By Emma Loura To fill the district’s need for occupational therapists, USD 383 is contracting with the company Sunbelt Staffing LLC. At Wednesday night’s meeting, the school board gave final approval to a contract for occupational therapy services to fill the IEP needs for the 2025-2026 school year. “As a reminder, the reason we’re having to do this contract is that we were unable to recruit an O.T. to work for the district for this year,” school board president Kristin Brighton said. “I’m assuming those efforts to find someone are still ongoing and will continue.” To view the full article…
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By Rose Gruenbacher The township of Ogden’s former treasurer will serve four years of probation, after pleading guilty previously to misappropriation of public funds and submitting false expenses. Jimmy Bond, 71, was sentenced to 31 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections for the misuse of between $25,000 and $100,000 public funds and 13 months with the KDOC for official misconduct by submitting false expenses over $25,000. However, he was granted probation of two years for each count, to be served consecutively and monitored by community corrections. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more Riley County news.
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Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash late Friday morning in Manhattan. The RCPD says the collision happened around 11:23 a.m. on August 8 near the intersection of 8th Street and Bluemont Avenue. Officers determined a 2011 Nissan Rogue driven by 30-year-old Avery Colson of Wamego struck a 2026 Kia Spectra driven by 34-year-old Tara Block of St. George, which then hit a 2018 Chevy Equinox driven by 43-year-old Loyce Striggow of Wakefield. Colson and Block were transported by Riley County EMS to Via Christi Hospital with minor injuries. Police cited Colson for inattentive driving. Click here for more…
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Two women from Kentucky were taken to the hospital Friday evening after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Wabaunsee County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 61-year-old Leea S. Brown of Morganfield was driving a 2017 Ford Explorer westbound near the Flintview Road overpass around 7:32 p.m. when the SUV struck the right guardrail. Brown then overcorrected, hitting the left guardrail before coming to rest in the left lane. Brown and a passenger, 31-year-old Victoria L. Pruitt of Henderson, Kentucky, both reported possible injuries and were transported to Stormont Vail Hospital. A third passenger, a 6-month-old girl from Kansas…