Author: KMAN Staff

Police arrested Cody Jones, 19, of Leonardville, Kansas on January 13, 2016 at approximately 12:15 PM on a warrant for the offenses of burglary, making false writing, and theft of property or services. He was given a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. No further information was readily available at the time of publication. The Riley County Police Department is investigating another trailer theft. This most recent report was filed on January 13, 2016 at approximately 8:00 AM and is said to have occurred the night prior. Missing…

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The state may not have crowned any billionaires after Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, but some residents of Northeast Kansas could still cash in. Three tickets worth $50,000.00 were sold in the region, with four more sold in other parts of the state. Two $1 million tickets were sold in the southwest and south-central portions of the state. There is no word on which cities the three $50,000.00 tickets were sold in, but if you bought one in the area you may not have to give up hope of being part of the historic drawing – just yet.

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The fourth and final USD 383 Superintendent has been named. Dr. Michael Simpson currently serves as the Superintendent of Schools for Guthrie Public Schools in Guthrie, Oklahoma and has been in that position since 2012. He has also served as an Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Ponca City Public Schools in Ponca City, Oklahoma (2008-2012). Prior to that, he was the Director of Athletics and Activities for Stillwater Public Schools in Stillwater, Oklahoma (2000-2008), American History teacher/basketball and golf coach for Blackwell High School in Blackwell, Oklahoma (1996-2000) and American History teacher/basketball coach for Apache High School in Apache, Oklahoma. Simpson received…

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Today’s guests on In Focus were: Rock Creek’s USD 323 Supt. Darrel Stufflebeam and Wamego’s USD 320 Supt. Denise O’Dea Lynda Bachelor, Project Coordinator for the Staley School of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University; Zev Allen with Hands on Ks. St.; Preston Booth of Bergman Elem. Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan on State of the State address

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He’s coming back for more. Pottawatomie County Commissioner Pat Weixelman says he’s running for re-election. Weixelman says that he thinks experience has helped to prepare him for a second term as a county commissioner. The commissioner says that at heart he’s just an “old concrete guy” but that he’d be honored to serve the people of Pottawatomie county for another four years, citing “wisdom” and getting his “feet wet” as qualifiers.

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A Manhattan man has filed for election to the Riley County Commission. Marvin Rodriguez filed Wednesday with the Riley County Clerk’s office. Rodriguez is trying for the second district position, currently held by Robert Boyd. Rodriguez has listed his party as Republican. Rodriguez grew up in Junction City and graduated from Kansas State University in the class of 1966. Rodriguez tells KMAN he decided to run for County Commission to fulfill his goal of getting more involved in the community. Rodriguez says he would like to see more local government transparency in order to help strengthen voter’s trust in local leaders.

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