Wamego officials will review the school crossing guard issue. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, City Manager Merl Page introduced concerned citizen Margaret Feyh, who stated she can’t get anyone to taken on the crossing guard responsibility. Her issue is Wamego’s main street, Lincoln Avenue, is also Highway 99, and there is an elementary school and high school between 7th and 8th street off of Lincoln Avenue. Feyh told commissioners even though there are marked school crossings and speed limits, it’s still a dangerous situation. Commissioner Bill Ditto asked if the City could study the options and the urgency behind it, and directed Page to…
Author: KMAN Staff
More than 200 people showed up for Riley County’s USD 378 school board meeting Tuesday night. Many of those were there to show support for formerly suspended high school business teacher Mark Laurie. District Superintendent Brad Starnes wasn’t sure if the close to 240 registered for the meeting constituted a record for a board meeting… Starnes tells KMAN he can’t say much when it comes to a personnel issue, but he confirms Laurie had been suspended a few weeks ago according to district policy. He adds the attendance at the meeting was a show of support for the teacher, and speculates this is…
Ariel Castro, the man who held three women captive for more than a decade, has been found hanged in his prison cell. The 53 year old was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole plus 1,000 years at the beginning of August. The former school bus driver abducted Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight between 2002-04 when they were 14,16 and 21 years old. He kept the women captive at his home in Cleveland in Ohio in the US until May this year when Amanda Berry managed to escape and contact police. Castro kept his victims chained up and raped…
President Obama has arrived in Stockholm, Sweden for a 24-hour visit. It’s the first stop of his 3-day overseas trip.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Salvador Perez drove in Mike Moustakas with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals survived after blowing a three-run lead to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Tuesday night. Billy Butler had just grounded into a double play against Seattle reliever Yoervis Medina when Moustakas legged out a double to center in the eighth. Perez followed with a single to left, and Moustakas had just enough time for a headfirst slide ahead of Endy Chavez’s throw to home. Luke Hochevar got two outs earlier in the eighth to leave runners stranded on…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have made a series of roster moves to bolster their bullpen and overall depth as they play for their first playoff appearance in nearly 30 years. The Royals, who began Tuesday 4.5 games out of the final wild-card spot, recalled pitchers Wade Davis and Louis Coleman from Class A Wilmington, where they were optioned last week. They also recalled left-hander Donnie Joseph and infielder Johnny Giavotella from Triple-A Omaha, and purchased the contracts of infielders Pedro Ciriaco and Carlos Pena from the Storm Chasers. Kansas City cleared the necessary roster space by…
PHOENIX (AP) The Phoenix Suns and former K-State all-American Michael Beasley have reached an agreement to terminate the contract of the troubled power forward. The move on Tuesday will cost the franchise $7 million, a $2 million savings from what Beasley would have been due had he simply been waived. It also represents a significant reduction in what the hit on the team’s salary cap would have been. Beasley was arrested a month ago in suburban Scottsdale on charges of felony marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. It was the latest in a series of incidents involving the…
Emotions ran high during the Manhattan City Commission meeting Tuesday evening. Several local residents presented their case for why the City should vote against previous plans to repurpose the City Auditorium, also known as the Peace Memorial Auditorium. The plan was to gut the auditorium in order to add several Parks and Rec offices and expand the gymnasium floor. However, since the building was created as a holistic war memorial in 1955, several local residents (including a veteran of WWII) passionately expressed their desire to see the auditorium preserved. The Commission ultimately voted against plans to repurpose the building (2-3); and instead voted to consider alternative plans, including refurbishing the Auditorium and…
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) A judge has ordered a southeast Kansas woman to spend 30 days in jail followed by three years’ probation for the death of her 4-month-old son. KOAM-TV reports Heather Buckalew, 25, of Arma, was sentenced Tuesday in Crawford County District Court. Buckalew pleaded no contest in July to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Memphis Cash Harvey in August 2012. Prosecutors believe the baby was smothered when Buckalew rolled over onto him while they were sleeping. Investigators said the mother was inebriated at the time. Buckalew was initially charged with second-degree murder, but the judge reduced the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators have adjourned their special session. Lawmakers wrapped up business Wednesday in only two days. They approved a bill repairing a law allowing convicted murderers to be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison. The Senate also approved multiple appointments by Gov. Sam Brownback, including the appointment of chief counsel Caleb Stegall to the Kansas Court of Appeals. The House adjourned at 5:21 p.m. The Senate followed six minutes later. It was the Legislature’s first special session since 2005, when lawmakers were ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court to increase funding on public schools. This…