Wamego’s District Assessment Results are in for the 2011-12 school year. At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, Curriculum Director Mary Kaye Siebert went over the results. According to Siebert, West Elementary grades 3 thru 5 were well above the national scores in both reading and math, plus received the Building Standard of Excellence. The Middle School 7th and 8th grades, and Wamego High School 11th grades also were well above the national scores in reading and math. The only red flag in the report was the Middle School 6th grade ranked below the national scores in Math, and Board…
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Mitt Romney says the risk of conflict in the Middle East has grown under President Barack Obama’s leadership. The Republican presidential contender is calling for a “change of course” in the region.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Reno County authorities are investigating the death of a 41-year-old woman after she was found dead in a hot tub. Sheriff Randy Henderson identified the victim Monday as Michelle Price. He said in a news release that authorities found her dead Sunday morning at a home in eastern Reno County. Henderson said a preliminary autopsy indicated that Price drowned. He says toxicology results will not be available for several months Two people were allowing Price to stay in the home.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State officials will investigate ethics complaints filed against the Kansas attorney general and Johnson County district attorney over their handling of an investigation into a Planned Parenthood clinic. The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue filed separate complaints in September against Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe. The group alleges the two men, both Republicans, helped engineer the dismissal of criminal charges against a Planned Parenthood clinic in Johnson County. Operation Rescue announced Monday that the state Office of the Disciplinary Administrator said in a letter in late September the complaints would be investigated.…
LANGDON, Kan. (AP) Authorities have identified the Harvey County woman who died and two others who were injured in a car-train accident near Walton. The Harvey County Sheriff’s office says Taylor Sowell, 19, of Newton died when the car she was driving collided with a BNSF freight train Saturday about a mile southwest of Walton. Her 20-year-old husband, Dylan Sowell, and her 17-year-old brother, Kyle Malek of Sedgwick, were taken to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. On Monday, the hospital said Dylan Sowell was in fair condition but information was not available on Malek. The Hutchinson News reports the railroad…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency is collecting soil and water samples this month from industrial sites in Great Bend. The Great Bend Tribune reported that the samples will be taken from around the former O’Neill Tank site and the former Plating Inc. site near the Great Bend Municipal Airport. Plating Inc. is a contaminated site that is monitored by EPA’s Superfund Division, under a federal program to clean up uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Meanwhile, officials are trying to determine is there’s contamination at the former O’Neill Tank site. EPA spokesman David Bryan says oil and water samples…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas zoo is hoping to hear the pitter patter of baby gorilla feet by 2014. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Sedgwick County Zoo has nine male gorillas. But officials confirmed that a 33-year-old female gorilla from Philadelphia is arriving in the spring, and an 11-year-old female from Calgary is expected as soon as late summer. Meanwhile, three male gorillas will go to Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul, Minn. The move comes after the national coordinator of the Species Survival Plan recommended last week that the zoo be entrusted with breeding gorillas. Currently,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new Kansas task force charged with finding ways for schools to put more of their state funding directly into classrooms is getting down to work. Gov. Sam Brownback created the School Efficiency Task Force in September. The governor said he wanted to find ways for the state’s 286 school districts to reduce administrative costs, eliminate overhead and devote more spending to supporting classroom instruction. The panel’s first meeting was set for Monday at the Statehouse. Members will hear from a school finance expert, the head of the state school boards association and a Kansas Policy Institute…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas regulators are considering whether they need new rules for providers of promotional tours to three state-owned casinos. The state Racing and Gaming Commission has scheduled a hearing Friday on the issue. The commission regulates the companies that operate casinos for the Kansas Lottery in Dodge City, Mulvane and Kansas City, Kan. The commission also licenses companies that provide casino junkets financed in part or entirely by the casino managers. Commission spokesman Bill Miskell says the agency wants to make sure that the trips are safe and their providers operate honestly. Miskell says the commission is soliciting…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Wichita Fire Department and Mayor Carl Brewer are kicking off Fire Prevention Week with two media events. Brewer will speak about fire prevention efforts at 10 a.m. Monday during a public safety briefing at City Hall. The mayor later plans to go to Ortiz Elementary School for the unveiling of the so-called Mobile Prevention Experience unit.