The 1st Combat Aviation Brigade in Fort Riley will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday at 10 a.m. for the newly completed Gray Eagle hangar. The state-of-the-art facility houses the unmanned aircraft operated by the “Phoenix” company, a virtual training simulator and the Ground Control Station where operators can control the Gray Eagles throughout the recently expanded air corridor between Fort Riley and the Smoky Hill gunnery complex near Salina. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will feature remarks from Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., 1st Inf. Div. and Fort Riley commanding general, and Col. John Cyrulik, commander of the 1st CAB. Following the ceremony, guests will have the opportunity to take…
Author: KMAN Staff
Wamego High School Principal Tim Winter is one of four final candidates for Wamego’s USD 320 Superintendent position. USD 320 authorities announced Winter as a candidate Tuesday. Winter has been principal at Wamego High School for 6 years. Prior to that he served as a principal at Blue Valley High/Middle School in USD 384. A Candidate Meet & Greet was rescheduled to 5:00-6:00 p.m. Monday in the library at Wamego High School. Current Superintendent Denise O’Dea resigned her position last month–and will be taking over as Superintendent of Washington County Schools’ USD 108. Day’s resignation is effective June 30th. She has served nearly five…
The Kansas Department of Transportation is hosting a public open house to review recommendations for the improvement of the K-99 corridor from I-70 north to the Kansas River Bridge in Wamego in Wabaunsee County on Tuesday, May 3rd. The public is invited to drop by the open house-style meeting anytime between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. that evening at the Wamego Area Senior Citizens Center at 501 Ash Street in Wamego. KDOT and consultant staff will be on hand to answer questions about the project. There will be no formal presentations. The K-99 Corridor received strong regional support during KDOT’s local…
Manhattan High School has been named to The Washington Post’s America’s Most Challenging High School list for the eighth consecutive year. Only nine Kansas high schools made the High School Challenge List: Sumner Academy of Arts and Science index 3.471 Blue Valley index 2.638 Blue Valley North index 2.577 Blue Valley Southwest index 2.251 Shawnee Mission East index 2.167 Blue Valley West index 2.066 Blue Valley Northwest index 1.702 Manhattan index 1.636 Shawnee Mission South …
“Deja vu” is the way Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen describes the latest sales tax numbers released Tuesday. The April sales tax receipts indicate $838,056 collected in Manhattan, compared to $845,877 last year at this same time. However the April figures are still above the same time frame two years prior to that. $779,560 was collected in April of 2013 and $806,747 in 2014. The negative budget impact for the month is $17,887, and $81,576 less for the total budget so far this year.
WICHITA — A government report shows the Kansas winter wheat crop is maturing at a faster rate than usual. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 23 percent of the state’s wheat crop was already headed. That is ahead of the 15 percent that would be average for this time of year. It also rates wheat condition as 2 percent very poor, 9 percent poor and 36 percent fair. About 48 percent is rated as good and 5 percent as excellent. The agency also reported corn planting in the state is now at 43 percent, ahead of the 27 percent which…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Officials have removed aircraft from a Kansas military base to prevent them from being damaged during expected heavy storms. McConnell Air Force Base spokesman Colby Hardin says the aircraft are being sent to Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, and Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, is forecasting severe storms with the possibility of tornadoes and large hail Tuesday, including in the Wichita area. McConnell is about 9 mile southeast of Wichita. The aircraft and support personnel will return when conditions are safe. The air base is open…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes is joined by Pottawatomie County Public Works Director, Peter Clark. In addition, Jared Tremblay stops by to discuss Bike Month activities in Manhattan.
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Susan Rodriguez, 26, of Manhattan on April 25, 2016 at approximately 5:55 PM. Rodriguez was arrested while in the 1400 block of Houston Street on the offense of failure to appear listed on a warrant that originated in Geary County, Kansas. This warrant had a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report she was confined at the Riley County Jail.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Albert Pujols hit two homers and Mike Trout added another, powering the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Garrett Richards (1-3) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning of his first win of the season, while the Angels’ struggling offense awoke with a three-run first inning followed by homers from its two biggest stars. Pujols connected on solo shots in the third and fifth innings against Ian Kennedy (2-2). The homers were the 564th and 565th of Pujols’ career, moving him out of a tie with Reggie Jackson…