Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education made a decision to move forward with a bond issue. At Monday’s meeting, Operations Director Larry Hannan went over the priority list of improvements needed in all the district’s schools. The Priority List included A (must have), B (need to have) and C (suggested), plus a F. F. and E (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment) list that accompanies the Priority List, with the addition of a Central Kitchen. The approximate total of the proposed bond issue will be about $10,000,000. The cost of the Central Kitchen is not included in the cost estimate. According to…
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TOPEKA — The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature has advanced a bill declaring that state Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to usurp the Legislature’s power. The Senate gave the measure first-round approval on a voice vote Monday. It’s the latest initiative from GOP conservatives in recent years putting Kansas at the center of a national effort to remake state courts. A final vote is expected Tuesday to determine whether the measure goes to the House. The state constitution says Supreme Court justices can be impeached for treason, bribery or “other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The bill outlines a list of misconduct…
Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Warrell Spiller, 22, of Manhattan while in the 200 block of Brooklawn Drive on March 21, 2016 at approximately 8:10 AM. Spiller was arrested on a warrant for the offense of probation violation. This warrant originated in Riley County and was for the original offense of criminal damage to property. He was given a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Clayton Smith, 37, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 1500 block of Campus Road on March 21, 2016 at…
A structure fire at a Manhattan duplex resulted in $45,000 in damage Monday afternoon. An accidental electrical problem is to blame. At 3:36 p.m. the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 520 Stone Pointe for a report of a blaze. While responding to the incident, MFD crews were notified by Riley County dispatch that Riley County Fire District #1 crews from Station 17 were in the area and that they would also be responding. Riley County crews arrived on the scene of the single story duplex and found a fire on the rear exterior of the structure and quickly knocked…
“Wildcat Insider” on KMAN breaks down the K-State sports weekend. The K-State women’s basketball team had their season come to an end in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament with a loss to top seed South Carolina on Sunday night. The K-State baseball team was swept at home by a non conference opponent for the first time since 1993 as Western Carolina was dominate over the Bat Cats. A look ahead to the weekly K-State sports schedule plus plenty of talk about the wild NCAA men’s tournament which is down to the Sweet 16. All that and much more…
It won’t be long before Riley County commissioners formulate the 2017 budget. Riley County Budget and Finance Officer Johnette Shepek unveiled the 2017 budget calendar during Monday morning’s commission meeting. “Just so that the public knows, the 2017 budget calendar can be found on the county’s website,” she said. “Right now, we’re developing the 2017 personnel budgets for all the departments in Riley County. “So we’re busy collecting information and crunching the numbers.” Highlights of the calendar include a discussion of baseline estimates with the commissioners on April 4 and the commission should expect total appraised values in the county…
“Whack a mole” was a term used by Riley County Law Board Chair Robert Boyd when describing this year’s Fake Patty’s Day in Aggieville, which even though it’s been more than two weeks continued to dominate discussion at a governmental meeting. Riley County Police Captain Josh Kyle told the board an after action review indicated in general the current way of dealing with the event is working well–but admitted some adjustments need to be made. Kyle added tweaking could include more officers on the street after three a.m.and a closer look at drug activities. He and RCPD Director Brad Schoen also addressed…
TOPEKA — The seven justices of the Kansas Supreme Court are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the lawsuit is connected to the 2013 decision to indefinitely suspend Kline’s law license over an investigation he led into abortion clinics. Kline’s attorneys argue that the court lacked the four justices necessary to make the decision. That’s because five of the court’s seven justices recused themselves, partially at Kline’s request. The case then was heard by two Supreme Court justices and five other Kansas judges from lower courts. At issue…
TOPEKA — A lawyer hired by the Kansas Legislature is questioning its staff as he attempts to compile evidence for an ongoing lawsuit over school funding. Attorney Toby Crouse interviewed legislative researchers and bill-drafting attorneys during an unusual meeting Monday of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The committee’s members were present, and the meeting was open to the public. A court reporter was compiling a transcript of the meeting. Four school districts have pursued a lawsuit against the state over education funding since 2010. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled last month that the state is shorting poor school districts on their aid…
A Manhattan man was sentenced for three counts that will include prison time. Ryan Routson, 33, was sentenced for an aggravated battery charge, vehicular homicide and drug charges by Judge David Stutzman in the Riley County District Courthouse Monday morning. Routson will face 24 months of probation for aggravated battery and 12 months in the Riley County Jail, starting immediately, for vehicular homicide. He was also sentenced to 12 months in county jail for the drug charges, with are concurrent. Routson failed to observe a stop sign at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Tuttle Terrace in May of…