Following weeks of deliberation and a community input forum, USD 383 board members signed a resolution at Wednesday’s meeting which will end up on Governor Brownback’s desk in the coming weeks. Districts across the state have taken up pen and paper to make their voices heard as the legislature prepares once again to craft a new education […]
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Steven Sprawka, a veteran who resides in Pottawatomie County, came to the county commission meeting Monday, to fight his case in keeping a second driveway at his home. Sprawka recently graded a driveway to reach his backyard shed without receiving a permit first, a permit to which Sprawka says he was unaware of. Sprawka stated […]
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Detectives with the RCPD Special Investigations Unit in conjunction with the Junction City/Geary County Drug Operations Group arrested Randall Joseph Simonds, 33, yesterday. The Manhattan man was located in Junction City at the conclusion of a three-month drug investigation. Simonds was arrested and booked into the Riley County Jail on two offenses of Distribution of […]
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The Wamego City Commission heard updates on the Flint Hills Regional Council at Tuesday’s meeting. Council Director Gary Stith reminded the Commission that Commissioner Vic Enns has been the City’s representative to the FHRC board and Enns is retiring, so the City needs to come up with a replacement for him. Stith gave an overview of […]
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An accident on I-70 near Junction City has claimed the lives of at least two people Tuesday. A Kansas Highway Patrol official says a woman and a female child were killed in the wreck, while a male child required a medical flight from the scene. The Kansas Department of Transportation said a crash this morning on […]
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32 months is the sentence for Manhattan businessman and former Riley County assistant boys’ basketball coach and substitute teacher Zachary Burton. As previously announced by KMAN, Burton entered a guilty plea to unlawful sexual relations with a female high school student in late September. Following emotional testimony from both the victim and Burton himself, Riley County […]
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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education meeting addressed all the components associated with the approval of the bond election. At Monday’s meeting, Board President Rob Adams called on Dr. Mary Kaye Siebert, who thanked everyone on behalf of Superintendent Tim Winter, who was not present, for their assistance in the positive outcome of the bond […]
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K-State may have a new president Tuesday. The Kansas Board of Regents announced a meeting on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Forum Hall inside the K-State Student Union. In a press release sent to KMAN, the board says it is the intention of the meeting to vote for the approval of a new president for […]
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Riley County commissioners officially approved Tuesday’s general election results Monday morning. County Clerk Rich Vargo led the general election canvass and processed 530 provisional ballots. There were 613 provisional ballots that were not accepted for the canvass and 120 provisional ballots that were partially accepted. Vargo told KMAN 612 rejected ballots were flagged because those voters were […]
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Emergency crews assisted a medical helicopter in landing in the area of the intersection of 4th Street and Bluemont Ave. after a single vehicle collision. Police began investigating this collision on Saturday night. Officers found that a 2003 Chevy van, driven by 39-year-old Eldred Borg, of Alta Vista, collided with a tree after losing control […]
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