Wednesday night saw a special meeting for the Manhattan Ogden school board as they continue to examine the options before them on the school schedules. The board has already held the public hearing for the high school schedule and has decided more discussion is needed for that item. Wednesday was the time for concern for the elementary schedule. In December three options were presented. Option A, which was deemed “the best” by the working group, “increases individual planning time within the school day to 330 minutes per week, provides for one 60 minute period each week for grade level collaboration…
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Brittney Griner scored 29 points, grabbed seven rebounds, blocked three shots, and threw down a one-handed dunk as #1 Baylor beat K-State 90-69 on Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Griner shot 12 of 19 from the field, and made five of nine attempts from the foul line. Her dunk came with 4:38 remaining in the game to put the Lady Bears up 83-58. Brittany Chambers led the Wildcats with 23 points and five assists. She drained four of nine from three-point range, as K-State (10-7, 1-4) attempted the second-most three-pointers in a single game by a Big 12 team since…
We continue on with Cathy’s journey. [mp3-jplayer]
Cathy talks schools on today’s InFocus, as USD 383 Board Vice President Curt Herrman and Associate Superintendent Bob Seymour talk about the recent group of meetings they’ve been having, followed by an update from Kevin Ingram, President at the Manhattan Christian College. [mp3-jplayer]
The Randolph City Council has seen a filing as the Riley County Clerk’s office notified KMAN Jane Dunstan has officially filed. KMAN will keep you updated on filings throughout the county.
USD 384 Blue Valley has seen a filing for District 1, Position 4. On Wednesday, the Riley County Clerk’s Office sent out word Angie Pfizenmaier has officially filed.
School board and city races are attracting attention and on Wednesday the Pottawatomie County Clerk informed KMAN of a number of filings. For USD 322 for Position Five, Randy Kufahl has filed and for USD 323 for Position Four Michael Gee has filed, for Position Five Mark Caffrey and Norbert Marek, Jr have filed and for Position Six Jon Srna has filed. For city races, in Louisville, Rick Weeks and Erwin Sender have filed as council members; in Onaga, Gary Holthaus has filed for Mayor; in Olsburg, James Nelson has filed for Mayor and Matt Schreiber and Dallas Davis have…
For the first time since 2010, summer baseball will be back in the area as the Junction City Brigade announced their plans to play at Rathert Stadium this summer. The Junction City Community Baseball Club will run the team as a non-profit organization. The Brigade will start their season on June 1st, and currently has 26 games scheduled. They will be an independent team for this summer, and plan to play at least 15 home games in Junction City. Opponents include the Rossville Rattlers, the Topeka Golden Giants, El Dorado, the Hays Larks, along with a pair of teams from…
The Manhattan High girls fought and scrapped all night with Washburn Rural but never could get over the hump in a 44-34 loss in Topeka. MHS didn’t trail by more than ten points until late in the fourth quarter, but didn’t have a lead outside of the first frame. Erika Lane led all scorers with 21 for the Junior Blues and racked up 18 of those in the first half. Elayna Spilker was the only Indian in double figures with ten points. Spilker scored all ten of her points in the first half and was limited in the second…
State senator Tom Hawk and representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan have given their reactions to Tuesday night’s state of the state address by governor Sam Brownback. Both lawmakers had things that they liked about the speech, as well as some issues that they did not agree with. Hawk said that there were some positives in the speech saying that he agreed with the governor’s assertion that Kansas has an attitude of self reliance as well as a can do attitude. He also liked the fact that Brownback wants to combine the turnpike authority with the highway commission , as well…