An Outdoor Wildlife Learning Site is slated for Wamego’s Middle School. At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, Middle School Teacher Shane Neel provided information and the layout of the proposed Outdoor Classroom or OWLS. According to the plan, the area west of the Middle School will be divided in plots for the study of various Ecological research programs, which will include water management, fire burn areas, and gardening. Neel said once the greenhouse is built, the students will grow and sell vegetables back to the school, which will make this part of the project almost self-sustaining. Neel announced the receipt…
Author: KMAN Staff
Texas authorities are searching for a suspect who stole a police car while in handcuffs. They say he was arrested and handcuffed, but managed to roll down a window and get to the driver’s seat, and then took off.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Syria is not showing any new signs that it’s preparing to use chemical weapons. Panetta commented while flying to Kuwait.
The results have come in on the Tri-State Wrestling Invitational in Sabetha on Monday. Two schools from the KMAN listening area sent athletes to the meet including local schools Wamego and Riley County. The Red Raiders finished second as a team in the tournament with Riley County placing fourth overall. Wamego came home from the meet with three individual champions of the event. Jacob Dietrich won the 126 lb weight class, Alec Pierson won the 138 lb weight class, and Dylan Campbell finished first in the 152 lb weight class. Other teams competing in the tournament where Marysville, host Sabetha,…
Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and New York City hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo have signed a settlement of her sexual-assault lawsuit. The amount of the settlement is confidential.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police are sorting out the details in a pair of weekend homicides that occurred just a few hours apart. The first took place around 9 p.m. Saturday, when 23-year-old George Vasquez was shot in the head after answering a knock at the front door of a home. A 28-year-old man was arrested after police found him outside arguing with two men who live at the house. Police said Monday they were seeking a motive. A suspect is also in custody the fatally stabbing of a 27-year-old man around 1 a.m. Sunday, after a fight broke out…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Police in Kansas City, Kan., are asking the public’s help in identifying a man found dead in burning vehicle over the weekend. Firefighters made the discovery around 11 p.m. Saturday while extinguishing the flames. Police said Monday the man’s death is now being investigated as a homicide. The victim is believed to have been 40 to 60 years old, with a full set of upper dentures and partial lowers. The vehicle is described as a red, 2012 Lincoln MKT crossover registered to Avis rentals. The cause of death has not been released.
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) A south-central Kansas hotel has reopened after carbon monoxide exposure sent more than 30 people to a hospital where they were treated and released. Sunday’s incident caused a brief evacuation of the Best Western Inn Suites in Greensburg. Kiowa County Sheriff Kendal Lothman said Monday that several children had got out of the hotel swimming pool with dilated eyes and difficulty breathing. Lothman says the children had been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide believed to result from a water heater failing to vent properly. Guests were allowed back in their rooms later Sunday, but the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new state program that gives irrigators flexibility in managing their water allocations while also encouraging conservation has about 750 participants. The program was created last year by the Kansas Legislature to conserve the future of the Ogallala Aquifer. The Hutchinson News reports that the multi-year flex account program allows irrigators to use more water during drought years. They can manage their water rights over five years, which helps the state’s aquifers recover during years with more moisture. Kansas Department of Agriculture issued about 2,300 drought emergency term permits during last year’s drought that allowed irrigators to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansans between the ages of 65 and 74 have only a few days left to enjoy hunting and fishing for free. The state will stop providing free hunting and fishing licenses for people in that age range, starting in January. The exemption began in 1971. State officials estimate ending the practice will bring in $900,000 to $1.5 million. Mike Miller, spokesman for the state’s wildlife department, says Kansas misses out on federal money because it doesn’t sell enough licenses. He says an estimated 30,000 hunters don’t have to buy licenses because of the age exemption. The Joplin…