Riley County Commissioners approved a proposal Monday to construct new turn lanes on Marlatt Avenue to help detour traffic when the Kansas Department of Transportation begins construction on two new roundabouts in 2025. Those projects will be constructed where Tuttle Creek Blvd. intersects Seth Child and Hwy 13. Riley County Public Works Director John Ellerman spoke to commissioners about the proposal at Monday’s meeting. The design firm estimates reconstruction plans would cost $658,000, which includes fees for the company’s work. Ellerman says the turn lanes installed could be temporary or permanent, the latter of which would be designed to fit…
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News Radio KMAN · In Focus 4/24/23: Sunset Zoo, Flint Hills Discovery Center Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 10:09 Segment 3 – 20:49 Segment 4 – 31:14 On Monday’s edition of In Focus, Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood recaps Saturday’s Party for the Planet and looks ahead to some other activities planned at the zoo in May. Flint Hills Discovery Center Event Supervisor Jonathan Mertz previews the Flint Hills Festival coming up on May 6 and other activities planned at the Discovery Center.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill that would have cut taxes in Kansas by nearly $1.4 billion over the next three years, objecting to a proposal included by conservative Republicans to impose a single-rate “flat” income tax for individuals. Kelly said abandoning the state’s current, three-rate individual income tax with higher rates for higher earners would have been fiscally “reckless” and threatened funding for public schools. She announced her veto at a Topeka-area elementary school and recalled the state’s nationally notorious 2012-13 experiment in slashing income taxes and the huge budget shortfalls that followed under…
Poyntz Avenue in downtown Manhattan was closed to traffic Saturday morning. Northview Elementary students ten-year-old Alina Flores and seven-year-old Valentina Flores explained why the street was closed. The 6th annual Pink up the Pace 5K run and one-mile honor walk was well-attended despite the bitter cold wind. The sisters were with a group of nearly sixty Ascension employees and family members who participated to honor and support their friend. Manhattan resident and breast cancer survivor Karla Quick explains. Johnson Cancer Research Center Assistant Director Dr. Shanna Mittie is also a breast cancer survivor. Mittie says all proceeds from the event…
Christopher Troy, 34, of Leondardville was arrested on April 21, 2023, around 11:00 a.m. on his Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. The warrant stems from a December 9, 2020, burglary in the 15900 block of Caley Rd. north of Leonardville where it was reported Troy broke into a shed and stole numerous tools for an approximate loss of $3,000. He was originally arrested on September 28, 2022, for this burglary. Troy remains confined in the Riley County Jail with a total bond of $25,000. Officers responded to the report of an injury crash near the intersection of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is joining a fledgling effort that could one day make it easier to hire teachers from other states. A bill that Gov. Laura Kelly signed Thursday makes Kansas the latest member of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. The compact is a creation of the Council of State Governments, with heavy backing from the U.S. Department of Defense, which wanted to create an easier pathway to teacher licensure for military personnel and their spouses as they move around the country. It would effectively allow teaching licenses to be viable across members of the…
Authorities arrested two individuals Thursday, including a fourth suspect in the March 6 shooting in the Sunset Zoo parking lot. Officers with the Riley County Police Department conducted a search warrant in the 1500 block of Hillcrest Drive, uncovering illegal drugs and guns. The investigation led to the arrests of 20-year-old Manhattan residents Thesiaus Robinson and Sierra Wells. Both are charged with distribution of marijuana, criminal use of weapons, two counts each of distribution of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Robinson faces additional drug charges and was also arrested for aggravated robbery in connection to the March…