Thursday’s guest was Pawnee Mental Health Director Robbin Cole who joined us to highlight a legislative wrap-up and discuss state bills that have helped or hindered state mental health. This program did not air Thursday due to K-State baseball at the Big XII Tournament. It will air Monday, May 27.
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MANHATTAN — Kansas State University has selected Thomas Lane as the university’s new vice president for student life and dean of students. Kansas State University President Richard Myers announced the appointment of Lane, who currently serves as associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Missouri State University. “We are excited to have found someone of Dr. Lane’s caliber for this vital position at K-State,” Myers said. “His broad experience in student life administration will serve him well as the top advocate for Kansas State University students while he plays a key role in ensuring and enriching…
MANHATTAN — The Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University has announced just how much funding has been raised this year for cancer research. The university said Wednesday the research center awarded $345,042 in fiscal year 2019. In addition to $50,000 to establish a Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer Research and nearly $115,000 to support graduate students, the center provided more than $78,000 for studies into cell cycle regulation as well as premature aging of fat tissue and subsequent increased cancer risk in obese children, just to name a few. Private donations to the cancer research center allow…
MANHATTAN — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held an informational meeting for the public to inform on the current conditions of Tuttle Creek Reservoir and the dam. (The full meeting video can be found below this story. The main purpose of the meeting was to explain the corps’ flood control functions, the operations of the local basin lakes, and why the lakes have so much water in them. Along with the presenters, the public was able to write down questions for them to answer at the end of the presentations. Chief of Water Management Christopher Purzer is the one…
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Wednesday’s guests included USD 384 Blue Valley/Randolph Superintendent Brady Burton with a discussion on the end of the year and next month’s looming decision on school funding for the Kansas Supreme Court. Riley Mayor Tim Sharp also joined us to update happenings in his community and continue the discussion for the need of an ambulance station in northern Riley County.
TOPEKA — The state of Kansas will create a law enforcement unit designed to combat an increase in computer crime in the state. The director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the state attorney general said Tuesday online criminal activity is rapidly increasing in Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the FBI’s internet crime center said losses by Kansas victims of cybercrime increased from $3.9 million in 2015 to $17 million in 2018. A state budget recently signed by Gov. Laura Kelly includes $1 million for the new investigative group. KBI Director Kirk Thompson said the money will allow the…
OLATHE — The co-founder of a suburban Kansas City school has been found not guilty of child sexual abuse charges. Fox4KC reports 49-year-old Dennis Creason was acquitted Tuesday on several counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Creason and his wife, of Bonner Springs, co-founded founded Oaklawn Christian School in Shawnee. He was accused of lewd fondling or touching of children under the age of 14 between 2009 and early 2018. Oaklawn Christian School closed following Creason’s arrest. Creason testified during the trial that he never had sexual contact with the children. His attorneys argued the five girls who…
ULYSSES — A 17-year-old Kansas student will collect diplomas from high school and Harvard University this month. Braxton Moral received his high school degree from Ulysses High School Sunday. He will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Harvard on May 30. The Hutchinson News reports Moral’s parents are likely to miss both graduations because his mom, Julie Moral, had kidney transplant surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center Wednesday after being on a wait list for nearly a year. The teen majored in government and minored in English through Harvard’s extension program. He took classes online during the school…
KANSAS CITY — The state of Kansas paid outside law firms at least $899,000 in an unsuccessful attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. KCUR reports records it obtained through an open records request show the state paid three high-powered East Coast law firms to defend its case for nearly three years before Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration dropped the effort in April. Planned Parenthood sued the state after then-Gov. Sam Brownback vowed to defund the organization. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment notified the organization in May 2016 that its Medicaid contract would be ending. Invoices from the law firms…