appropriation, will net $125 million for agricultural infrastructure improvements, including new and improved teaching spaces in the College of Agriculture and will eliminate about $56…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City police officer was hit by gunfire and wounded at the department’s headquarters shortly after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, authorities said early Monday. The Kansas City Police Department said the officer’s injuries are not life-threatening. The source and motive of the gunfire are unknown. The officer was shot just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the police department in downtown Kansas City, just blocks from a large Super Bowl viewing party and about 15 minutes after the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-35. The officer was immediately taken to a hospital and was…
The Flint Hills Breadbasket celebrated the Manhattan Souper Bowl on Saturday. The event began in 1995 and encourages residents to give canned goods to help stock the pantry’s shelves with warm soup for cold months. St Thomas More Knights of Columbus member, Kelly Adams, was helped collect donations at Dillons Saturday morning. Some of the Manhattan High Boys Basketball team was at Dillons helping out. Landon Knopp explains. Their cart was filling up so quickly, they were moving donations to pallets. Miles Braxmeyer says he’s impressed with the community’s generosity. Jason Kim explains why it’s important for the team…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans on Saturday narrowly picked an activist who has promoted unfounded election conspiracies and promised a shakeup to lead the Kansas GOP for the next two years, following weeks of infighting that mirrors the acrimony in the party across the U.S. Within 30 minutes of the change in the Kansas Republican Party’s leadership, its state committee reviewed a resolution demanding that the U.S. House impeach President Joe Biden for “tyranny” over comments he and his aides made in the summer of 2021 decrying misinformation about coronavirus vaccines spreading within the GOP. The committee tabled the resolution until its…
John K. “Jack” Vanier, a longtime supporter of Kansas State University, known for his contributions to agriculture, the livestock industry and the university, died Friday. He was 94. A funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m March 3, at Christ Cathedral in Salina. The family suggests memorial gifts to the Salina Community Foundation and the Meadowlark Hills Good Samaritan Fund in Manhattan. His $60 million donation to K-State in 2022, was the largest financial gift in the university’s history and included $20 million toward Phase III of the Bill Snyder Family Stadium Master Plan. The remaining $40 million supported scholarships and…
PHOENIX (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are on the Super Bowl stage for the third time in four years, the first time triumphantly marching off with the Lombardi Trophy and the second time slinking away home after a lopsided loss in the big game. Patrick Mahomes and Co. know better than anyone winning the Super Bowl is a whole lot better than losing it. Experience alone gives the Chiefs a major advantage as they prepare to face the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. But then you throw in Mahomes, the league’s newly minted two-time MVP, along with transcendent tight end…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans are fighting over who will lead the Kansas GOP for the next two years, and frustrations over two key election losses last year in the GOP-leaning state have ramped up the acrimony already roiling the party nationally. The Kansas Republican Party’s state committee was set Saturday to pick the officers who will oversee party operations through the 2024 elections. The contest for chair is between Helen Van Etten, a former Republican National Committee member, and Mike Brown, who promoted election conspiracy theories during an unsuccessful run for Kansas secretary of state last year. Some Republicans frame the…
The City of Manhattan proudly unveiled their new joint maintenance facility during a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. City Manager Ron Fehr delivered some opening remarks about the $22.5 million building that will now house over 100 employees from various departments and facilities across the city. Fehr said the facility provides significantly more space and resources than these departments had previously. BBN Architects Principal Patrick Schaub said this project serves as an acknowledgment to the importance of the workers and services they provide for the entire city. Public Works Director Robert Ott has seen this project through since…
The Riley County Attorney’s Office presented an odd request to the Board of County Commissioners Thursday County Attorney Barry Wilkerson says the prolonged closure of trial courts during the pandemic created a large backlog of cases. While he says his office has made progress getting the most serious felony cases through the system, a backlog of other lower level cases still remain. “We don’t usually come to the commission in February and ask for help, but this is something I think in the short term would be beneficial to us and also I believe it would be beneficial to the…