Today’s guests on In Focus were: Wamego’s USD 320 Supt. Denise O’Dea and Rock Creek’s USD 323 Supt. Darrel Stufflebeam Don Thomson, Mark Robb, Tom Neill with Little Apple Barbershop Chorus on Harmony for the Holidays Kathy Dzewaltowski, Randi Dale, Dave Fiser with Peace Memorial Auditorium events
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Eight people with Topeka ties have spoken to a roughly 250-person audience at the city’s TEDx conference. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that the presentations at the Topeka Civic theater Tuesday included topics such as helping women grow up with confidence, what people can do to help feed the world and one woman’s experience coming out as transgender. Washburn University professor David Carter opened the event by explaining how people can generate collaboration and self-awareness, and build up those around them, through what he calls the “lesser seat,” or humility. Washburn Law professor Lori McMillan also explained…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas information session about guns on campus has drawn a crowd of more than 200 students, faculty and staff. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the University Senate organized Tuesday’s event. Under state law, public universities in Kansas must allow concealed weapons on campus beginning July 1, 2017. But policies that will guide implementation of the law have yet to be written. During the meeting, many speakers expressed fear of mass shootings, of accidental firearm discharges, of arguments escalating into shootings, of a loss of academic freedom, of increased suicide rates and more. University Senate…
By Ryan Lackey, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) NEW YORK – Bill Snyder, the architect of the “greatest turnaround in the history of college football,” became just the fourth person in the history of college football to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as an active coach as the legendary K-State coach was officially enshrined Tuesday as part of the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2015. A five-time national coach of the year honoree and seven-time conference coach of the year recipient, Snyder joins Bobby Bowden (Florida State),…
Police arrested Cody Torbol, 22, of Herington, Kansas on a warrant for aggravated criminal sodomy. He was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department and given a bond of $25,000.00. At the time of this report he was confined at the Riley County Jail. Bobby Pearson, 32, of Ogden, Kansas was arrested on two warrants while at the Riley County Police Department. These warrants were for the offense of probation violation and distribution or possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (X2). The original offense listed for the probation violation warrant was unlawful possession of methamphetamine and vehicular…
Attendance was down at City pools this year, but revenue was greater. Manhattan City Commissioner’s learned why Tuesday night, as they were presented with a 2015 aquatics report. Director of Parks and Recreation, Eddie Eastes spoke to commissioners about the results of the report at a city commission work session. The session included a look at attendance numbers, expense information, an overview of the pools staffing and a discussion about pool passes. Punch passes purchased in previous years were set to expire in 2099 – this requires the City to honor any unused admission sold before 2014. City Administration has…
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence criticized Catholic Charities on Tuesday for their decision to help resettle a family of Syrian refugees in the state, saying current background checks can not properly screen for extremists.
An immigration attorney in New York City said that Donald Trump’s comments about restricting Muslims from entering the United States would not stand up to a Supreme Court challenge.
Tuesday’s guests were Riley County Commissioner Robert Boyd and KMAN Riley County reporter Brady Bauman.
TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss is removing himself from a lawsuit that involves the high court’s administrative power and the judicial branch’s entire budget. The other six justices are not stepping aside, despite a request from Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Nuss announced Monday in an order from the court that he is stepping aside even though the court does not think it’s required by ethics rules. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday. The lawsuit challenges a 2014 law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to appoint chief judges for district courts and giving it to the…