Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education held a special meeting to further study the District’s facility needs. At Monday’s meeting, Superintendent Denise O’Dea opened the meeting with a review of the Facilities Brainstorming Information compiled by the administrators and school department heads in October 2013. Bowman, Bowman and Novick Architects (BBN), and their associates were present for the round-table discussions. BBN’s Brent Bowman said his team toured all the facilities after the preliminary study and found all the facilities are maxed out not only in classroom space, but overall infrastructure (gyms/auditoriums/office). Board member Mark Bettencourt started the discussions stating…
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On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke briefly with Riley County Emergency Management Director, Pat Collins. She also was joined by Manhattan Mayor, Karen McCulloh and City Manager, Ron Fehr. Collins and City Commission-segment 1 City Commission-segment 2 City Commission-segment 3 City Commission-segment 4
Records were broken, cars were swept away, and homes were evacuated during Monday’s substantial rainfall. KMAN spoke with Riley County Emergency Management Director, Pat Collins about the flash flooding. Pat Collins interview
The last time Manhattan received the amount of rainfall in such a short time frame as the city got Monday night was 1908. That’s according to Manhattan Public Works director Rob Ott, who provides details about problem spots..
An Arizona attorney who previously represented one of the two suspects in a deadly shooting outside a suburban Dallas venue hosting a provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons remembers him as kind and gentle, devoutly Muslim man.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared intensely emotional for the first time in the lengthy Boston bombing trial Monday as his family members testified in a Boston federal courtroom.
A cluster of storms caused problems in the Manhattan area, with flash flooding reported throughout the Manhattan area. Meteorologist Jennifer Bowen with the National Weather Service Office in Topeka tells us more:
The nation’s largest muslim advocacy group spoke out against Sunday’s attack on a provocative contest for cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
A 25-year-old police officer shot in the head over the weekend while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun, died Monday from his injuries. He is the third New York City officer slain on duty in five months.
https://soundcloud.com/1015krock/pat-collins-interview-from-riley-county-emergency-preparedness-050415 Heavy rains late Monday afternoon and early Monday evening dumped more than 4 inches of rain on the Manhattan area in a two-hour span causing massive flooding street closures and some damage. As of 8:25 p.m. 4.25 inches of rain had fallen at the KMAN Studios on Casement road and it was still coming down. The Roundabout at Bluemont Avenue was flooded and some motorists were stranded for at least two hours, there was also a closure on Manhattan Avenue and flooding on side streets including Campus Creek Drive and Vattier. Riley County Emergency Managmement Director Pat Collins says…