Faith Herrman, the 3-year-old daughter of Allison and Eric Herrman who has spina bifida, and Avery Pozarek, the 6-year-old son of Lindsey and Sean Pozarek who has cerebral palsy, are the proud new owners of Amtrykes, courtesy of the Noon Network AMBUCS organization out of Salina. While the two kids sped around inside the fire station located on Denison Ave. on their shiny-new trikes that are designed specifically for people with physical disabilities, parents and members of AMBUCS gathered to watch the joyous moment. “It was just a really neat experience,” Allison Herrman, the mother of Faith Herrman, said, as…
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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which is put on in part by the K-State Riley County Extension Office, will be entering its 15th year in existence in 2020. With tax season just around the corner, this is a program that may just be worth taking advantage of for those who are eligible. Through VITA, individuals or households making $56,000 or less per year are eligible to have both state and federal income taxes prepared and filed free-of-charge at the Manhattan Public Library. In addition, taxes on income earned by military personnel while serving overseas is not eligible to be…
Hour 1 0:00 – Bowl games mean little now 12:40 – Tweet of the Moment (Klieman Edition) 21:18 – Drinkwitz and Kiffin 33:19 – Curry Sexton Hour 2 0:00 – Does Navy do it for you? 13:35 – Mason is out on bball 24:47 – John hates Navy 31:50 – JOTW
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win. This comes on the same day that Democrats announced their impeachment charges against the president. Just before Pelosi announced her support, Trump said the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will “be great” for the U.S. Pelosi says the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a significant improvement over the original North American Free Trade Agreement. In Mexico City, The trade agreement, which had bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats, would represent President Trump’s primary legislative success if ratified.…
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into possible employee misconduct at the Cloud County Sheriff’s Office. According to KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood, a number of search warrants were executed Tuesday at the Cloud County Law Enforcement Center in Concordia as part of an ongoing investigation which began earlier this year. The Concordia Blade-Empire newspaper posted a photo online showing a “jail closed” sign on the jail’s front entrance Tuesday. Cloud County Attorney Robert Walsh told local media in Concordia it is not a safety issue with the prisoners. The warrants are in relation to employees of the…
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. Officers filed a report for theft in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center in Manhattan on December 9, 2019, at approximately 2:50 PM. Officers listed Footlocker as the victim when it was reported four unknown suspects…
Tuesday’s guests were Riley County Commissioner John Ford and new health department director Julie Gibbs. We also had Woody Shoemaker, CSA with At Home Care discussing the Santa for Senior Angels Trees around Manhattan.
Riley County Police are investigating the unattended death of a 26-year-old man in Ogden. Officers responded to the 500 block of Riley Ave. just after 8 p.m. Sunday after a caller reported finding the individual in a parking lot. According to police, the man appeared to sustain a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other information has been provided but police say there was no danger to the public.
Commission-expenditures discussion A Pottawatomie County citizen brought up allegations of the Pottawatomie County Commission going over budget with expenditures during a meeting Monday. The citizen mentioned various travel expenditures and meetings, such as a $1000 one-day trip to Washington D.C., a $900 iPad and a meeting at a local restaurant with John Ford, a commissioner for Riley County, citing “highly reliable sources.” Dee McKee, a commissioner for Pottawatomie county, was the first to respond to the comments, saying traveling and meeting with different groups and people that play a role in government are essential to being a commissioner. “Anyone in…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas researcher is charged with receiving illegal discounts and not paying sales taxes. The Kansas Attorney General’s office says 37-year-old Liuqi Gu, of Lawrence, was charged Thursday with four felonies and two misdemeanors. Prosecutors allege he claimed purchases he made from Thermo-Fisher Scientific were for the university so he could receive discounts. He also allegedly used confidential information from the university to avoid paying thousands of dollars in sales taxes.