On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Incoming Manhattan Mayor, Karen McCulloh; City Manager, Ron Fehr; and Outgoing Mayor, Wynn Butler. City Commission-segment 1 City Commission-segment 2 City Commission-segment 3 City Commission-segment 4
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Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education scheduled a special meeting to review the architect’s plans for the church property. At Monday’s meeting, Bowman and Novick’s Brent Bowman went over the redesign plans for the Rectory to serve as the Administrative offices. The design plan for the Parish Hall is to serve as the Special Services Cooperative, and provide a space for Parents as Teachers, with the basements used for storage. The Parish classroom designs will house pre-kindergarten and at-risk kindergarten. The total square footage of all three buildings is over 10,000, and the cost estimate to renovate the three properties would…
Baltimore police released videos Monday showing the arrest of a man who died of a severe spinal injury suffered in police custody. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has a dismal assessment of the U.S. economy. She made that comment during a tour of a wood furniture factory in Keene, NH. It’s her first visit to the early primary state since launching her campaign for the presidency.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Edinson Volquez is quickly proving his breakthrough season of a year ago was no fluke. The Royals right-hander held down the Twins for seven innings Monday night, and Kansas City’s opportunistic offense took advantage of a series of Minnesota miscues in a 7-1 victory. “It feels good because the way I’m pitching, I’m carrying over everything,” said Volquez, who went 13-7 with a 3.04 ERA for Pittsburgh. “Just trying to do what I did last year.” Royals manager Ned Yost said that pitching coach Dave Eiland has been working on mechanics with Volquez (2-1) that have…
Survivors of the boat that overturned off the coasts of Libya Saturday, wait to disembark from Italian Coast Guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, at Catania Harbor, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015. A smuggler’s boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya’s coast as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean’s deadliest known migrant tragedy and intensifying pressure on the European Union Sunday to finally meet demands for decisive action.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo toasts with a mojito during a meeting at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, Monday, April 20, 2015. Cuomo is the first U.S. governor to visit Cuba since the Dec. 17 declaration of detente. At right is Gustavo Machin, Cuba’s deputy chief of North American affairs.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas legislator has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for defrauding a bank to help fund his political activities. Former Republican state Rep. Trent LeDoux was sentenced Monday. LeDoux pleaded guilty last May and was ordered to pay about $461,000 in restitution to the bank under a deal with federal prosecutors. LeDoux allegedly obtained three bank loans to buy cattle, but failed to make payments and deposited $28,000 from the loans into his campaign account in late 2011 and 2012. He said after the sentencing hearing that he is truly sorry for his actions.…
“The burning is about done for the year”. This statement was made by Riley County Fire Chief, Pat Collins during Monday’s county commission meeting. Collins reported that his crews did not have any calls in reference to pasture burning on Saturday or Sunday, which hasn’t happened in several weeks. Collins also shared some preliminary numbers regarding pasture burning. He said there have been over 17,000 acres burned this month so far and around 30,000 were burned last month. ————- In other business, the commission viewed the 2015 non-funded projects list during a capitol improvement project work session. Several department heads…
An initial appearance has now been scheduled for a 20-year-old Topeka man who was indicted last week with trying to carry out a suicide attack at Fort Riley. Defendant John T. Booker, Jr., is set for a 9:30 a.m. appearance Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Kan. The hearing’s purpose is to inform the defendant of the charges in the grand jury indictment returned last week. A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday indicted Booker for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges, including attempting to provide material support to an Islamic State…