Monday’s show started with a pre-recorded interview with Kansas Sen. Tom Hawk previewing the upcoming legislative session. Later, Governor’s Military Council Executive Director Perry Wiggins was live in-studio. He talked about changes in the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as at the Secretary of Defense’s office, his future on the council, as well as Fort Riley deployments and more.
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WICHITA — An Ohio professor alleges in a lawsuit that Wichita State University retracted an employment offer after she told them she was pregnant. The Wichita Eagle reports that Evangeline Heiliger says that she revealed her pregnancy for the first time and asked about childcare in March when she was offered a tenure-track job as the assistant professor of women’s studies. The suit says a dean told her the next day in an email that he “had become aware that she was no longer available for the position” and was removing her from consideration. The suit says Heiliger never indicated…
WICHITA — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran says he wants the shutdown to come to end, saying it will soon start to affect farmers and aircraft manufacturers. The Wichita Eagle reports that Moran said Friday after touring three Wichita businesses that he’s “sorry” the government is in a shutdown. He added that people who are dissatisfied with the government sometimes say, “Shut her down, it doesn’t matter.” But Moran says “the things that government does are important to many people.” He says one effect of a protracted shutdown will be that aircraft manufacturers will be unable to deliver planes because the…
Dejaniqua Bush, 20, of Topeka, was arrested while in the 500 block of Pillsbury Dr. in Manhattan on January 4, 2019, at approximately 11:10 PM. Bush was arrested on offenses of theft, aggravated assault, and criminal threat. Bush was issued a total bond of $8,000.00. Bush was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 300 block of Park St. in Ogden on January 4, 2019, at approximately 1:10 PM. Officers listed Luke Johnson, 55, of Ogden as the victim when he reported a known female damaged his 2006…
The Riley County Appraiser’s Office presented the 2019 agricultural land use values to the Riley County Commission at the board’s meeting Thursday. Appraiser Greg McHenry told the commission that values are set to increase again this year, despite a sluggish agricultural economy. He says the state of the economy has some people wondering why that’s the case. McHenry says the advantage to the this setup is that it spreads out the major peaks in values that can occur and minimizes the valleys. They are expecting values to increase 8 to 10 percent this year, the same increase as the past…
Example of labeling – family size 32 oz WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee is voluntarily recalling its cheesecakes made with Diamond Crystal Brands cheesecake mix due to the potential they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The supermarket chain says the potential for contamination was brought to their attention Friday after receiving a letter from the supplier. The voluntary recall includes 32 varieties of cheesecakes in both 8-ounce and 32-ounce packages with best if used by dates of Dec. 6, 2018 through Jan. 11, 2019. No illnesses have yet been reported. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
John is in Frisco, Texas today, the home of the FCS National Championship as K-State Head Coach Chris Klieman prepares for his final game as the NDSU HC. John will be joined by Matt Hall of KSO and a laundry list of guests today, including Kellis Robinett, Derek Young and many others. 0:00 – Welcome to Frisco 13:53 – Kellis Robinett 27:04 – Jeff Culhane 41:32 – Assistant salaries 53:01 – Sam Herder 1:04:23 – KSU Basketball and Derek Young
Friday’s show featured a conversation with Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard with a review of 2018, conference attendance numbers and a look ahead to 2019. Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins presented an emergency preparedness update and review of 2018 events. In our final two segments, Gregg Eyestone, Riley County Extension Agent, Horticulture K-State Research and Extension joined us to talk about the Master Gardeners program.
More than 1,000 Kansas students will receive $2.1 million in student loan forgiveness under the terms of a settlement reached Thursday, Jan. 3, with the Career Education Corporation (CEC), Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a statement. CEC is a for-profit education company based in Illinois that currently offers primarily online courses through American InterContinental University and Colorado Technical University. After receiving numerous complaints from students and a critical report on “for-profit” education by the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, a group of attorneys general, including Schmidt, launched an investigation into CEC in January 2014. Schmidt…
Scott Alexander, 25, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 400 block of Fremont St. in Manhattan on January 3, 2019 at approximately 8:55 AM. Alexander was arrested on offenses of distribute opiate/narcotic/certain stimulant, distribute or possess with the intent to distribute marijuana within 1000′ of a school, and possession of paraphernalia (x2). Alexander was issued a total bond of $20,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Jacob Alexander, 25, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 400 block of Fremont St. in Manhattan on January 3, 2019, at approximately 8:55 AM. Alexander was arrested…