Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education has selected a new superintendent. At Monday’s meeting, Board member Amy Schwein opened by offering a contract to Wamego High School Principal Tim Winter in the amount of $102,500. The offering and approval of the contract was approved by a vote of 7 to 0. In other business, the Board recognized teachers Rachel Buessing , Angela Dau, Philip Kline and Molly Townsend for their acceptance into the KSU Leadership Academy. According to Dr. Mary Kaye Siebert, the Leadership Academy is a 2-year program where the individuals will be part of Topeka USD 501 and…
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*Courtesy of K-State sports information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following an impressive tryout at rookie minicamp over the weekend, former Kansas State defensive tackle Travis Britz signed a free agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the organization announced on Monday. K-State now has five players who were on last year’s roster move on to the NFL as Cody Whitehair was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears in addition to Morgan Burns (Tennessee Titans), Glenn Gronkowski (Buffalo Bills) and Boston Stiverson (Dallas Cowboys) signing free agent contracts last week. A native of Harrisonville,…
*Courtesy of K-State sports information* MANHATTAN, Kan. – After tossing a complete-game victory at Oklahoma last Friday, K-State’s Parker Rigler was named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week for the period ending May 8, the conference office announced. Rigler shared the honor with Steven Gingery of Texas Tech. A native of Edmond, Oklahoma, Rigler led the Wildcats’ to a series-opening 9-3 win over the Sooners in Norman by throwing his first career complete game and first by a Wildcat this season. The southpaw surrendered lone runs in the first, second and third innings but allowed just one hit after the…
The Royals continue to struggle as Kansas City began a four game series in New York against the Yankees on Monday night with a 6-3 loss. Royals starter Chris Young suffered the loss after he gave up five solo home runs in the first three innings. Former Royal Carlos Beltran hit two of the five home runs for the Yankees. The Royals have lost 10 of their last 13 games. Since an 8-2 start, Kansas City is 7-14 since and are currently 15-16 overall. The Yankees improved to 12-18 overall. Game two tonight with Kris Medlan (1-3, 6.85 ERA) makeing…
“The Game” on KMAN breaks down a busy sports weekend. K-State baseball drops two out of three in Norman against Oklahoma. The Royals continue to struggle as they lose their fourth straight series dropping two out of three against the Indians in Cleveland. The Chiefs hold their rookie minicamp over the weekend with plenty of storylines. The weekend headlines, K-State A.D. John Currie and “You can’t be serious” all on “The Game” on KMAN. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1-Royals-continue-to-struggle.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2-Weekend-Headlines.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3-Tyreke-Hill-at-Chiefs-rookie-camp.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4-Big-12-expansion.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5-John-Currie.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6-Pitching-and-hitting-struggling-for-KC.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/7-More-Big-12-expansion-talk.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8-You-cant-be-serious-1.mp3
Riley County commissioners continued discussions Monday morning on negotiations with the City of Manhattan that could see the county’s emergency medical services potentially sharing space with the Manhattan Fire Department headquarters on Kimball and Denison. The county would like to move emergency medical services to the building with infrastructure improvements. The proposed 50-year lease agreement would require the county to make rent payments to the city for 15 years. The county would then be rent-free for the rest of the lease. The property is on the K-State campus and county counselor Clancy Holeman cautioned commissioners to consider a contingency plan in case…
Just last week KMAN reported on bid openings for a couple of subdivision infrastructure projects–and this week recommendations were approved by Pottawatomie County Commissioners. Commissioners unanimously said yes to bids on the Falling Leaf Unit Two and Whispering Meadows Unit 4 infrastructure projects. Larson Construction was awarded the bid for Falling Leaf’s sewer work for $345,380.70. J&K Contracting was selected for Whispering Meadow’s sewer, water, streets and storm water work, for $725,105,45. The group also indicated support for requests for proposals on the Wheaton and Olsburg Fire Stations. Proposals are due June 13th, but the commissioners suggested some tweaking of…
Riley County Police are looking for a Manhattan man after he failed to show up in Riley County Court, Monday afternoon. Richard Smith was set to be arraigned on felony gun charges when his attorney, Gary West told Judge Meryl Wilson “I have not a clue where he is.” West went on to say that Smith has had no trouble showing up for court in the past. It was believed that a plea deal in the case was near. Judge Wilson noted that the case has seen a series of continuances and issued a $15,000.00 bench warrant. Smith, a…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, police say one of the department’s detectives was shot and wounded near the Kansas Speedway by a suspect who later fled the scene. Police Chief Terry Ziegler says the shooting took place about 12:30 p.m. Monday. Ziegler says the detective later was in surgery, though his medical status was not immediately clear. It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting. The FBI and the Missouri State Highway Patrol say they are assisting in the investigation, though they deferred questions about the matter to Kansas City, Kansas, police. Messages left with a police spokesman…
On May 5 at approximately 9:19 p.m., officers and emergency crews responded to 517 Stone Drive in Manhattan for a report of an infant not breathing. After arriving, emergency crews confirmed the infant was not breathing and began resuscitation efforts. Unfortunately, the infant was later pronounced deceased at Via Christi Hospital. On May 7 at approximately 7 p.m. Andrew L. Gibson, 25, of 517 Stone Drive was placed under arrest for Murder in the 1st degree as well as abuse of a child related to the infant’s death on May 5. Gibson is currently being held at the Riley County…