Decade long plans to place a statue of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol came to an end yesterday. The statue was placed on a base of Flint Hill limestone in the hall to recognize the aviator just days after the 125th anniversary of her birth. Senator Roger Marshall praised not just Earhart but the city of Atchison on the Senate floor ahead of the statue’s placement earlier this week. Senator Jerry Moran tied Earhart’s pioneering efforts in flight to the state’s ongoing role in aviation when addressing the statue’s placement earlier this week. The statue of…
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The Pottawatomie County Commission is considering asking voters to levy a quarter-cent sales tax to fund road and bridge projects in the county. Commissioner Greg Riat on KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday. The board is discussing a list of road projects that they would like to the see funding go towards, with some in Blue Township, near Onaga and Wheaton and Elm Slough Road among them. Riat says continued growth in the county plays a role in the need to improve roadways countywide. Riat notes that asking for a tax bump is tough given the current inflationary pressures on residents, but that…
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Multiple community members proposed a shift in the constitution of the Riley County Law Board at Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission meeting. The discussion came amid consideration of the proposed 2023 city general fund, the primary operating account for Manhattan’s government operations. City staff presented on some of the struggles they’ve faced in trying to maintain services amid flat or shortfalling revenues into city coffers — noting the hiring freeze, cuts and intentional leaving open of city positions that have been common practice to keep the general fund in the green over the past 5 plus years. RCPD was approved a…
Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday were not supportive of a possible sales tax ballot question to support Parks and Recreation operations. The idea was floated as a possible consideration to address years of flat revenues and declining program fees coming into the city department — and in response to public opposition this Summer to potential reductions in services later this year should revenues not manifest as budgeted. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers — Commissioners were largely cold to the idea. With Riley County’s new tax coming online in 2023 bringing Manahttan to a 9.15 sales tax rate, this additional tax would…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – For the first time in his career, Kansas State senior Ty Zentner is a candidate for the top punting honor in the country, as the August Sports Council unveiled the preseason watch list for the 2022 Ray Guy Award on Wednesday. It is the first time a Wildcat is up for the award that honors the college punter of the year since Devin Anctil was a preseason candidate in 2019. Prior to Anctil, Nick Walsh was on the watch list in both 2015 and 2016. Tim Reyer, a two-time candidate, was a semifinalist for the award…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 7/27/22: Cliff Williams, Hans Tessman, Dee McKee Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 11:14 Segment 3 – 33:30 On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 378 Superintendent Cliff Williams. We also spoke with Pottawatomie County Commission District 1: Republican candidate Hans Tessman. In our final segment we spoke with Pottawatomie County Commission District 1: Incumbent Republican Dee McKee.
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property in Manhattan on July 26, 2022, around 1:30 p.m. Officers listed a 40-year-old female as the victim and a 30-year-old male…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State women’s basketball standout Ayoka Lee has been nominated for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year. Lee was selected by the Big 12 Senior Women’s Administrators for consideration for the honor and is among 53 nominees from conference offices at the Division I level. The Woman of the Year Selection Committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose 10 nominees from each division to make up the national Top 30 honorees. The Top 30 honorees will be announced in October. From there, the selection committee will narrow the pool to three finalists from…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Rising sophomores Emil Uhlin and Carl af Forselles finished second and third, respectively, in the decathlon at the Swedish National Championships held July 23-24 in Vasteras, Sweden. The decathlon consists of 10 events over two days, including the 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 meters on day one and the 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters on day two. Uhlin, who won the high jump and 1,500 meters event of the competition, finished second with a personal-best tally of 7,618 points, while af Forselles totaled 7,028 points to place third in…