Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education accepted a bid to repair the West Elementary playground. At Monday’s meeting, Director of Operations Larry Hannan handed out the bid specification from four (4) bidders for the West Elementary Playground drainage project. After discussing the different components of the bids, and suggestions by Bryan Padgham, a motion was
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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education has revised their Food Service Policy. At Monday’s meeting, Food Service Director, Laura Fails, requested and was approved for adding an additional food service worker. Then the focus shifted to the current Food Service Policy for students whose accounts are negative. According to Superintendent Denise O’Dea, USD 320’s policy
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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education approved a new financial literacy class for the 2017-18 school year. At Monday’s meeting, Principal Tim Winter introduced Teacher Travis Graber who developed the class for the Business Department. The proposed Financial Literacy class will be required for graduation and offered to Junior’s and Senior’s in years 2017-18. Graber
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One of the men responsible for a string of September 2015 robberies which sent the K-State campus into lockdown was to be sentenced Monday morning; however, things did not go as planned. Jonathon Ryan Elliot, 20, pleaded no contest in January to one count of aggravated robbery after admitting he participated the robberies in September by
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Riley County commission chairman Ben Wilson opted out of signing on to two letters from the board that expresses written disagreement of the state-imposed property tax lid. Wilson said last week that while he disagreed with the tax lid law as written, he differed from commissioners Ron Wilson and Robert Boyd when it came to
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A Manhattan man pleaded no contest to drug charges in Riley County District Court on Monday morning. As KMAN reported last summer, Andre Quinton, Jr. was arrested in July of 2015 for a long list of drug-related offenses including intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school, possession of narcotics, and domestic battery. Police raided Quinton’s home
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It was a big day for bid openings at the Pottawatomie County Commission meeting Monday. Commissioners and County Administrators were pleased with the bids they received, which were described as “really good prices” by Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark. Clark and his staff will consider the bids more closely Thursday before commissioners take
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TOPEKA — A Junction City resident received a surprise of a lifetime when checking his Hot Lotto ticket Saturday night, according to a press release from the Kansas Lottery. The lucky winner, who wished to remain anonymous, matched all numbers in the Jan. 30 Hot Lotto drawing to win a jackpot prize worth $1,550,000. “Saturday
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TOPEKA — The chairman of the Kansas House education committee says his panel won’t vote on a school consolidation measure. Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, told The Topeka Capital-Journal Saturday he doesn’t intend to move forward this year with a House measure introduced by Rep. John Bradford, a Lansing Republican. The measure would pare down the
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If you’re looking for a last-minute gift idea for your Valentine that will be both unique and appreciated, look no further than the C. L. Hoover Opera House in Junction City. This weekend, the Neil Simon comedy “Jake’s Women” will be performed. The play tells the story of Jake, a middle-aged novelist who is much
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