Five Kansas Schools, including Ogden Elementary School have been nominated for the 2014 National Blue Ribbon (NBR) Schools Award Program. The U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, will invite these schools to apply for the award. The final selection of the NBR Award will be made in September of 2014, and will be honored at a recognition ceremony in the nation’s capital. Schools nominated were Oatville Elementary from Wichita, Valley Falls Elementary from Valley Falls, West Bourbon Elementary School from Uniontown, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary from Marais Des Cygnes Valley, and Ogden Elementary. The NBR program honors schools who’s…
Author: KMAN Staff
A short Riley County Commission meeting, with only two staff updates and an administrative work session, left plenty of time to discuss legislative concerns. During the commission comments portion of Thursday’s meeting, commissioners expressed concern with legislators. Senate Bill 298, which involves the elimination of the mortgage registration fee, is on it’s way to the floor. For commissioners, this is particularly frustrating as they specifically went to Topeka to provide testimony against the bill. Commission Chair, Robert Boyd commented “it’s incredibly frustrating. We have to find a better way to approach our legislators”. This comment was in reference to the…
Manhattan Finance Director, Bernie Hayen called the February sales tax results “nothing but good news”. $953,328 were collected in sales tax receipts, for the city of Manhattan, this month. This is up from last year’s February collections of $887,230. This is a 4.7% increase from the net change in year-to-date for 2014 over 2013. The City of Manhattan had forecasted $904,975 in taxes for the month, so collections were $48,353 above what was expected. TIF, or tax increment finance, taxes are down from this time last year. In February of 2013, $75,870 were collected, while this month’s taxes only reached…
KMAN received word of a structure fire at 318 Fremont Avenue, just before 10:45 Thursday morning. Firefighters on scene told KMAN’s Cathy Dawes that the cause of the fire was an overheated furnace. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
The more than 23,200 students enrolled at Kansas State University for the spring semester are more diverse than ever before, pushing spring enrollment to a record high. The record enrollment this spring is just one part of the story, said Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students. The university had a sizable graduating class in December 2013 of 1,800 students and welcomed 650 new students this spring, including freshmen and transfer students. “The large number of students returning in the spring speaks to the very qualities many of us at K-State take for granted, like approachable…
Rain is hitting California, with a potentially larger storm expected by Friday. It’s all badly needed, as the state deals with a deep drought
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected the state to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties.
The K-State women silenced the home crowd at Allen Fieldhouse with an astounding 21-0 lead right out of the gate, and then withstood a Jayhawk rally for a 76-68 victory in the Sunflower Showdown. The Cats saw KU pull within two points twice in the second half, but held them off down the stretch. Leti Romero scored 26 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out seven assists, and came up with three steals. Kindred Weseman added 15 points. Ashlyn Knoll had 12 points off the bench, and Lawrence Free State grad Chantay Caron had 10. K-State will travel to face #15…
The Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 school board met for their winter retreat Wednesday evening at the Robinson Education Center. Two topics were listed on the agenda for discussion, the first of which involved diversity. Student and employee demographic statistics were provided for each of the public schools. 67% of the district population, for the 2012-2013 school year, was white. Hispanics ranked next with 12%, and African-Americans with 8%. As far as employee percentages, for the 2013-2014 school year: 88% of the employees within the district are white, 6% are hispanic, and 4% are African American. The Diversity Coordinator position has been…
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman responded to an order by US President Barack Obama for the Pentagon to plan for the withdrawal of all US troops and equipment from Afghanistan, should his government refuse to sign security agreement.