A teacher at Eisenhower Middle School was certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in 2018. Julie Disbrow teaches 7th and 8th grade English and earned her certification in English Language Arts and Early Adolescence. Starting the process in 2014, she had to complete four extensive components in five years to be awarded certification. “I chose to go through the NBCT process for a variety of reasons. I am naturally curious and enjoy looking for ways to create better lessons, improve my teaching, and engage students.” Disbrow joins 3,900 teachers around the country who received national certification last…
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TOPEKA — Authorities have found a missing 70-year-old man dead with his dog at his side after his pickup truck became stuck in the mud in rural Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Dannie Smith, of Topeka, hadn’t been seen for five days when his body was found Wednesday afternoon on a low-maintenance road in Jackson County, near the Shawnee County line. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says Smith was known to drive to the reservation in Jackson County to purchase cigarettes. Morse said Smith was reported missing Sunday because he hadn’t been seen since Friday. An autopsy is planned.…
GOODLAND — A 21-year-old man is jailed in the shooting death of a mixed martial arts fighter in western Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that Jesus Soto was being held in Sherman County on an unrelated charge when an involuntary manslaughter arrest warrant was served. The warrant stems from the Dec. 20 death of 21-year-old Zachary Chavez in a rural part of the county. The KBI says the men were friends. Online jail records also list an attempted criminal damage to property charge, as well as a probation violation. The prosecutor didn’t immediately return…
WICHITA — McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita could receive its first KC-46 air refueling tanker later this month. Boeing announced on Thursday that the Air Force has accepted the aircraft and signed the paperwork allowing deliveries to proceed. The tanker uses the Boeing 767 passenger airplane as its airframe. The company says McConnell will receive the first four aircraft, all of which are ready for delivery. The next four aircraft are slated for Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The long-awaited tankers replace KC-135 air refueling tankers used by McConnell’s two air refueling wings, the 22nd and 931st Air…
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly has picked an industry group’s leader to be the state’s top agriculture official and a former longtime budget director to be interim secretary of administration. The incoming Democratic governor announced Thursday that she plans to nominate Mike Beam to head the Department of Agriculture. Beam has worked 38 years for the Kansas Livestock Association and is its senior vice president. Beam’s appointment requires state Senate confirmation because Kelly intends for it to be permanent. Kelly’s interim secretary of administration is Duane Goossen. He advised her campaign. Goossen is a former Kansas House member who…
Officers filed a report for attempted aggravated burglary, attempted aggravated robbery and criminal damage to property in the 4000 block of Spook Rock Way in Manhattan on January 9, 2019 at approximately 7:00 PM. Officers listed The Links at Manhattan, Deshaun Durham, 18, and Jesup McClelland, 18, both of Manhattan as the victims when it was reported two unknown male suspects damaged the door while entering the residence without permission. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $500.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service…
Manhattan City administrators and elected officials met with state representatives from the local area on Wednesday to discuss the city’s legislative priorities for the 2019 legislative session. Mayor Mike Dodson and City Manager Ron Fehr along with other officials met with Representatives Sydney Carlin, Susie Swanson and Senator Tom Hawk in City Hall. Fehr presented the city’s list of issues they hope can be addressed at the state level. Those included repealing the property tax lid — or amending the law to add exemptions for local employee benefit funds — following through with the Comprehensive State Transportation Plan and the…
Thursday’s show featured Fort Riley and UFM Community Learning Center. Segment 1 – Capt. Joshua Goetting, Fort Riley Legal Assistance Office to discuss the opening of the Tax Assistance Center at Fort Riley Jan. 23. Segment 2 – Kelly Castiano, Career Skills Program Coordinator and Master Sgt. Jason Snell spoke about the Career Skills Programs and Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program at Fort Riley. Segment 3 – Kayla Savage with UFM Community Learning Center highlighted the spring non-credit course catalog. Segment 4 – Linda Teener with UFM Community Learning Center spoke about the Manhattan Community Gardens and an upcoming…
Agricultural workers from around the state of Kansas gathered at the Kansas Department of Agriculture for a public hearing for the proposed industrial hemp regulations. KDA Hearing Officer Kelly Navinsky-Wenzl started the meeting with summing up the proposed regulations for the Industrial Hemp Research Program. She then opened the floor up to the public to make any comments on the regulations they had issues with. One of the members of the public was Rick Gash who was a representative of the Hemp Development Group. He said he had issue with the costs associated with licensing. According to the regulations, licensees will…
Transient Guest Tax The tax that visitors to Manhattan pay for a hotel room is set to rise by half a percent. The Manhattan City Commission unanimously voted to raise the city’s transient guest tax from 7 to 7 point 5 percent at their meeting Tuesday. The city has been looking into an expansion of the Manhattan Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn that is now estimated will cost $3.5 million. The additional revenue from the increase in transient guest tax would be intended to help pay down the debt on that expansion, expected to bring in an extra $130,000 per…