Mindy Sanders has been named the principal of Lee Elementary School. Sanders currently serves as the Assistant Principal at Frank V. Bergman Elementary School in Manhattan, KS and as a Clinical Instructor for USD 383 in conjunction with Kansas State University. She has served Bergman Elementary School in that capacity since 2010. Prior to that, she was a Math Enrichment teacher and a 4th grade teacher at Bergman and a 1st grade teacher at Sunset Elementary School in Salina, KS. She has a B.A. in Education from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, KS, She also holds a M.A. in Education…
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The Manhattan High boys basketball team overcame a final-minute deficit to beat Washburn Rural Friday night, 47-45, and clinch the Indians’ first trip to the 6A state tournament since 2008. Trevor Hudgins hit two free throws to give MHS a one-point lead with 12.5 seconds left after the Junior Blues had led for most of the game. A defensive stand and a free throw by Ian Trapp made it a two-point game, and Rural’s shot to tie at the buzzer missed. MHS (17-4) beat rival Junction City in the first round of Sub State on Wednesday, its third win this…
LENEXA — A modern day cattle roundup shut down traffic ramps on a busy section of Kansas highways in Johnson County. The Kansas Department of Transportation closed ramps about noon Friday near Kansas 10 and Interstate 435 after an semi-trailer truck overturned on the westbound Interstate 35 lanes to Kansas 10, releasing dozens of cows. At one point, between 55 and 60 cows were running loose. Several law enforcement agencies were involved in the roundup. The transportation department was warning motorists to avoid the area while law enforcement herds the loose cattle. The ramps were expected to be closed for several…
Today’s guests on In Focus included State Representative Ron Highland of Wabaunsee County, Riley County Extension Director Jennifer Wilson, and Riley County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison along with Fort Riley Emergency Management Coordinator Chris Hallenbeck, Highland: Wilson: Harrison and Hallenbeck:
Riley County Police Officers filed a report for aggravated arson and domestic battery in the southwest part of Manhattan yesterday when a 39 year old male reported that a 36 year old female known to him set his bed on fire and struck him with a cell phone. Due to the nature of the allegations made, no additional information was released. Catrina Profit, 23, of Wichita, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday evening. Profit was arrested on a Manhattan Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear. Profit’s bond was set at $6,000.00, causing her to remain confined…
One of the Riley County Police Department’s K9s Kato officially retired Thursday. Festivities included the presentation of a dog bone to the retiring K9 and recognition with plaques presented to Kato and his handler Officer Jared Hayes.
Kansas State University President Richard Myers announced late Thursday afternoon the formation of an eight-member search committee comprised of faculty, students, alumni and athletics representatives that will assist him in selecting the university’s next director of athletics. Myers appointed K-State Alumni Association President and CEO Amy Button Renz to chair the committee. Former athletic director John Currie told K-State Tuesday he will be leaving for the same job at the University of Tennessee. His first day there will be on April 1. The committee will begin work immediately on a national search and offer its recommendations to Myers later this spring.…
UPDATED: Thursday, 5:16 p.m. Fire investigators have ruled a massive blaze that engulfed The Dusty Bookshelf during the early morning hours Thursday in Manhattan’s Aggieville business district accidental. Self-heating of floor finishing materials was blamed for the fire in an investigation conducted by the Manhattan Fire Department, Riley County Police Department, Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Investigators said the total loss for the building, including surrounding structures, is estimated to be $822,000. The Dusty Bookshelf building accounts for $550,000 of that total, along with $123,000 for the contents. The damage estimate for…
The Kansas Supreme Court has ordered the state to increase its spending on public schools, but it didn’t say by how much. The court ruled Thursday that legislators must enact a new education funding law by the end of June. The decision comes with the state already facing projected budget shortfalls totaling more than $1 billion through June 2019. Lawmakers are considering rolling back steep income tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The justices ruled in a lawsuit filed by four school districts in 2010. They argued that legislators were violating the state constitution by failing to finance…
A piece of Aggieville history went up in smoke during Thursday morning’s blaze. The Dusty Bookshelf had served Manhattan residents with affordable books for 25 years, but the history of the building dates back as far as 1908 when the building first became a staple in Manhattan’s premiere bar district. In 1899, a group of students at Kansas State Agricultural College founded the Students Cooperative Association, said Linda Glasgow, an archivist at Riley County Historical Museum. By 1908, the students settled into the iconic building on the corner of Moro street and North Manhattan avenue. “They were looking for a way…