A pack of howling Woodrow Wilson Wolves were in attendance at Thursday’s Manhattan Ogden school board meeting. The reason? They were the chosen few to come before the board to receive praise for their achievement on receiving the 2013 Governor’s Achievement award. Bob Shannon, superintendent, talked about the rigorous criteria the school had to meet to even be considered for this. “To be considered for this award,” Shannon said. “The school must have been among the top five percent of schools in both reading and mathematics on the state assessments at their respective level and meet one additional measure of…
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The Defending Big 12 Champion Kansas State Wildcats Baseball team held its Media Day Thursday indoors at the Brandenberry Baseball Facility. In addition to Head Coach Brad Hill who begins his 11th season at the helm of the Bat Cats who came within one game of reaching last season’s College World Series, local media also had a chance to talk with Ross Kivett, Shane Conlan, Levi MaVorhis, Blair DeBord and Jake Matthys. Kansas State will begin the 2014 season on February 14 at Cal Poly with the home opener set for February 28 at Tointon Family Stadium against Milwaukee. Stay…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Boehner said Thursday it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming prospects for one of President Barack Obama’s top domestic priorities.
Bernice King speaks during a news conference at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where her father Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Atlanta. King is in a legal battle with her brothers over her father’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize medal.
Thursday’s edition of “The Game” on KMAN recaps National Signing Day and recaps the Big 12 and how they ranked among other conferences in the country. Was it the best class for Bill Snyder since his return to the Wildcat program? K-State hoops gets ready for the weekend, the men prepare for Texas and KU in a three day stretch. Is the Texas game on Saturday a must win for the Wildcats? The women will be on the road at West Virginia on Saturday afternoon. The guys will talk Washburn and Emporia State recruiting classes and also talk about some of the local kids who will be playing at the next level. Medicinal Marijuana in the NFL soon? Certain players around the league believe players are going to do it regardless of the policy. The guys talk NFL Draft, all that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
After two snow days, Riley County District Courts were opened again Thursday and the Levertis Horne trial could finally resume. Horne is accused in the home invasion case back in October of 2012. He faces two count of aggravated robbery, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated battery. During this incident, authorities said a K-State student was shot in the upper torso. This is Horne’s second trial, as the first concluded with a hung jury. The K-State student who was shot during the incident appeared to be Chase Cargile. Prosecuting State Attorney, Barry Disney questioned Cargile about…
Licensing fees for Riley County childcare providers appear to be rather low, when comparing them to surrounding counties. Riley County Health Department Child Care Licensing Surveyor, Breva Spencer shared the results from her research during Thursday’s county commission meeting. The $35 fee was the lowest out of all the counties she researched, which included- Douglas, Pottawatomie, Wyandotte, and Sedgwick. Around 129 child care providers are located within Riley County. Spencer also took the time to express the high need for infant care. Many local providers do not provide care for infants, as this lessens the amount of children they can…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A Kansas native who currently works at Kansas State will have a front-row seat at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. Bryan Pinkall is one of only two Americans on a 250-person team that is producing the opening ceremonies, which air Friday evening. He’s managing production operations and directing for part of the ceremony, and is one of several music directors. The 28-year-old Pinkall is a native of Great Bend and currently is a voice instructor at Kansas State University. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music and Dance last year. The…
Manhattan sales tax receipts were up for the January reporting period when compared to a year ago. Neary $900,991 was collected in the time period which actually reflects November and early December sales. That’s compared to about $887,865 collected this same time last year. Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen says equally as important, sales tax revenues within the Downtown Redevelopment District were also up, with a dollar amount of $67,482 compared to $53,408 a year ago. The sales taxes are labeled as tax increment finance or “TIF” sales taxes and are reserved to pay outstanding bonds that were issued as part of…
Riley County Police report a couple of arrests of note Wednesday. Police arrested Bryce Dreckman, 26, of Coralville, Iowa on three warrants with the offenses of failure to appear. The original offenses for these warrants were two counts of driving while suspended, expired tag or vehicle not registered. Dreckman was confined and later released on $11,000 bond. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:35 while at the Riley County Police Department. And April Friesen, 21, of Norman, Oklahoma was arrested Wednesday afternoon for a warrant listing three offenses of forgery and theft by deception. She was arrested while at the police department…