As the 2012-2013 school year came to a close at Wednesday’s Manhattan Ogden school board meeting, there were not only some heartfelt goodbyes to the members moving on to other endeavors but also budget discussions began. Among those taking their leave, members Walt Pesaresi, Pete Paukstelis, and Beth Tatarko were given a special little presentation where they not only received a gift, but were able to reflect on their time at the table. Tatarko spent part of her time thanking former Board President Doug Messer for creating the vacancy she had the pleasure of filling. Paukstelis reflected on not only…
Author: KMAN Staff
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with the Riley County Schools as Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton and USD 378 Supt. Brad Starnes stop by. [mp3-jplayer]
Senegalese President Macky Sall welcomed President Obama in Dakar on Thursday. Senegal is the first stop of the President’s Africa tour.
South Africa’s president visited a gravely ill Nelson Mandela in the hospital on Wednesday night, and canceled a visit planned for the next day to Mozambique.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alex Gordon drove in David Lough in the 10th inning Wednesday night, giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves and a split of their two-game series. Lough had entered the game the previous inning as a pinch hitter, but was still at-bat because Elliot Johnson was picked off first base to end the ninth. Lough singled off Braves reliever Alex Wood (0-2) to start the 10th and then reached second when Miguel Tejada laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt. That set the stage for Gordon, who hit a solo home run…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was publicly reprimanded by the NCAA and fined an undisclosed amount on Wednesday after damaging the scorer’s table during an NCAA tournament game in Kansas City. Self struck the table at the Sprint Center on March 24 during a third-round win over North Carolina. Ron Wellman, the chair of the Division I men’s basketball committee, said in a statement that “Coach Self’s actions were out of line with the committee’s expectations that championship participants act in a manner that represents the highest standards of sportsmanship.” The damage fell under NCAA guidelines…
A Country Stampede fan on his way to the annual festival didn’t quite make it Wednesday afternoon. Wamego Assistant Police Chief Paul Schliffke tells KMAN emergency crews responded to the fire at Fourth and Lincoln at about four p.m. The 1989 parked Pace Arrow motor home was a complete loss, with significant damage to the near-by building, identified as the Last Stop convenience store. The owner of the motor home is identified as Walter Hale of Topeka, but the driver who parked the vehicle was William Huckaby of Lancaster. Schliffke says Huckaby indicates he parked the motor home about five…
[mp3-jplayer] Phil Steele talks K-State and the Big 12 on “The Game”.
Authorities say former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez killed his friend at an industrial park a mile from Hernandez’s house days after the two feuded at a nightclub.
Supporters of same-sex marriage cheered both Supreme Court rulings today, while proponents of traditional marriage say only God has authority over the ‘nature of marriage.’