WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita students who aren’t up to date on required immunizations will be excluded from school next week. The Wichita Eagle reports that beginning Nov. 16, students in the Wichita school district will be pulled out of class and told they are not allowed to return to school until their immunizations are up to date. Wichita Public Schools Health Services Coordinator Kimber Kasitz says 2,000 students were not in compliance with vaccine requests as of Friday. Officials say school nurses have been notifying parents about the requirements through letters, phone calls, emails and parent-teacher conferences. Kansas schools will…
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A cave-in of a restaurant parking lot in Mississippi swallowed 12 cars and now experts are expected to begin work Monday to determine the cause of the weekend collapse, authorities said.
Residents in California saw a bright light in the sky Saturday evening, leaving many to believe it was a UFO sighting. Navy officials say they fired an unarmed missile off the coast of Southern California.
TOPEKA — Property taxes are expected to increase this year for patrons of most Kansas school districts. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the projected increases come as the Kansas Supreme Court considers whether public schools are underfunded. Homeowners in most of the state’s districts saw their bills for supporting schools shrink last school year after an influx of court-ordered aid to schools. The average drop in property taxes among 286 school districts was 2 mills. This year, preliminary data from the Kansas State Department of Education indicates the average rate is expected to rise by 1.8 mills. Some superintendents say a controversial…
WICHITA — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita is preparing to make the case that an Army chaplain from Kansas who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp deserves to be granted sainthood. The Wichita Eagle reports that Bishop Carl Kemme is addressing the leadership of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome on Monday. It is the most significant moment yet in the push to have the Rev. Emil Kapaun declared a saint. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints evaluates evidence in sainthood investigations and makes recommendations to the pope. Kapaun is a…
Two Riley County cases were affirmed by the Kansas Court of Appeals this last Friday. One involved State v. Horne, with Levertis Horne, involving a home invasion case in October of 2012, resulting in convictions for aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, and two counts of attempted aggravated robbery. Horne describes the case as a drug deal gone wrong. Horne raised two claims involving the jury instructions, saying the district court failed to instruct the jury with the applicable definition of “knowingly” committing the aggravated battery. The State concedes the district court’s error but argues it was harmless. Second, Horne argued the district court…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications K-State had four attackers with at least eight kills while its defense limited Texas Tech to a sub-.100 hitting percentage as the Wildcats used the combination to sweep Texas Tech (25-14, 25-18, 25-20) on Saturday in Ahearn Field House and stretch its winning streak to four. K-State (15-8, 7-4 Big 12) has also won six of its last seven matches and seven of its last 10. Saturday’s sweep was the Wildcats’ fifth straight-set triumph over its last six victories and sixth overall in Big 12 action – their most in conference since 2007 (8).…
By Tom Gilbert, K-State Athletics Communications Junior Wesley Iwundu paced three players in double figures with a game-high 17 points, as Kansas State wrapped up exhibition play with a 70-52 win over Fort Hays State in front of 11,544 at Bramlage Coliseum on Friday night. K-State has now won 18 exhibition games dating back to the 2004 season. Seniors Justin Edwards and Stephen Hurt also scored in double figures, collecting 14 and 13 points, respectively. Walk-on junior Austin Budke added 9 points and 5 rebounds off the bench. The Wildcats never trailed in the game after opening on 15-6 run,…
The leaders of Taiwan and China have shaken hands at the start of an historic meeting marking the first top-level contact between the formerly bitter Cold War foes since they split amid civil war 66 years ago.
A defiant Ben Carson on Friday rejected the idea his past descriptions of receiving a scholarship offer to attend West Point were inaccurate, and called questions about the veracity of the story irrelevant to his campaign for president.