General psychology and introduction to sociology are headed to Manhattan High School for the 2015-2016 school year. These courses were unanimously approved during Wednesday evening’s Manhattan Ogden USD 383 School Board meeting. Both of the new courses involve a partnership with Manhattan Area Technical College and will be transferable college credits. Besides the two additional courses, one course was deleted from the list-plane college trigonometry. Executive Director of Teaching and Learning, Carol Adams, who presented this agenda item, mentioned the course experienced two years of high attendance, but since that time “it has ceased to draw students”. Several courses will also…
Author: KMAN Staff
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 29-year-old Missouri man is sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for selling crack cocaine near a playground across the river in Kansas. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says Arrick Warren of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing crack within 1,000 feet of Bethany Park playground in Kansas City, Kansas. He also pleaded guilty to possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it near the playground, and one count of maintaining a residence near the playground in furtherance of drug trafficking. Prosecutors say Warren was charged in June 2013 in federal…
President Barack Obama on Thursday will announce on national television go-it-alone steps he will take to shield up to 5 million immigrants illegally in the United States from deportation.
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A plane negotiates its way through the snow at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, N.Y., as a lake-effect snowstorm with freezing temperatures hit the area Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Temperatures fell to freezing or below at recording stations in all 50 states on Tuesday morning, from the highest elevations in the mountains of Hawaii to the snow-paralyzed Buffalo area in New York.
Tempe, Ariz. (AP)-One of the men accused of alcohol-related violations in connection with the fatal fall of an Arizona State University student from Kansas has been sentenced. A Maricopa County Superior Court spokeswoman says David Siegal received 18 months of probation with a deferred jail term of 45 days. 18-year old Naomi McClendon of Manhattan plunged to her death March 30 from an apartment complex after attending a fraternity party.
A Manhattan case has resulted in a charge at the U-S Attorney level in Topeka. Daeshawn Lavar Bryant, 19, who is in custody in the Riley County Jail, is charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact to a robbery of a commercial business. The indictment alleges that on April 16, 2014, he provided assistance to a person who committed a robbery. In September, Christopher James Wilhoite pleaded guilty to two counts of commercial robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of a robbery. It is alleged Bryant aided and abetted Wilhoite in…
By Ryan Lackey, K-State Athletics Kansas State finalized its 2015 football schedule today, announcing a seven-game home slate highlighted by five conference matchups with Big 12 foes TCU, Oklahoma, Baylor, Iowa State and West Virginia. In addition, the conference office has announced that the Wildcats’ game with Baylor will be played on Thursday, November 5, giving K-State its second straight season with a primetime Thursday night matchup at home. “We are excited about our seven-game home schedule for 2015 including five tough Big 12 Conference opponents,” said Athletics Director John Currie. “Following another record-setting attendance this past season which saw…
By Ryan Lackey, K-State Athletics Communications Kansas State head football coach Bill Snyder is one of 20 semifinalists for the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year, Maxwell Football Club President Ron Jaworski announced Wednesday. It is the second time in the last three years Snyder has been up for the award after being named a finalist in 2012. Snyder is joined on the list by fellow Big 12 coaches Art Briles (Baylor) and Gary Patterson (TCU). A ballot member for the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2015, Snyder has guided Kansas State to a 7-2 record,…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board Member, Darrel Edie and Associate Superintendent, Bob Seymour. Cathy also spoke with U.S. Senator, Pat Roberts shortly. Lastly, she talked to Manhattan Christian College Director of Institutional Advancement, Jolene Rupe and Athletic Director, Shawn Condra.