The Community Grading Policy Committee gave its report to the USD 320 Board of Education during a Special Board meeting Thursday night. This committee was formed after several community members met with Superintendent Denise O’Dea and High School Principal Tim Winter, to discuss the growing community concerns over the grading policy at Wamego High School. Committee members Sheryl Wohler and Chris Hupe opened the discussion by saying the partnership with the community, teachers and school administration was a little unorthodox and unconventional, but it was a positive way to gain understanding of the issue, and everyone learned a lot. The…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Mike Trout and Albert Pujols hit solo home runs, and Mark Trumbo hit a two-run shot to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday night. Joe Blanton got his first victory of the season after going 0-7 in his first nine starts. He held the Royals to seven hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings. Trumbo put the Angels up 5-2 in the eighth with his team-leading 11th homer. Ervin Santana (3-4), who spent 12 seasons in the Angels’ organization before being traded during the offseason to the Royals, struck…
Shilling Construction Company on behalf of Riley County will begin milling asphalt Friday, May 24th on Rosencutter Road, milling will continue on Moehlman Road and South Manhattan Avenue. An asphalt overlay will begin the week of May 28th and continue through June 5th on Rosencutter Road, Moehlman Road, Henton Road and South Manhattan Ave. The road will be reduced to one lane during the construction process. Traffic will be allowed through the projects, but drivers should expect delays of up to 15 minutes. Be advised fresh asphalt oil will be applied – take alternate routes when possible. The schedule may…
The Manhattan City, CiCo and Northview Pools will open for the swim season on Saturday, May 25 at 1:00 p.m. Daily pool hours for the season will be: • City Pool 1:00 – 8:00 p.m. • CiCo Pool 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. • Northview Pool 1:00 – 7:00 p.m. For more information, please contact the Manhattan Parks and Recreation Department Office at 587-2757 or visit www.cityofmhk.com/pools. The Splash Park in the southeast corner of City Park continues to be open 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., seven days a week.
The Manhattan High Indians had a short stay at the Class 6A State Baseball Tournament in Lawrence on Thursday as the Tribe fell to Olathe South 4-3. After two scoreless innings, the Falcons plated two in the top of the third and added one more heading into the bottom of the fifth inning. Manhattan right fielder Brett Fehr broke the ice for Indians in the side with a two RBI triple. MHS would level the score on an additional run heading into the sixth. A fielding error landed Olathe South’s go ahead run on base as Chase Hanson would come…
President Obama is standing by the use of drone-launched missile strikes. But he’s also moving to limit them as part of a refocusing of the fight against Islamist terrorists that also includes a new push to close Guantanamo Bay.
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders, a move that LGBT activists are calling the “first step” to full inclusion of gays in scouting.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A June sentencing date has been scheduled for a suburban Chicago man who was arrested after two of his children were found bound and blindfolded in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas. Adolfo Gomez, 53, and his wife, Deborah Gomez, of Northlake, Ill., were arrested last June 13 in Lawrence. Police reported finding two of their children, ages 5 and 7, bound by their hands and feet in the store parking lot. Adolfo Gomez pleaded no contest to felony child abuse and child endangerment. The Lawrence Journal-World reports he’s scheduled to be sentenced June 19. A…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita residents and businesses might be required to pay a $1,000 fine a month if they use too much water. The city staff made that recommendation as part of a water conservation proposal unveiled Wednesday. The fine would be imposed on those who use 310 percent more than their average winter water usage. Public Works official Ben Nelson says surveys and meetings found that water rates and indoor and business water use were residents’ top priorities, while outdoor use was the lowest priority. This recommendation will go before the Wichita City Council June 4. Wichita is working…
MAIZE, Kan. (AP) A teacher at a suburban Wichita high school was arrested after the district reported he had made criminal threats against the school. The 39-year-old teacher at Maize High School reportedly made the comments during a soccer game Tuesday night. The school’s principal, Chris Botts, said in an email sent to school parents Wednesday the comments suggested possible violence toward the school. He says the school was searched and there was no indication the threat was valid. Sedgwick County jail records show the teacher was booked on charges of criminal threat and was held on $250,000 bond. Maize…