About 70 students graduated from programs at the Flint Hills Job Corps Center in front of hundreds of friends and family Friday. Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson gave the keynote address at the ceremony. During his speech, Watson emphasized the importance of finding one’s passion. He also talked about recognizing and seizing opportunities in life. FHJCC Directer Johnny Taylor also spoke to students at the event, urging the graduates to not accept failure while also accepting that failure will happen. He also told the students that they don’t have to be a product of negative experiences. Also speaking at…
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Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers stopped by KMAN this morning to discuss various items proposed in Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the State address and 2020 budget proposal. Medicaid Expansion During her State of the State address last week, Kelly optimistically talked about the potential for passing a bill during the 2020 legislative session that would expand Medicaid. Rogers shares this sentiment, saying he is optimistic about the Senate passing an expansion bill that has already been passed by the House of Representatives. However, he says there are still some in the legislature who are opposed to the bill. If…
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WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas man has been charged with threatening on social media to kill President Donald Trump. The Wichita Eagle reports that Aaron McDowell, of Salina, was charged Thursday in federal court with one count of threatening the President of the United States. Federal prosecutors said he wrote Tuesday on Facebook that he was going to kill the president at 7 p.m. that day. Another person commented on McDowell’s post, stating “Yo prove it.” A Secret Service agent wrote in the affidavit that McDowell responded with “You’ll see it on the news.”
WICHITA, Kan. — Police in Wichita are looking into using genetic genealogy databases to help solve cold murder and rape cases. Capt. Jeff Weible said the department isn’t ready to decide whether it will use the technique to solve any local crimes. But to help find out how the technique could be used, the department co-hosted a two-day training conference on it this week. The Wichita Eagle reported that it drew more than 60 people from law enforcement agencies and other organizations in Kansas, Wyoming and California to downtown Wichita.
OPOLIS, Kan. — Authorities say a woman found dead in southeast Kansas might have been hit by a vehicle. The Crawford County Sheriff’s office on Friday identified the woman as 35-year-old Brandi Moore, of Pittsburg. Her body was found Wednesday in Opolis, an unincorporated town in Crawford County. Sheriff Danny Smith said in a news release a pathologist indicated her injuries were consistent with being hit by a vehicle. An autopsy and official cause of death are pending. Smith says the driver of the vehicle has not been determined. It appears Moore was struck between 8 p.m. Tuesday to 6…
MATFIELD GREEN, Mo. — Authorities say a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has shot and critically wounded an armed man amid a confrontation after his vehicle became disabled during a pursuit. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that the chase started Thursday afternoon after troopers encountered the wanted man at the Matfield Green Service Area, a toll road rest stop along Interstate 35 in Chase County. The KBI says the pursuit ended when tire-puncturing stop sticks were placed in the fleeing driver’s path. Preliminary information indicates that after the suspect exited his disabled vehicle, there was a…
Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler joined In Focus for his monthly visit to News Radio KMAN.
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Agricultural chemical and seed company Corteva Agriscience officially announced the location of its new facility to the public at the Columbian Theater in Wamego this morning. Among those in attendance were various local government officials, Greater Manhattan Economic Partnership members, Corteva Agriscience employees and property developers. The installation will occupy a 22,000 square foot building in the Wamego Industrial Park on the east side of of the city and will employ 15 to 20 permanent employees as well as a number of seasonal workers. In addition, Corteva Agriscience Senior Research Scientist Les Kuhlman says there will be internship and part-time…