TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A top Kansas education official says results of the 2016 state assessment tests were essentially flat, but he expects to see improvements in the future. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Education Commissioner Randy Watson reported on the results to members of the Kansas State Board of Education on Wednesday. Those numbers show that 41.33 percent of Kansas students in third through 10th grades met or exceeded grade-level reading expectations in the spring, down from 42.02 percent in 2015. The data also show that 34.44 percent of those students met grade-level math expectations for college and career readiness, up…
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Today’s guests for In Focus were Wamego’s USD 320 Superintendent Tim Winter, Rock Creek’s USD 323 Superintendent Kevin Logan, and Executive Director of the Chapman Center for Rural Studies Bonnie Lynn Sherow. Winter and Logan: Sherow:
A 23-year-old Ogden man was arrested yesterday afternoon. Police in Riley County arrested Kody Nations on the offense of probation violation, which was listed on a warrant. The warrant had an original offense of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Bond was set at five-thousand dollars. Two individuals were arrested yesterday on the offenses of failure to appear. 33-year-old Sarah Burns of Wamego and 34-year-old Carmen Johnson of Manhattan were arrested while at the Riley County Police Department. Burns’ offense was listed on a warrant from Allen County, while Johnson’s offense was listed on a warrant from Jackson County, Missouri. Both…
By JULIE PACE and ROBERT FURLOW WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House. His triumph over Hillary Clinton, not declared until well after midnight, will end eight years of Democratic dominance of the White House and threatens to undo major achievements of President Barack Obama. Trump has pledged to act quickly to repeal Obama’s landmark health care law,…
U.S. President/U.S. Vice President–Riley County results Pottawatomie County State Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 8,892 2,191 377,055 Democratic Party Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence 9,817 7,451 610,322 Republican Party Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 1,380 …
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District has announced a project to replace the spillway bridge deck over the dam’s emergency spillway at the east end of Tuttle Creek Dam, according to a press release. The project, scheduled to begin in the late winter or early spring of 2017, is estimated to last 6-12 months, will result in the closure of Highway K-13 over the dam, and will affect right turns out of the east Riverpond State Park entrance onto Highway K-13. “Detour plans are in place with the Kansas Department of Transportation for the closure of the…
Police filed a report for and are now investigating an alleged rape which is reported to have occurred on Tuesday night at approximately 9:00 PM at Anneberg Park in Manhattan. Police listed the victim in this investigation as a 19-year-old female. Officers are currently investigating this incident that involved two male suspects who are known to the victim and traveled to the park with her. Due to the nature of this investigation, no further victim information has been released. Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested 47-year-old Thomas Farrell of St. Marys while at the Riley County Police Department on Monday…
Today’s guest is Robert Boyd of the Riley County Commission.
According to Pottawatomie County election official Nancy McCarter, turnouts in Pottawatomie County have been large throughout the early hours of voting. As of 9:45 a.m. approximately 2,100 votes have already been cast across all polling locations in the county. This comes in addition to a record number of advance voters. As of Friday, McCarter reported 1,946 advanced or walk-in ballots cast in Pottawatomie County, a number that likely grew larger before election day. That number is nearly three times the amount of advance ballots cast before the 2012 election.
TOPEKA — Topeka’s police chief plans to resign at the start of next year to move into a full-time position with the Kansas National Guard. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Chief James Brown announced Monday that he would step down. His last day with the city will be Jan. 1, and he’ll start his full-time position with the Guard on Jan. 2. Brown has been police chief since October 2014. Since August 2015, he’s been the Guard’s command chief master sergeant, making him its senior enlisted leader. The job becomes full-time next year. Topeka Mayor Larry Wolgast praised Brown for having…