Hundreds of people, some carrying signs and flags, gathered Saturday outside the Indiana Statehouse for a rally against a new state law that opponents say could sanction discrimination against gay people.
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Iraqi troops continued the fight against IS militants in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit on Saturday. The militants seized it last summer during their advance across northern and western Iraq.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications STILLWATER, Okla. – The K-State baseball team was unable to overcome six two-out runs in the first inning by No. 12 Oklahoma State on Saturday as the Wildcats lost to the Cowboys, 12-3, at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. After holding Oklahoma State (18-8, 3-2 Big 12) to two runs and seven hits in the series opener on Friday, K-State (12-13, 1-4 Big 12) surrendered seven hits in Saturday’s first inning alone, with six coming on two outs. Wildcat starting pitcher Kyle Halbohn, making his Big 12 debut, sandwiched a double with a groundout and…
Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins announced late Saturday afternoon he shut burning down for three hours during the afternoon when wind was over 15 miles per hour. He tells KMAN burning is open until 10 Saturday night and closed Sunday due to high wind expected on Sunday. Collins adds he may open burning Sunday evening if the wind dies down. Again: Open burning in Riley County–until 10 p.m. Saturday. No open burning Sunday until possibly evening.
Relatives of the people killed in the Germanwings crash held a memorial service for their loved ones on Saturday at the village of Le Vernet, near the plane’s crash site in the French Alps.
Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, walk on the tarmac of the Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Yemen’s President Abed Raboo Mansour Hadi, speaking at the opening session of an Arab summit in Egypt on Saturday, called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country “stooges of Iran,” directly blaming the Islamic Republic for the chaos there and demanding airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A Missouri white supremacist has pleaded not guilty to charges that he gunned down three people last year at Jewish sites in the Kansas City area. Seventy-four-year-old Frazier Glenn Miller entered the pleas yesterday during a court appearance in Johnson County, Kansas. A judge Friday denied Miller’s request for Internet access while he’s jailed awaiting trial.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with St. Rep. Tom Phillips of Manhattan, Riley County Police Captain Tim Hegarty and U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. Tom Phillips-segment 1 Tom and Tim-segment 2 Tim Hegarty-segment 3 Tim Huelskamp-segment 4
Sunset Zoo’s education center played host to yet another monthly legislative coffee on Saturday morning. The event began at 7:30 and featured four area legislative leaders: Senator, Tom Hawk; Representative of the 66th District, Sydney Carlin; Representative of the 67th District, Tom Phillips; and Representative of the 64th District, Susie Swanson. The first topic addressed by the legislators was revenue enhancements, including the most obvious form: taxes. Phillips commented he only wants to increase taxes if he feels it will be a long term solution. He said he doesn’t want to kick the can down the road by filling gaps…
Amanda Knox says she’s “incredibly grateful” that Italy’s highest court overturned her murder conviction in the slaying of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy, in 2007.