Fire-department airpacks The Pottawatomie County Commission approved a bid for a lease-purchase agreement for fire-department airpacks during their meeting Monday. Pottawatomie County Financial Officer Heather Gladbach explains the agreement. The interest rate on the agreement is 1.95 percent, bringing the county’s yearly payment to about $62,500. This comes in under the $70,000 that was budgeted for the lease-purchase payments, but Commissioner Pat Weixelman was still hesitant in his approval. He says he is going to keep a closer eye on finances in the future. The commission also expressed concern over the expiration date of the airpacks, which have a life expectancy of…
Author: KMAN Staff
K-State has began a nationwide search for a new Vice Provost for Graduate Education and dean of the Graduate School. This comes a few months after current Carol Shanklin, the current Dean of the Graduate School, announced she would be retiring after spending more than 10 years in her present position and over 30 years at K-State. A committee consisting of professors, administrators and graduate students is leading the search with support from Academic Career and Executive Search, an executive search firm. The person hired for this job will be in charge of graduate-school policy development and curriculum, play a…
TOPEKA — The offices of Kansas legislative leaders would see an 11% increase in their funding under a proposal that has cleared committee. Almost all of the new dollars would go to top Republicans. The House Appropriations Committee added the money Monday before approving the Republican-controlled Legislature’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins in July. The biggest increases of nearly 58% would go to the offices with the smallest budgets. They are the Senate vice president and the House speaker pro tem. The proposal goes next to the House. Top Democrats strongly criticized the proposal and said such…
OVERLAND PARK — A California man has been sentenced to three years in prison for washing the ink off $1 bills in a Kansas hotel room and reprinting them to look like $100 bills. The U.S. attorney’s office says 51-year-old John Sebestyen, of Mission Viejo, California, also was ordered Monday to pay nearly $20,000 in restitution. Two other co-defendants previously were sentenced in the case. They were caught after an Overland Park hotel employee reported seeing them throwing trash away in containers that weren’t near their rooms. Prosecutors say the suspects were trying to dispose of evidence that they were…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are taking steps to allow college athletes to hire agents and sign endorsement deals. Many fear that if they don’t act, then out-of-state rivals will leave the state’s most storied university athletics programs in the dust by attracting the best recruits. A bill that would bar state universities from preventing their athletes from earning outside compensation easily cleared the state Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday. Athletics officials at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University back the measure and it appears to have bipartisan support, as Kansas’ top-ranked men’s basketball team prepares for March Madness.
Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 1100 block of Vattier St. in Manhattan on March 9, 2020, at approximately 9:00 AM. Officers listed a 23-year-old female as the victim when it was reported an unknown person damaged the window on her 2016 Ford Fusion. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $500.00. Police ask that anyone with information please contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00. Officers filed…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman admitted to the University of Kansas Hospital with the coronavirus is the Johnson County woman who state officials previously identified as having the first case in Kansas. Hospital and state officials said Monday the woman is under 50 and is being monitored in a specially equipped area designed to prevent the spread of the virus. They said she’s doing well. Kansas Health and Environment Secretary Lee Norman says the woman’s family members are under voluntary quarantine and he doesn’t expect to see any further consequences from her illness.
K-State Veterinary Health Center Associate Professor Dr. Chris Blevins discussed prevention of diseases in horses. American Association of University Women Co-Presidents Mary Stamey and Marlene Verbrugge preview their International Women’s Day panel discussion with panelists Fanny Fang from the local Asian Market and KSU Math Professor Marianne Korten.
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 as well as 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 theft and criminal use of a financial card in the 3000 block of Anderson Ave. in Manhattan on March 6, 2020, at approximately 6:00 PM. Officers listed a 27-year-old…
Manhattan High will send their boys to the 6A State Tournament at Charles Koch Arena on Thursday, after the Indians took down Wichita West 56-39. Manhattan took down Wichita East last Wednesday and then got some help from Wichita West who beat the 2 seed Washburn Rural. That meant Manhattan got to host Saturday night for a trip to the state tournament and they made the most of the opportunity. Chandler Marks had 11 and Owen Braxmeyer had 10 as the two leading scorers for Manhattan, who had 8 different players score in the game. The Indians led after each…