Senator Bob Menendez, D-NJ, issued strong words to federal prosecutors Wednesday who have charged him with accepting nearly $1 million in campaign gifts from a friend in exchange for political favors.
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Described as the “best kept secret” in Manhattan, officials from AIB International, the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Riley County, and the city of Manhattan were represented at a Wednesday afternoon groundbreaking for a $7.5 million building project. President and CEO Andre Biane welcomed those in attendance, telling the large crowd gathered of the company’s global enterprise with headquarters in Manhattan, reaching more than 120 countries, with five geographical regions which include Europe, the Middle East and Africa, China, Mexico and Latin America, and Asia/Pacific. He added there are more than 300 employees with about a third in Manhattan and…
The Seaman USD 345 School District in Topeka recently announced that as a result of the financial ramifications outlined in the block grant funding, they will no longer accept out of district students into their district. This prompted a similar discussion during Wednesday night’s Manhattan Ogden USD 383 school board meeting. Superintendent, Bob Shannon brought the discussion to light during his spoken report. Shannon said many people have asked him for his stance on the issue. According to Shannon, he does not feel that cutting out of district students off from coming to the Manhattan/Ogden schools sends any certain message to state…
AP-KS–ElectionAnomalies WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita State University mathematician has filed an open records lawsuit seeking the paper tapes from electronic voting machines in Kansas hoping they will explain statistical anomalies in election returns. Beth Clarkson is chief statistician for the National Institute for Aviation Research and holds a Ph.D. in statistics. On Wednesday she sued Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Sedgwick County Elections Commissioner Tabitha Lehman seeking a court order allowing her to audit the machines. Clarkson has analyzed election returns in Kansas and elsewhere showing an unexplained pattern where the percentage of Republican votes increase the larger…
Wamego has found it’s new football coach. Lee Weber will take over for the departed Dale Burkholder, pending board approval next week. Weber comes from Council Grove where went 6-3 each of the last two seasons with the Braves. He took over a program that had only won six games in the two previous seasons combined. Before that, Weber won 38 games in 7 seasons at Mission Valley, including multiple playoff appearances and a league title. Burkholder won back-to-back NCKL titles in his final two years at Wamego and took the Red Raiders to the playoffs for the first time…
Former Atlanta Public Schools school research team director Tamara Cotman, center, is led to a holding cell after a jury found her guilty in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial, Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Atlanta. Cotman and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused of participating in a test cheating conspiracy that drew nationwide attention were convicted Wednesday of racketeering charges.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson answers reporters’ questions as Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Beebe, background, listens at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Hutchinson called for changes to the state’s religious objection measure facing a backlash from businesses and gay rights groups, saying it wasn’t intended to sanction discrimination based on sexual orientation.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board Member, Marcia Rozell and Superintendent, Bob Shannon. She also talked to Education Professor Socorro Herrera, undergraduate student Julie Comstock, and Curriculum Coordinator Melissa Prescott about the Go Teacher Program documentary. Rozell and Shannon-segment 1 Rozell and Shannon-segment 2 Go Teacher Program-segment 1 Go Teacher Program-segment 2
– Wamego baseball: Lost game one 7-4 to Council Grove, and came from behind to win game two 8-7. Landis Rowden had the game-winning RBI for the Red Raiders in game two. Wamego is 3-1 so far this season. – Wamego softball: Lost game one 8-6 to Council Grove and won game two 5-2. They are now 2-2 this season. – Rock Creek baseball: Sweept Osage City with a 10-0 win in game one: 8-1 win in game two. Jackson Goodmiller had 4 RBI’s in the two games, and Shiloh Schaake threw a complete game in game two. He struck…
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call in reference to an unresponsive individual in the east bound rest area at mile marker 310 on I-70. Deputies, along with Junction City Fire and EMS, responded to the call on Tuesday and located the subject who was unresponsive and lying in the parking area next to a moving van. The Geary County Coroner responded and pronounced the subject dead at the scene. The individual was later identified as Keith Morrison (47) of Aurora, Colorado. Once next of kin was notified, the investigation revealed that Morrison was moving from Aurora, Colorado to…