On this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes visits with Riley County Schools USD 378 High School Principal Harold Oliver and Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton; along with Manhattan Public Library’s Danielle Schapaugh, Roger Brannon, and Elaine Shannon.
Author: KMAN Staff
Buckle up your seat belt, stow your tray table, and sit back and enjoy the tale of a Paris architect who’s juggling engagements to three different flight attendants. He’s getting help from his maid and a friend who’s visiting from America, until a dose of bad weather and a faster airplane bring all three ladies to Paris at the same time. “Boeing Boeing” is the best-known work of playwrite Marc Camoletti, and will be performed at the Manhattan Arts Center the next two weekends, with opening night set for this Friday, February 26. The cast features Dave Walsh, Paul Knackendoffel,…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Frank Cooper Jr., 43, of Junction City, Kansas on February 23, 2016 at approximately 10:45 PM. Cooper was at the Riley County Police Department when arrested on a warrant for probation violation (original offense listed as attempted violation of a protection order) as well as a warrant for motion for hearing on violations of bond with the original offense of domestic battery. He was confined at the time of this report on a bond of $10,000.00.
City revenue funds and projections saw a review, Tuesday night. The items were given a closer look, as Manhattan City Commissioners prepare to deal with a potential tax lid. Under a recently passed state law, city and county governments need to hold a public vote if they want to raise spending by more than an adjusted Consumer Price Index rate. Commissioners dedicated their bi-weekly work session to discussing their options and gaining a better understanding of the measure. If voters choose not to approve increases, property tax rates will have to be cut on the city and county level. Commissioner…
A Wamego woman was injured in a Shawnee County accident Tuesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Genevieve Cancelada, 19, was driving a 2013 Honda CRV eastbound on highway 24 at 54th Street when she drove off the edge of the roadway and over-corrected the vehicle, which then rolled in the south ditch. Cancelada was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was wearing a seatbelt. The accident was reported at 8:48 a.m. Tuesday.
The Riley County USD 378 Board of Education has announced that Cliff Williams has been selected as the district’s new Superintendent. Williams will replace Interim Superintendent Nancy Meyer who will be leaving on June 30, 2016. The board held a special meeting Tuesday night and approved the hiring of Williams by a 6-0 vote. Williams currently serves as the Superintendent of Schools in the Burlington School District USD 244. He has been the Superintendent since 2009 as well as Curriculum Director, Instruction and School Improvement Director, Federal Programs Coordinator, and Virtual Program Facilitator. Williams states, “My family and I…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department and emergency medical personnel responded to 930 Poyntz Avenue at the First Lutheran Church in Manhattan Tuesday at approximately 5:20 PM for a report of a serious injury collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian. The collision occurred in a private parking lot when a 93-year-old female pedestrian fell to the ground and was struck by the front tire of a 2010 Cadillac SRX driven by a 34-year-old female. Ruby Johnson, 93, of Manhattan succumbed to the injuries she sustained as a result of this collision and was pronounced deceased at Via Christi…
TOPEKA — Microbreweries in Kansas could start producing hard cider and would be allowed to brew more beer than they can now under bills approved by the state Senate. Senators approved two measures Tuesday on 40-0 votes, sending them to the House. Both bills are designed to keep the state’s microbrewery industry growing. One measure would allow a microbrewery to produce up to 60,000 barrels of beer a year, double the current limit. The other bill would allow a microbrewery to produce hard cider from apples or pears that is less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume. State law current…
TOPEKA — Kansas senators have voted to overhaul the juvenile justice system by offering community-based programs instead of jail for low-risk juvenile offenders. The measure will close group homes for juvenile offenders in July 2018. Youth who violate probation will be referred to community-based programs that allow them to stay in homes with their families. The Senate voted 38-2 in favor of the bill Tuesday, sending it to the House for further consideration. Republican Sen. Greg Smith, of Overland Park, says the $75.6 million in savings over five years will be redirected to community-based programs such as anger management and…
TOPEKA — Kansas would increase its vehicle registration fees to help its Highway Patrol put more troopers on the state’s highways under a bill the state Senate approved. The Senate on Tuesday voted 24-14 for a measure that boosts the fee for each vehicle’s registration by $3.25. The measure goes next to the House. Of the increase, $2 will go to the patrol and $1.25 to the state’s center in Hutchinson for training law enforcement officers. The measure would allow the patrol to hire an additional 75 troopers. Thirty-five of the state’s 105 counties have no assigned trooper, and the…