Global leaders are calling for a de-escalation in tensions after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet. Turkish authorities say the warplane entered their airspace, but Russia is disputing that claim, saying the incident was a “stab in the back.”
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Local school districts stacked up well in the latest school district rankings by the website Niche.com for 2015. The website, which analyzes school districts and colleges across the country, listed Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 as the fourth-best in the state, while the Rock Creek school district was picked 10th and Wamego came in at No. 15. Randolph-Blue Valley was 25th. One local school district wasn’t so favored, though. Riley County USD 378 — the smallest of the bunch with just two schools — was ranked 244th in the state. The website’s rankings methodology factored the strength of academics, quality of teachers, school resources,…
The Little Apple has always been known for its Wildcats. But now, Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo has announced there will be a few more big cats in town for the public to visit. Beginning Dec. 12, community members will once again see tigers on exhibit at the zoo, according to a press release from Sunset Zoo assistant director Ella Casey. In November, a pair of 8-year-old Malayan tigers, Malik and Hakim, arrived at Sunset Zoo from fellow Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited institution, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens. The brothers are currently behind-the-scenes as they complete the standard quarantine process. “To…
A Manhattan man was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department Monday. Erick Washington, 28, was arrested at 10 a.m. on two warrants for probation violation with original offenses of aggravated assault and aggravated escape from custody. He was given a bond of $25,000 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Police arrested Herschel Harrison, 32, of Manhattan, for probation violation on Monday while in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza. This arrest took place at approximately 5 p.m. and was given a bond of $10,000. The arrest was for was for…
LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth County Historical Society has launched a $1 million campaign to retrieve glass-plate photo negatives taken more than century ago during Leavenworth’s pioneer days. The 40,000 photo negatives, some of which show steamboats and cavalry soldiers, were obtained in 1968 by David Phillips, a Chicago man who got them from a Leavenworth photographer. The Kansas City Star reports that the Leavenworth County Historical Society now wants the photo negatives back. So far, the historical society has recovered 25,000 of the glass plate negatives that Phillips sold to a California museum. The historical society says the million dollars would be…
Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee and Public Works Director Peter Clark Dee McKee and Peter Clark continued Huston Gibson, Asst. Prof. Landscape Architecture, and Elissa Mullinix, K-State Global Campus Program Coordinator on Masters’ in Community Development Mike Tomat and Blake Kaus with Christmas Auction hosted by Guardian Angels
LAWRENCE — The superintendent of Lawrence public schools has announced his resignation. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Rick Doll, Lawrence’s superintendent of public schools since 2009, announced his resignation Monday. Doll, who served as Rock Creek USD 323’s superintendent several years ago, says he’s resigning to take a job as an associate professor and executive director of the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute at Kansas State University. His resignation is effective June 30, 2016, the end of the current school year. The Lawrence school board is expected to begin the process of replacing Doll immediately.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)– Breanna Stewart scored 25 points and top-ranked UConn routed Kansas State 97-57 on Monday night, the 30th anniversary of Geno Auriemma’s first game as head coach of the Huskies. Gabby Williams added 16 points and 12 rebounds, helping give Auriemma his 919th win. Stewart became the ninth player in school history to reach 2,000 points with a 3-pointer from the right corner in the third quarter. She now has 2,009 for her career, moving past Renee Montgomery (1,990) and Bria Hartley (1,994). Kaylee Page and Kindred Wesemann each had 11 to lead Kansas State (3-1). UConn, which…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State thought its toughest test of the young basketball season would come against Missouri on Monday night in Kansas City. The Wildcats are still waiting for that test. In unexpectedly lopsided fashion, K-State routed its former Big 12 rival 66-42 at Sprint Center to reach the CBE Classic championship game. “We really did a nice job on defense,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “I was worried about their quickness, but our guys played with a lot of pride and made things tough on them all night.” Freshman Dean Wade continued the excellent start to his…
Two men were charged Monday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor’s pregnant wife during an apparent break in of their Indianapolis home.