TOPEKA — Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp has voted for Paul Ryan as House speaker after previously backing another candidate. Huelskamp’s vote Thursday to install Ryan as the new speaker means all four members of the state’s all-GOP delegation in the chamber supported the Wisconsin Republican. Huelskamp, who represents the Manhattan area, is a tea party favorite who represents the 1st District of western and central Kansas and backed Florida Republican Daniel Webster as late as Wednesday. But Huelskamp said in a statement Thursday that Ryan promised to make the House less centralized and to debate major legislation only if a…
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Adrienne Olejnik of Rossville announced on Thursday that she is running for the Kansas House of Representatives. Olejnik, a Democrat, will challenge incumbent Republican Ron Highland in the 51st district. Olejnik, who is the director of the Rossville Community Library and a member of the Rossville City Council, cited a desire to create opportunity for all as her reason for running for the Kansas Legislature. “I am running for office because I can’t sit quietly any longer as Gov. Brownback and Rep. Highland pass damaging policies that put the future of our entire state at risk,” Olejnik said.…
Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo has enjoyed a good week. Last weekend the zoo’s annual “SPOOKtacular” weekend event saw over 8,000 visitors and the zoo saw over 80,000 annual visitors for the first time in its 81-year history. Thursday night in the zoo’s Nature Exploration Center, it was once again accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. To be accredited, the zoo underwent a thorough review to ensure it has and will continue to meet rising standards, which include animal care, veterinary programs, conservation, education, and safety. AZA requires zoos and aquariums to successfully complete this rigorous accreditation process every five years…
Passengers aboard a Dynamic Airways jet that caught fire on the tarmac in Fort Lauderdale, Florida described a chaotic scene as people rushed to exit the plane.
Jeb Bush emerged from the third Republican debate as a candidate in crisis, with supporters struggling to understand why he keeps under-performing. He campaigned in New Hampshire on Thursday, saying there’s ample time to come back.
KMAN has learned from Fort Riley that a soldier died from a gunshot wound in his residence on post at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday. The name of the soldier is being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin, according to a press release from Fort Riley. No other individuals were injured and the incident is currently under investigation.
Riley County commissioners opened bids for the long-discussed McDowell Creek Road improvement project Monday morning. The road is located south of Manhattan off Kansas Highway 177 and county public works director Leon Hobson has said previously that improvements will include wider shoulders, better drainage and other safety additions. Work will focus on the first three miles of the road south of K-177. The most expensive bid came from Leavenworth Excavating & Equipment Company of Leavenworth for $7.3 million, while both Ebert Construction of Wamego and Amino Brothers of Kansas City, Kan., both bid $6.7 million for the project. The county’s…
Today’s guests were: Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Associate Professor of Cultural Geography at K-State, who speaks on China’s change to their one child only policy K-State Black Student Union President Muenfa Lewis Dan Kuester, the Roger Trenary Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics, and Economics Club member Brady Ryan discuss the latest Student Pricing Index report
LAWRENCE — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $4.2 million grant to research how climate change affects river systems in the U.S. and Mongolia. Half of the money from the five-year grant will support work at the University of Kansas, where ecology and evolutionary biology professor James Thorp is the grant’s lead investigator. He says that North American river systems, with their dams and presence of non-native fauna, could foreshadow the future of rivers in Mongolia. And he says what is observed in Mongolia could indicate changes U.S. rivers will undergo in the future. Also participating are researchers from Ball State…
HUTCHINSON — A man attending a national falcon gathering in Kansas is searching for his white falcon that escaped. The Hutchinson News reports Michael Garcia arrived in Hutchinson early from Illinois for the North American Falconers Association national field meet, scheduled for Nov. 8-13. He was training his bird when it escaped from a leash Tuesday. Police and Garcia are asking for the public’s help in finding the white falcon. Garcia says the bird has escaped twice in the five years Garcia has been raising it. The falcon has a 5-foot wingspan and is nearly all white with black speckles on the…