TOPEKA — A Junction City resident received a surprise of a lifetime when checking his Hot Lotto ticket Saturday night, according to a press release from the Kansas Lottery. The lucky winner, who wished to remain anonymous, matched all numbers in the Jan. 30 Hot Lotto drawing to win a jackpot prize worth $1,550,000. “Saturday night, I scanned my ticket on the store’s lottery checker and the message read, ‘Sign back of ticket. Claim at Lottery,’” said the winner. “I’ve never seen a message like that, so while I was pumping gas I looked up the winning Hot Lotto numbers…
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TOPEKA — The chairman of the Kansas House education committee says his panel won’t vote on a school consolidation measure. Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, told The Topeka Capital-Journal Saturday he doesn’t intend to move forward this year with a House measure introduced by Rep. John Bradford, a Lansing Republican. The measure would pare down the number of school districts to one per county in most counties. The Kansas Association of School Boards estimated the number of districts would drop from 286 statewide to 132. A hearing in Highland’s committee on Wednesday attracted 41 opponents to the bill. Highland says the…
If you’re looking for a last-minute gift idea for your Valentine that will be both unique and appreciated, look no further than the C. L. Hoover Opera House in Junction City. This weekend, the Neil Simon comedy “Jake’s Women” will be performed. The play tells the story of Jake, a middle-aged novelist who is much more successful at writing his relationships than he is at living them. His marriage to second wife Maggie is in trouble, and Jake isn’t equipped to handle the situation. He calls on the many other women in his life, including his sister, his therapist, his…
Shadow Hosier, 27, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on February 5, 2016, at approximately 1 p.m. Hosier was arrested on two warrants for probation violation. The original offenses are listed as domestic battery and battery. He was given a bond of $7,500. Police in Riley County filed a report and are now investigating the crimes of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy within the city limits of Manhattan. This report was filed on February 6, 2016, at approximately 3 p.m. for an incident involving a 20-year-old female victim and a 20-year-old male suspect which is…
Washington – The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate today announced the winners of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Think-and-Do Challenge. The two winners, the Manhattan Area Technical College and DynaSim Technical Services, Inc., have developed ideas that will substantively support operations for the NBAF. When completed and fully operational in 2022, the $1.25 billion NBAF will be a 570,000 sq.ft, biocontainment facility for the study of foreign animal and emerging zoonotic diseases that threaten animal agriculture and public health in the United States. “The NBAF will be America’s go-to resource for truly innovative animal health research,…
An accident on Highway 24, six miles west of Manhattan Sunday evening sent two people to the hospital and affected traffic in that area for about three hours. Robert Haas, 49, of Manhattan was taken to Stormont Vail in Topeka and Amanda Shepard, 34, also of Manhattan, was taken to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, following the accident reported at 6:16 p.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Haas was driving a 2000 Dodge Dakota westbound on US 24, with Shepard driving a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix eastbound. Haas’ vehicle went left of center and the two vehicles…
GALENA, Kan. (AP) Cherokee County spent about $28,000 on a grand jury investigation that led to charges that were ultimately dismissed. The county budgeted $50,000 for the investigation in 2015 after opponents of plans to build a landfill in Riverton petitioned for the investigation. Another $50,000 was set aside in the 2016 budget before the charges against the Galena officials were dismissed. The Joplin Globe reports the Galena mayor and six current or former Galena City Council members were indicted on a misuse of public funds charges. The charges were dismissed in September. A petition seeking the grand jury probe…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The chairman of the Kansas House education committee says his panel won’t vote on a school consolidation measure. Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, told The Topeka Capital-Journal Saturday he doesn’t intend to move forward this year with a House measure introduced by Rep. John Bradford, a Lansing Republican. The measure would pare down the number of school districts to one per county in most counties. The Kansas Association of School Boards estimated the number of districts would drop from 286 statewide to 132. A hearing in Highland’s committee on Wednesday attracted 41 opponents to the bill. Highland says…
There is a burning ban in effect today in Riley County. According to the NE Kansas Regional Notification System, the ban came as a result of high winds sweeping through the area.
After three minutes, it looked like No. 1 Oklahoma might run Kansas State out of Bramlage Coliseum. The Sooners led, 9-0, and the Wildcats hadn’t even attempted a shot. Not so fast. This is college basketball, after all. Wesley Iwundu scored 22 points, Dean Wade added 17 in his first game coming off the bench and K-State knocked off the top-ranked Sooners, 80-69 Saturday evening. “We’ve had a lot of adversity from our injuries and losing close games, so I’m really proud of our guys,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “It was a great team win. I told our guys…