Last minute election filings came in Friday for the USD 383 School Board. According to Elections Supervisor, Jolene Keck, Both Aaron Estabrook and Pat Hudgins, filed for the School Board.
Author: KMAN Staff
Pottawatomie county had several Friday election filings. Mark Goodenow filed for Westmoreland Mayor, and Jeff Rosell and Angel Alvarado for council member positions in Westmoreland. Terry Force filed for mayor of Wheaton, with council member candidates including Rex Green, Roger Magnett, Cynthia Pedersen and Michael Ridder. In the Louisville city race, Bobby Benton filed for Mayor, and Eugene and David Prockish added their names to council member filings. Three filed for Belvue council member positions including Brad Caudill, Chad Fitgerald, and Matthew Woodward.
The city of Manhattan has apparently won in a civil lawsuit regarding its termination of free water to Manhattan/Ogden’s USD 383. That’s the apparent ruling of the State Court of Appeals. The eight page opinion says the city does not have any continuing obligation to provide free water to the school district, referring to the original deed on the land grant involved, which was conditioned on the use of the property to treat water for Manhattan city residents, a use that has long since ended. The case was filed in December of 2010 and was a challenge by the school…
An Anthony Middle School’s teacher was named one of 32 Kansas Horizon Award Winners. Jesse Peters, 8th grade social studies teacher, was named a 2013 Kansas Cable Telecommunications Horizon Award recipients. This award recognizes exemplary first-year educators and is sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association. To be eligible for the award, teachers must have successfully completed their first year of teaching and have performed in such a way as to distinguish themselves as outstanding. The program is a regional competition with four regions corresponding to the state’s U.S. Congressional districts. Four…
A possible arson may be to blame for two vehicle fires during Friday’s early morning hours. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to a call at the 600 block of Yuma of a vehicle on fire. Upon arrival, the crews found two vehicles were on fire. The estimated loss at this time is $15,000 from both the 2003 Hyundia Sonata and the 2008 Dodge Caliber. The investigation is still ongoing and there is consideration of a possible arson. —- An early morning fire here in Manhattan has left damage to a carport and a duplex. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to…
A woman who is one of five charged in connection with a neglected horses case in Pottawatomie County has been sentenced to 12 months to each of four counts she entered a plea to. However 25 year old Kayla Paz’s sentences are to run concurrently. Paz is to serve 10 days in the Pottawatomie county jail and pay costs and restitution of about 61-hundred dollars. She will be on supervised probation for 24 months. Paz entered a plea of no contest to four counts of animal cruelty, and was then found guilty on January second in Pottawatomie County District Court.…
As KMAN previously reported, a 40 year old man was pronounced dead at Mercy Regional Health Center due to unusual circumstances. The Riley County Police Department has released more information. RCPD received a welfare check on a man staying at the Motel 6 in Manhattan. Upon arrival, offices discovered Nicholas Gurik, 40, of Wakefield, Kansas, had been huffing from several keyboard dusting cans. Initially , Gurik was conscious, but his condition quickly deteriorated. RCPD is currently investigating the incident as an accidental death overdose. —- An Olathe man is being held here in Manhattan on charges. William Starrett, 20, is being confined…
Manhattan’s unemployment numbers remained the same during the last reporting period, in figures released Friday morning. The Manhattan metro area, which includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary counties, had a 4.7 percent rate in December, the same as November and down from last year’s 5.1 percent. The city of Manhattan shows a four percent rate, also unchanged not only from the month before but from last year’s December figure. Riley county’s rate was 4.1 percent, unchanged on all counts. Pottawatomie county’s 4.5 percent was up slighlty from November’s 4.3 but lower than the 4.9 percent figure in December of 2011l. Clay…
Another K-State assistant coach is departing the football staff as wide receivers Michael Smith is leaving for Arkansas, where he will serve in the same position. Smith began as player with the Wildcats as a third-team all-American in 1991 and two-time all-Big Eight wide receiver in 1989 and 1991, and then spent a total of 15 years as an assistant. He was a student assistant at K-State in 1993, then became a graduate assistant in 1995 and 1996, before stepping up to be the running backs coach from 1997 until 2005. Smith then departed K-State in the Ron Prince three-year…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former executive of a Manhattan high-tech company has been given probation for defrauding the United States by creating false invoices on government contracts. Aaron Madison was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Manhattan-based NanoScale, a small company that makes advanced chemistry products. He pleaded guilty earlier to wire fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office says Madison was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and ordered to pay slightly more than 17-thousand dollars in restitution. Federal prosecutors said 90 percent of NanoScale’s business came from government contracts, most with the Defense Department. Madison was accused of manipulating contract…