Hour 1-K-State makes their new assistant official 0:00 – Jermaine Henderson promoted 11:48 – Would this have been different two years ago? 21:03 – Gene’s expectation/Tag Team Promo 32:07 – Polls and Nike on the jersey Hour 2 0:00 – Jermaine Henderson isn’t a bad move 11:12 – YCBS
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A Junction City woman will have to repay thousands of dollars obtained through Medicaid fraud. 50-year-old Terry Sherrick pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 15, to three charges in Pottawatomie County District Court — making a false claim to the Medicaid program, unlawful acts concerning computers as well as theft. She has been ordered to repay more than $3,800 to Kansas’ Medicaid program. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office says Sherrick repeatedly claimed her personal care attendant was providing home-based services when she was clocked in and working for other employers. They say she would report the expense on the Medicaid electronic…
Friday’s guests included Green Apple Bikes Program Director Jonathan Rivers discussing the nonprofit organization’s new Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH). Riley County Seniors Service Center’s Program Coordinator Melissa Colby discussed May and June events happening at the Senior Center. Greg McClure from the K-State/Riley County Extension Office also joined us to discuss wheat plot tour on May 30, a tractor safety course May 28 & 29, and other general farming concerns.
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a tax relief plan from the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature for the second time in two months. Kelly’s action Friday is likely to lead to an effort by GOP lawmakers to override her veto on May 29, their last day in session this year. She said the measure would “decimate” the state budget. The bill was designed to provide relief to individuals and businesses that have been paying more in state income taxes because of changes in federal tax laws at the end of 2017. It would save taxpayers roughly $90 million during…
TOPEKA — Abused and neglected children are again sleeping overnight in the offices of Kansas foster care contractors because homes cannot be found for them quickly enough. According to the Department for Children and Families, more than 70 children have been kept overnight in the offices of the two nonprofit agencies providing foster care services beginning in January. That’s when Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly took office. Her Republican predecessor’s administration kept children from sleeping in offices during its final months. The state agency provided statistics in response to questions from The Associated Press after it received a tip that the…
WICHITA — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled its lawsuit against a Kansas school district that paid a female principal less than it paid the man she had replaced and less than the man who succeeded her. A consent decree filed Thursday in federal court requires the Unified School District 245 Leroy-Gridley in Coffey County to implement policies prohibiting pay inequity. It requires it to collect wage data by sex for all employees and report it each year to the commission until 2012. The lawsuit stems from the commission’s lawsuit last year alleging the school district violated the…
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration is canceling two no-bid contracts valued at more than $110 million that were negotiated by Kansas Revenue Department officials from previous administrations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the 10-year contracts with CGI Technologies were awarded to overhaul and outsource its information technology systems. The state has paid $28 million to CGI under the agreements reached while Republicans Sam Brownback and Jeff Colyer were governor. Revenue Secretary Mark Burghart said CGI didn’t adequately perform its contractual obligations. Kelly said the no-bid contract process produced agreements that weren’t in the state’s best interests. She said the bidding…
HAYS — A Hays man who spent his mother’s money on himself while serving as her power of attorney has agreed to pay nearly $40,000 in restitution to her estate. The Kansas attorney general’s office said in a news release that 43-year-old Matthew Hayes pleaded no contest Wednesday to a felony count of mistreatment of an elder person. He agreed to pay the restitution as part of his plea. The release says that Hayes used her money for his “personal benefit” from December 2016 through September 2018. His sentencing hasn’t been scheduled.
Officers filed a report for sexual battery in Manhattan on May 16, 2019. Officers listed an 18-year-old female and an unknown male as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for theft in the 800 block of Moro St. in Manhattan on May 16, 2019 at approximately 10:40 PM. Officers listed Jason Hatchett Jr., 24, of Manhattan as the victim when he reported a known male suspect took his Honda Civic. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $700.00. Officers filed a report for…
TOPEKA — Kansas State University this week announced it is seeking a 3.1 percent increase to tuition next year for its Manhattan, Polytechnic, Global and Olathe campuses. K-State was among four Kansas major public universities seeking increases, despite a recent increase in state funding for higher education approved by the Legislature. (See a full PDF of the tuition increase proposals here). The university said in its proposal the tuition and fee increase would finance its increased operating costs for the next fiscal year. That includes the legislature’s mandatory 2.5 percent cost of living adjustment increase to employees in addition to…