TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Lottery is seeking permission from legislators to sell tickets from vending machines. A hearing on the bill scheduled for Wednesday before the House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee was postponed indefinitely while the bill is refined. Lottery officials believe eliminating the state’s ban on electronic ticket-dispensing machines would boost sales and provide additional revenues for the state. The bill also would repeal a ban on lottery advertising at college sporting events, though ads still would be barred at high school events. The Kansas Constitution once banned all lotteries, but voters approved an amendment in…
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas has unblocked limited information about two fraternities that were placed on probation for hazing. But the Lawrence Journal-World reports that most of the information it sought when it initially requested documents from the school in October remains redacted. The paper raised concerns in December about the redactions with an open records appeal. The university responded by provided a slightly less-redacted version of one of the five documents initially given to the newspaper. But the newspaper reported that all information remains hidden about the nature and severity of hazing behaviors by the Delta Tau…
In this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes speaks with Riley County USD 378 Grade School Principal Teresa Grant and Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton; Christina Nolte, Director of Development with Homecare and Hospice and Bud Cox with “Cox Cares”; and Stephen Higgs, Biosecurity Research Institute Director regarding zika (zee’kuh) outbreak
A verbal altercation which turned physical resulted in a police response in the are of Mission Circle in Manhattan on January 26, 2016 at approximately 6:00 PM. Officers were told that this altercation involved a subject brandishing a firearm prior to leaving the scene with another individual in a green pontiac. Police responding to the scene observed this green pontiac and attempted to perform a traffic stop at which time a short vehicle pursuit occurred. This pursuit began near the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Allen Road and continued south through the residential section east of Tuttle Creek Blvd.…
Team Score Manhattan 60 Rock Creek 8 106 Wooten (Man) Wins by Fall over Hale (RC) 113 Salinas (Man) Win by Forf (RC) 120 Middleton (Man) Win by Forf (RC) 126 Mitchell (Man) Win by Forf (RC) 132 Reich-Willie (Man) Win by Fall over Nold (RC) 138 Breeden (Man) Win by Inj. over Reed (RC) 145 Barenheide (RC) Win Maj 13-0 over Saddler (Man) 152 Haftings (Man) Win by Fall over Stillwagon (RC) 160 Shadwin (RC) Win Maj 14-3 over R. Wewer (Man) 170 Renteria (Man) Win by Fall over Strite (RC) 182 Double Forfeit 195 Houston (Man) Win by…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jonathan Holton had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 9 West Virginia to a 70-55 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday night, giving the Mountaineers a sweep of the season series. It was Holton’s second double-double in three games for the Mountaineers (17-3, 6-2 Big 12). Justin Edwards had 11 points for Kansas State (12-8, 2-6), which cut West Virginia’s lead to single digits in the second half just once. Dean Wade had nine points for the Wildcats, who connected on 20 of 57 shots (35.1 percent), and lost to the Mountaineers for the…
Get ready to yield! Another roundabout will soon be popping up in Manhattan. Director of Public Works, Robert Ott spoke with City Commissioners during a Tuesday night work session, about a roundabout set to be installed at the intersection of Scenic Drive, Kimball Avenue and Anderson Avenue. Ott shared general updates on the progress of the project with Commissioners and spoke about accepting construction bids within the next 60 days. Several commissioner questions about financing were presented to Ott, but the largest concerns were pedestrian safety and size of the roundabout – in relation to semi-trucks making their way to…
Updated 6 a.m. Wednesday: While not officially connected to a law enforcement chase KMAN first told you about Tuesday night, two arrests appear to correspond with the location and timeframe of the earlier reported incident. Wednesday morning’s Riley County Police arrest report indicates Jonathan Bruce, 21, and Shawn Sime, 36, both of St. George, were taken into custody during the six o’clock hour Tuesday evening on Tuttle Creek Boulevard. Bruce’s charges include fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, criminal damage to property, and operating without a valid license–with a$7,000 bond set. Sime’s bond is $3,000 with only criminal damage to property…
Scientists behind a “Doomsday Clock” that measures the likelihood of a global cataclysm say the world is still under grave threat. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Tuesday that the minute hand was at three minutes-to-midnight.