TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas lawmakers who are running for federal office are free to accept campaign contributions from lobbyists despite a state rule limiting such contributions during the legislative session. The state limit doesn’t apply to federal elections. So state Senate President Susan Wagle, Sen. Barbara Bollier and state Rep. Troy Waymaster are all free to raise money for their Congressional campaigns. Wagle, a Republican, and Bollier, a Democrat, are both running for U.S. Senate. Waymaster is a Republican running for Congress, Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, said the lawmakers running for federal office should voluntarily…
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Monday’s program featured a discussion with Dr. Beth Davis from the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine about the shelter medicine program and the Veterinary Health Center’s ongoing work with students. We also previewed Science on Tap with Sunset Zoo Marketing/Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood and K-State student and this week’s presenter Kelsey Panfil.
LANSING, Kan. (AP) – A 44-year-old man who has been in prison for murder since 1994 was found dead Saturday inside the Lansing Correctional Facility. The Kansas Department of Corrections said the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of Joshua Kaiser. Kaiser was paroled last year for a 1993 carjacking and killing in Topeka, but was still serving a sentence for another crime. He was expected to be released in 2021. Kaiser’s criminal history includes the following convictions from Shawnee County, Kansas: Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Kidnapping, Sale/Manufacturing/Purchase/Possession/Carry Unlawful Firearm and first-degree murder. Kaiser and another man robbed 33-year-old…
Manhattan, KAN. – K-State will finish the inaugural Chris Klieman season in Memphis, Tennessee in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, facing the #23 Navy Midshipmen. It will be the second appearance all time in the Liberty Bowl for K-State, going first in 2016 and losing 45-23 to the Arkansas Razorbacks. It will be the first meeting between K-State and Navy in history when the teams kickoff at 2:45 on New Year’s Eve. This will be the 22nd bowl appearance in K-State Football history. K-State’s season was highlighted by wins at SEC foe Mississippi State, Big 12 Champion Oklahoma and a blowout…
Through their Municipality Equality Index, the Human Rights Campaign recently ranked Manhattan as the second most LGBT-inclusive city in Kansas with a score of 83 out of 100. A quick look at past MEI scores also indicates that Manhattan has become a more inclusive city over the past few years, as it has increased from a score of 67 in 2017 and 73 in 2018. This score comes from an analysis of various aspects of the city government, such as whether they have inclusive housing and employment policies and whether there are LGBT police liaisons for certain governmental departments. Does…
The Junction City Police Department and Geary County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a double fatality in the Milford Lake area involving two people who were allegedly involved in a forced entry and kidnapping incident late Thursday night. At around 10 p.m., Junction City police officers responded to incident at a Junction City address involving a potential kidnapping and protection-order complaint. Officers were told that 27-year-old Zachary Lima entered a residence and forced 24-year-old Christopher Young outside at gunpoint. The Geary County Sheriff’s Department later responded to the Milford Lake Area where they discovered the bodies of Lima and Young at…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Riley Co. Extension Director Gary Fike. We also spoke with Manhattan CVB Director Karen Hibbard. Rose Ditto and Joyce Mermis previews the Wamego Holiday Home Tour And Laura Munsch with Ambucs previews an event happening Dec. 10 at the MFD Fire Station.
Riley County commissioners approved $121,231 to be transferred from the Riley County Public Works to the county CIP fund on Thursday. Public Works Director Leon Hobson presented major transfers to parks related CIP funded projects. The department has $60,000 for a community line item divided up between all of the parks. Hobson says they would like to move that leftover money to the CIP fund to then designate it for the Keats Shelter and Playground equipment. They also have some additional funds from projects they were not able to get to. $20,000 will be used for the Keats Shelter project…
The USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden School Board gave final approval last night to name its planned new elementary school Oliver Brown Elementary. Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid says he is looking forward to the educational pieces they will add to the building. He spoke with Brown’s daughter Cheryl Henderson-Brown about clearing up some of the history for the public. “First of all, it wasn’t Oliver Brown who was suing the Topeka school district, it was the NAACP and Brown was one of the representatives,” says Reid. Brown was named the lead plaintiff because the list was alphabetical and his name was the…
The Manhattan Emergency Shelter, the city’s only homeless shelter, is giving people a chance to give back in a creative way through their Adopt-N-Ornament Tree. The tree is decorated with ornaments containing wish lists belonging to people staying at the shelter. People wanting to participate can pick out ornaments, get the items on the list, and then bring them back to the shelter until Dec. 16th. According to Jessica Wilkus, the donation and volunteer coordinator for the shelter, donating through the Adopt-N-Ornament Tree helps a little extra because it assists a shelter that is largely reliant on supplies given by…