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Dominion Post
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Dominion Post
Preston High quarterback Slaton Manko excited for senior season after a breakout 2024 campaign
KINGWOOD – Preston High School quarterback Slaton Manko was one of the top breakout stars of the 2024 WV high school football season after an impressive campaign for the Knights. The rising senior amassed 2,428 total yards and 27 touchdowns offensively under center for the Knights last season, while also playing a role on defense with 24 tackles. His efforts earned him a spot on the Class AAA all-state second-team as a utility player, and Manko returns this season with renewed confidence and a clear mindset as he prepares to lead PHS in the fall. 'The experience I gained from my freshman and sophomore years playing varsity helped my confidence a ton going into last season,' Manko said. 'I've also had some great playmakers and a good offensive scheme and game plan from Coach Sims. I've always tried to lead by example, and being an upperclassman helped me take that to a new level.' Manko led the Knights with 1,744 yards through the air at a 53% completion percentage and 18 touchdowns to only six interceptions. He was also the leading rusher on the team, with 684 yards and nine touchdowns on 154 carries. His breakout game came against East Fairmont in the Buckwheat Bowl, a 48-20 victory, in which Manko totaled 487 yards of offense and six touchdowns. That came a week after he rushed for 100 yards and threw for 199 yards with three scores against Robert C. Byrd. Heading into summer, Manko says there isn't an aspect of his game he isn't trying to improve continually. 'I just want to continue to get better,' he said. 'Whether it's faster, stronger, or more knowledgeable, the goal is for the team to put out a product on the field that we and Preston County can be proud of. There's nothing like playing on Friday night, and with this being my senior season, I'm excited to battle week in and week out with my brother and give my all for our team.' The Knights competed in Class AAA in 2024, but will move back to Class AAAA with the newly implemented class realignment, which is strictly based on enrollment. PHS sits less than 10 students above the cutoff for Class AAA. Still, Manko believes he and his team have what it takes to succeed at the highest level of high school football in the state, and their confidence remains unwavering despite the competition. 'We don't always have the same number of players the other team has on the roster, but we have the same amount of effort and drive to compete at the highest level,' Manko said. 'I just want to be able to get the most out of my teammates and coaches, and hopefully the results will take care of themselves with the work we put in. I think we have a lot of talent, but we will have some new starters on both sides of the ball. It's about giving our maximum effort every play. If we do that, I think we will be successful.' Manko and the Knights will open the 2025 season by visiting Hampshire in Week 1.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Yahoo
Victim in Ross Township loses more than $8K as part of jury duty scam, sheriff's office says
A victim in Ross Township has lost thousands of dollars as part of a jury duty scam, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday. Mike Manko, spokesperson for the sheriff's office, said the victim received a call in which the caller ID read 'Allegheny Cnty Sheriffs Dept' along with the number 412-350-4700. The victim was told that an arrest warrant had been issued for not showing up to jury duty. Manko said the caller then requested $8,550 in Bitcoin to clear the warrant, and the victim ended up sending the funds through a Bitcoin ATM. An investigation uncovered that the funds were tracked to Binance in France, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Manko said the sheriff's office has not been able to isolate the actual account that received the funds. Sheriff Kevin Kraus is reminding residents that their office would never serve a warrant by phone and would never ask for any sort of payment over the phone. Their office also doesn't use any sort of electronic transfer of funds when dealing with warrants or fines, including Venmo, Zelle and other phone apps, nor would they ask for payments in gift cards or cryptocurrency. If anyone receives this type of call from someone claiming they are from the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, do not send any money and immediately call the office's investigations division at 412-350-4709. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
The Guardian
22-02-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
Gunman killed after shots fired at Pennsylvania hospital
A gunman has been killed after shots were fired on Saturday at a hospital in central Pennsylvania, officials said. Officials at UPMC memorial in York said that no patients had been injured and that the gunman was dead. The extent of any other injuries was unclear. Law enforcement were on the premises and managing the situation, Susan Manko, vice-president of public relations for UPMC, said in an emailed statement. The hospital asked employees who had not been scheduled to work Saturday to stay home, in a statement on its website. Families of patients arriving on site should report to the parking lot of the OSS building across the street from the hospital, Manko said. The Pennsylvania governor, Josh Shapiro, said in a social media post he is on the way to the hospital after being briefed on the shooting. He said the hospital is 'secure'. UPMC Memorial is a five-story, 104-bed hospital that opened in 2019 in York, a city of about 40,000 people known for its creation of York Peppermint Patties in 1940. The shooting is part of a wave of gun violence in recent years that has swept through US hospitals and medical centers, which have struggled to adapt to the growing threats. Such attacks have helped make healthcare one of the nation's most violent fields, with workers suffering more non-fatal injuries from workplace violence than workers in any other profession, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sign up to Headlines US Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion In 2023, a shooter killed a security guard in the lobby of New Hampshire's state psychiatric hospital before being fatally shot by a state trooper. In 2022, a man killed two workers at a Dallas hospital while there to watch his child's birth. In May of that year, a man opened fire in a medical center waiting room in Atlanta, killing one woman and wounding four. Just one month later, a gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical office because he blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after an operation.
