TOPEKA — Senate Minority Leader has chastised his colleagues for failing to make progress on a school finance plan. He urged them Tuesday to come to grips with reality. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that during the debate lawmakers said they were interested in negotiating with school attorneys. They also expressed frustration with the Kansas Supreme Court. They rejected Hensley’s efforts to inject hundreds of millions of dollars into public schools. Hensley says lawmakers have made no progress and are now a week and a half before adjournment of the regular session. The Legislature is scheduled to begin a three-week absence at…
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Today’s guests on In Focus included USD 383 Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid and board member Jurdene Coleman, Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams and Blue Valley-Randolph Superintendent Brady Burton, and KSU Instructor of Dance and Music Neil Dunn with Associate Director of Dance and Music Julie Pentz, along with KSU student dancers Jazzy Walker and Olivia Manqual. Reid & Coleman: Williams & Burton: Dunn, Pentz, Walker, & Manqual:
Manhattan Area Technical College will present a free car to the family of Kansas National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Michael Tryon and his wife, Arlene, Friday at 10 a.m., according to a press release Tuesday from Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the State of Kansas Jane Welch. The presentation will take place at the college’s automotive collision repair shop. Tryon, of Waterville, is a soldier with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery. He just recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan with the unit. He previously deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a Multinational Force and Observers mission in…
TOPEKA — Legislation that would help put guns in the hands of Kansas schoolteachers has prompted worried lawmakers, teachers and citizens to a pack committee hearing. The bill reviewed Tuesday by the House Insurance Committee would hold school districts potentially negligent if they don’t permit a licensed employee to carry a concealed gun on premises. In addition, insurance companies would not be allowed to refuse coverage to schools because they have armed staff. During the committee’s hearing, supporters proposed an amendment to strike the section that would hold school districts negligent. But that move did little to turn opposition around…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark and County Commissioner Travis Althenhofen.
Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property and attempted theft in the 4400 block of Kauffman Dr. in Manhattan on March 26, 2018 at approximately 5:05 PM. Officers listed Deep Roots Landscape as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect damaged a trailer owned by the business. The total loss associated with this case is approximately $3,000.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00. David Wellborn,…
Monday’s guest was Dr. Timothy Shaffer, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at KSU and Assistant Director of the K-State Institute for Civil Discourse and Democracy.
Students, parents and supporters of reform gathered at CiCo Park in Manhattan Saturday as a part of the March For Our Lives movement that spurred protests and demonstrations across the country over the weekend in the aftermath of the Valentines Day school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that took 17 lives. Students and their families gathered with signs and started the event by marching around the entire park. Then, making it full circle back to the baseball field, they gathered to listen to speakers from the community. Community member Alex Van Dyke, who spearheaded the event along with some of Manhattan’s…
The Wildcats’ magical run ends with 78-62 loss in Elite Eight It took until the Elite Eight, but the absence of Dean Wade finally caught up to Kansas State. Loyola Chicago looked nothing like a Cinderella story Saturday evening, punching its ticket to the Final Four via a thorough, 78-62 dismantling of the Wildcats in Atlanta. The recipe K-State used to reach the South Region title game — one of stifling defense and transition offense — didn’t stand a chance against a team powered by flawless execution, fate, or both. The Ramblers shot 57 percent, including 50 percent from long…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — An executive with the Kansas water park where a 10-year-old boy died on a giant waterslide has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Tyler Austin Miles, an operations director for Schlitterbahn, was booked into the Wyandotte County jail Friday and is being held on $50,000 bond. Caleb Schwab died in August 2016 on the 17-story Verruckt water slide at the park in western Kansas City, Kansas. An autopsy revealed the boy was decapitated when the raft that he and two women were on went airborne. It hit a pole that supported nets that were designed to keep…