Thursday’s program featured a conversation with Fort Riley officials Kali Orrick with Child and Youth Services, Carolyn Tolliver-Lee with the Family Advocacy Program and Monica Smith, Education Services Specialist discussing April being Month of the Military Child and National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Fort Riley’s combined graduation. K-State Vice President of Communications and Marketing Jeff Morris also discussed K-State’s announcement to cancel in-person classes March 16-20.
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TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has named an attorney who said he’s similar in temperament to former Chief Justice Lawton Nuss to replace Nuss as a Kansas Supreme Court justice. Lawrence attorney K.J. Wall also formerly worked for the state’s highest court overseeing special projects and research for justices in death penalty cases. The 49-year-old Wall was most recently a partner in law firm that represents rural Kansas hospitals and previously worked as an attorney for a Minnesota-based insurance company. He will join a seven-member court that has faced criticism from conservative Republican legislators over abortion, school funding and…
A small plane went off the runway while landing Wednesday morning at Manhattan Regional Airport. The plane, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee with two passengers, came to rest near a ditch after taking down a runway sign and damaging a wing. Damage estimates are pending. No injuries were reported. Manhattan Regional Airport Director Jesse Romo says the cause is still unknown and there will be no impact to airport operations though runway 3 was shutdown for a period. First responders are working the scene and the FAA has been contacted. The aircraft is registered as the property of Versa Air Services…
USD 323 Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan joined us for our monthly visit with Pottawatomie County Schools, with discussion on the new middle school construction project, spring activities and a school board proposal to expand preschool services. The 42nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Road Races and parade was previewed with Ben Sigle from Manhattan Running Company. U.S. Census Bureau Partnership Coordinator for Kansas and Oklahoma Emily Kelley joined us to talk about the importance of filling out the 2020 U.S. Census.
TOPEKA — Protesters are seeking to pressure the Kansas Senate into take a vote on a bipartisan plan for expanding Medicaid. Several dozen of them chanted, laid down on the floor and blocked the Senate’s main entrance Tuesday. About 50 people protested at the Statehouse for almost three hours. Capitol police removed 23 protesters from in front of the Senate chamber in an attempt to clear the area. The Kansas Highway Patrol said their cases will be forwarded to the local district attorney for potential prosecution on criminal trespassing or disturbing the peace charges. Abortion opponents are blocking the expansion…
Officers filed a report for aggravated assault, criminal threat, criminal damage to property and interference with law enforcement in Manhattan on March 10, 2020, at approximately 5:30 PM. Officers listed a 20-year-old male, a 23-year-old male, and a 31-year-old male as the victims and a known male as the suspect. Daniel Valaika, 22, of Manhattan was arrested in connection. Valaika was issued a total bond of $20,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic), no additional information will be released.
A fundraiser for the family of a young man killed by a snow plow in January has nearly reached its goal. 21-year-old Jayden Rosa and 22-year-old Anthony Toler of Manhattan died after KHP says the two were struck in the early morning hours of January 24 by the Riley County vehicle while walking home in the right lane of Tuttle Creek Boulevard north of Manhattan. The Facebook fundraiser was created for Rosa’s family under a week ago to help pay outstanding bills. Since its creation, it has collected just under $2,100 of the $2,200 goal. Facebook lists the creator as…
K-State Athletic Director Gene Taylor joined the show Tuesday to update us on facilities, including the recent renovations of the baseball and soccer complexes on campus and what Big XII league officials are doing in preparation of the tournament amid concerns of coronavirus. Riley County Commissioner John Ford joined us along with Health Department Director Julie Gibbs and Emergency Preparedness Director Andrew Adams with coronavirus.
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…
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…