Manhattan

• Riley County is partnering with a new Kansas State University lab to provide $62 well water testing for short-term rental operators. →
• Riley County commissioners voiced frustration over the ongoing rebuild of two Highway 24 roundabouts damaged by oversized loads. →
• Manhattan officials and USD 383 opened new tennis courts at CiCo Park, funded partly by a Quality of Life Sales Tax. →
• The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education approved a $174,690 purchase of new security cameras and software. →
• Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 scheduled a Sept. 30 board retreat to review behavioral policies following concerns on discipline. →
• Manhattan will use passenger facility charges instead of general tax funds to cover its $750,000 share of an airport taxiway project. →
• Expect a slight chance of early morning showers and thunderstorms, followed by partly sunny skies and a high near 84°F.

🌾 Kansas

• Residents raised conflict-of-interest concerns at a Sept. 9 meeting over Go Topeka's land ownership ties and its chairman's role at a firm assisting the proposed Compass Datacenters campus. →

• Kansas communities including McPherson County, which adopted a permanent zoning ban Aug. 31, are writing battery storage rules before developers submit projects, while Emporia voters will decide a proposed ban Nov. 3. →

• Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland announced a $500,000 pilot program Sept. 9 to fund a rapid makeover of one downtown block, with applications open Sept. 11-30. →

• Kansas wheat farmers face higher prices, with cash quotes near $9.42 a bushel Sept. 1, but dry soil conditions threaten fall planting as 66% of the state's topsoil was rated short or very short of moisture Aug. 30. →

• The National Weather Service in Wichita said Sept. 4 that a very strong El Niño could bring wetter conditions to Kansas from fall through spring 2027. →

🇺🇸 US

• President Trump promised $5,000 "Trump Dividend" payments to every American adult if Republicans retain the House and Senate in the Nov. 3 elections, offering no funding plan or distribution timetable. →

• Democratic Sen. John Fetterman appeared by prerecorded video at the RNC's midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, introducing GOP Sen. Dave McCormick while affirming he will continue caucusing with Senate Democrats. →

• Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first folding iPhone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, during his debut product keynote since succeeding Tim Cook. →

• Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said long-range drones struck two gas condensate plants in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region roughly 1,900 miles away, marking Kyiv's deepest strike inside Russia since 2022 if confirmed. →

• Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted two American warships and eight oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the U.S. destruction of five Iranian oil tankers, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel for the first time since May. →

Weather

SEPTEMBER 10, 1897: FIRST DRUNK DRIVING ARREST

On this day in London, 25-year-old taxi driver George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after crashing his electric cab into a building. His case set an early legal precedent by applying existing laws about being drunk in charge of a carriage to the new world of motor vehicles.

This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our AI policy.