1. On Monday a traffic accident on Tuttle Creek Boulevard led to the hospitlization of four individuals. At approximately 5 pm monday evening a 2008 Nissan Titan driven by 33-year-old Claudia Martinez attempted to turn left into the southbound lane of Tuttle Creek Boulevard from Walters Drive. Martinez was struck by 70-year-old Stanley Hoerman (whore-man) who was headed northbound on Tuttle Creek Boulevard in his 2010 Toyota Camry. Due to the accident all occupants of the Martinez’s truck were taken to Mercy Regional Health Center for their injuries. Those riding with Martinez included 11-year-old Jerry Sanchez, and 8-year-old Carlos Sanchez. 84-year-old…
Author: KMAN Staff
Fresh off a perfect five game stretch last week, Kansas State looks to continue its winning ways in a contest tonight against Wichita State who comes into the game with a record of 18-15 on the year. K-State will start senior right hander Jake Doller on the mound with a 2-2 record and a 1.95 ERA and 24 strikeouts. The Shockers will send lefty Drew Palmer to the hill with an uneventful record and an ERA of 4.58 and 11 strikeouts as a Junior. Second baseman Ross Kivett leads the Cats in hitting with a .388 batting average with 16…
Teacher recognitions topped Wamego’s Board of Education meeting. Wamego High School teacher Mary Lonker, and West Elementary teacher Abby Ross were recognized as Wamego’s Teacher of the Year nominees. Wamego approved hiring an additional ESOL para. At Monday’s USD 320 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Denise O’Dea presented the proposal for the ESOL Para to support the remainder of the 2012-13 school year, and would support 7 elementary school students. According to Director of Curriculum, Dr. Mary Kay Siebert, there are currently 27 students in the Wamego School District with ESOL needs, and the K thru 5 needs were not…
Serbia’s health officials say 13 people have been killed when a man went on a shooting spree in a village near Belgrade.
North Korea has closed a factory that it operates jointly with South Korea, and pulled out more than 50,000 workers. South Korea is urging the north to reopen the facility.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to 40 counts of rape, robbery and other charges stemming from a string of holdups in the city last year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Arthur Lee Crain III, 27, will face at least 21 years in prison at his sentencing in May, on the same day he was to have gone on trial. He entered the pleas Monday in Shawnee County District Court. Crain was released from prison in January 2012 after serving time for armed robbery. He was arrested in late August, about six weeks after the robberies began. The…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Police in Salina are looking for the thief who drove off with a trailer containing the belongings of a woman moving into an apartment. The Salina Journal reports the crime happened sometime Friday while the trailer was parked in the lot outside an apartment building. Police say the thief hooked the trailer up to a vehicle and towed it away. Items in the trailer included a love seat, bed, mattress and other household goods. The loss is estimated at $3,000.
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) About 120,000 acres of Kansas land are in conservation easements and the director of the Nature Conservancy of Kansas says the number is growing. The easements allow landowners to restrict the use of their land forever, generally to keep the property in its natural state. Rob Manes, director of the Nature Conservancy of Kansas, says his group’s goal for easement is protecting critical habitats, like remnants of the tallgrass prairie. Other conservation groups also promote the easements. He says more landowners consider easements out of fear the grasslands will be developed or become a patchwork of wind…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) After years of declining numbers, The University of Kansas Law School says its 2012 graduates had improved success in finding jobs. Law school dean Stephen Mazza says the school is pleased with data from the American Bar Association. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the association found that 85.6 percent of the university’s law school’s 2012 graduates found jobs nine months after graduation. That’s the best rate in five years, ranking the university No. 95 in the country in graduate job placement. In 2011, only 80.5 percent of the law school’s class found jobs at the same point, a…
PILSEN, Kan. (AP) A small Kansas town is preparing for the spotlight after a native son is awarded the Medal of Honor this week. President Barack Obama will present the nation’s highest military honor for valor this week to the family of the Rev. Emil Kapaun, who was credited with saving hundreds of lives while serving a chaplain in the Korean War. Kapaun’s family says they plan to give the medal to Pilsen, a town of about 40 people an hour northeast of Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that Pilsen residents are discussing how to keep the medal secure, and…