Author: KMAN Staff

A Herington man was flown to a Salina Hospital Monday, after the car he was driving was struck by another vehicle. Geary County officers responded to the intersection of US77 and Old Highway 40 on Monday night, after Philip Major of Manhattan, turned from Old Highway 40 onto US77. Major struck Jeremy Purkepyle of Herington, as he traveled south along the road. Purkepyle was flown to Salina Regional Hospital with leg injuries.

Read More

Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education welcomed three new board members recently.  At Monday’s board meeting, Vice President Rob Adams opened the meeting with a welcome to the new Board members,  Ryan Hargitt, Bruce Coleman and Nicolette Zeigler.   Then it was down to business, electing the new Board President and Vice President.  Rob Adams was elected as the new Board President and Joe Steele (absent at this meeting) was elected to the position of Vice President. ### Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education is preparing for the 2015-16 school year.  At Monday’s board meeting , preparations began by adopting  a 1116-hour…

Read More

A single vehicle accident left a Texas man injured, on Monday night.  Eric Rivera, 36, was transported to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, after rolling his 2001 Ford Ranger on westbound I-70, near mile marker 318. The truck left the roadway causing Rivera to overcorrect and the vehicle to roll multiple times through the median and eastbound lanes, before coming to a stop in the south ditch. Rivera was not wearing a seatbelt.

Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for much of Kansas and Missouri as high temperatures mix with abundant moisture in the air create dangerous conditions. Heat advisories were in effect in both states until noon Monday, when they were being replaced in several counties by excessive heat warnings that expire at 9 p.m. The weather service says temperatures are expected to be in the mid to upper 90s, with heat indices soaring as high as 116 degrees because of the humidity. A swath of counties in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri was…

Read More

WESTMORELAND — Pottowatomie County Register of Deeds Betty Abitz reported to county commissioners Monday morning that deeds are up for June. Pottowatomie County had 123 deeds in June and 111 of those were for new sales. There were also 106 mortgages, with eight of those valued at $300,000 and above. Nine were non-taxed. Commission chairman Pat Weixelman said the numbers showed the region’s growth, but did say keeping up with that growth is a challenge. “It’s steady growing and along with that, it brings more problems and situations where we have to allow for that growth,” he said. “It’s a…

Read More

A Geary County District Court case has been affirmed by the Kansas Court of Appeals. The Darryl Manco v. State of Kansas case involves an indecent liberties and aggravated criminal sodomy case against Manco more than 20 years ago, with Manco appealing the district courts’ denial of his third motion as succesive and untimely. The 50-year-old defendant claims the restrictions on filing such motions are unconstitutional denials. However the higher court finds, rather than unconstitutional, it is a reasonable limitation in order to stop an abuse of remedy. The Court of Appeals in its 11 page opinion finds Manco’s constitutional…

Read More