Dee McKee, Manhattan, has won her Republican primary bid for re-election tonight as the Pottawatomie County Commissioner District 1. No Democrat has filed to challenge her in November's general election.

Paul Schliffke has been named the new Wamego Police Chief, according to a press release from City Manager Stacie Eichem.

WESTMORELAND. July 19  — Allen Sylvester and Deborah Sylvester, the former USD 320 teachers charged with unlawful sexual acts, appeared this morning in Pottawatomie County District Court in front of Magistrate Judge Erich Campbell.

St. Marys police officer Mark Lamberson passed away while on duty Saturday, July 2, according to a press release from Chief Derek Cid.

WAMEGO – Former Wamego Police Chief Mike Baker said he was not allowed to ask questions or give any defense of allegations against him at a closed-door termination appeals hearing this morning.

WAMEGO, June 22 -- Mike Baker is no longer employed by the City of Wamego, according to a press release sent this morning by City Manager Stacie Eichem.

WAMEGO, June 21, 2022 – Wamego Police Chief Michael Baker spoke Tuesday evening to the Wamego City Commission regarding his suspension.

Editor's Note: Updated to include statement by Greg Mann, interim superintendent, which was released Wednesday afternoon.

Allen Dale Sylvester, 51, rural Wabaunsee County was arrested Sunday, May 29, 2022, for unlawful sexual relations by the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office, according to the jail roster listing on its web page.

MANHATTAN – Somewhere in the midst of children laughing and small toys constructed of interlocking plastic bricks gobbling up one another, Macy Hynek is smiling.

MANHATTAN – Kansas State University will host field days in Kingman and Sumner counties on May 12 to highlight the latest research, variety, and production information on winter canola.

WAMEGO, Jan. 5 -- Wamego police officers and Pottawatomie County deputies responded to a reported shooting this morning, according to a press release from Police Chief Mike Baker.

Editor's note: We goofed in the Oct. 28 edition of The Times. We listed it as Tuesday, Nov. 4. We apologize for the error, and this is the correction.

Joshua Higdon, 34, Wamego, died as a result of a car accident at 12:23 Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office.

(RILEY COUNTY, KS – September 1, 2021) Two Riley County residents have passed away after testing positive for COVID-19. 

As a result of being awarded a KDHE testing grant, USD 320 is able to offer Covid testing to our students and staff beginning Thursday, Sept. 2. Staffing the center and doing the testing will be Mrs. Lorriel Dover and Mrs. Nichole Lattimer; both of whom are Registered Nurses.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The …

MANHATTAN, KAN. – The 13th annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson’s Disease will be offered as an in-person event at Tuttle Creek State Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. A virtual race option is also being offered. Register for the Half-Mile Memorial Run/Walk, 5K, or 10K by visiting www.meadowla…

Editor's note: Full coverage of the meeting will be in the Aug. 12 print edition of The Times.

The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug., 5, in the West Elementary Gym to discuss masking in response to the recent upsurge in Covid-19 cases, according to Superintendent Greg Mann.

MONDAY, AUG. 2, Wamego -- At a special board meeting held at noon today, the USD 320 Board of Education voted to hold a meeting Thursday to discuss back to school COVID-19 mitigation issues.

(RILEY COUNTY, KS – July 28, 2021) Four individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 have passed away. 

On Thursday July 22, 2021, at 12:54pm, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from a person reporting they had been stabbed and they were driving on Westmoreland Road near Cree Road heading to Westmoreland, Kansas.

He wasn’t wearing a white shirt, well-shaped silver belly hat, low-slung southpaw pistol holster or riding a grey horse.

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2021 – Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Dickinson County, Kansas, the National Archives and Records Administration is closing the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene effective Monday, July 19, 2021.

It’ll be a celebration of 45 years of professional rodeo in Manhattan.

As the ongoing battle with COVID-19 changes and Ascension Via Christi continues to see the number of patients surge, it remains incredibly important that we adjust our visitation policy.