TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court will not allow the Shawnee Mission School District to intervene in a lawsuit over school funding. The court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling that Shawnee Mission, a wealthy district in Johnson County, waited too long to intervene in a lawsuit brought by four other school districts in 2010. Wichita, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Dodge City districts contend in the lawsuit that current school funding in Kansas does not meet a state mandate to provide suitable school funding. Shawnee Mission argued that the four districts and the state could not adequately represent…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A 14-point whitetail deer head was removed from a state auction of illegally hunted trophy deer heads at the request of Gov. Sam Brownback’s office because of a continuing dispute over its ownership. A spokesman for the governor says the Legislature asked that the state remove the deer head until lawmakers consider several issues raised by the ownership dispute. The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1V7KkVe ) the owners of the land in Osage County on which the deer was illegally shot in 2011 is fighting for ownership of the deer head. The Legislative considered a bill n 2014…
KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Pottawatomie County Commissioner Stan Hartwich, Administrator Robert Reece, and Appraiser Lois Schlegel: PottCo1- 9 22 15 Pott. Co2-9-22-15 KMAN’s next guest was Retired Lieutenant Colonel Art DeGroat, Executive Director of Military and Veterans Affairs: DeGroat 1-9 22 15 DeGroat 2-9 22 15
A report of aggravated indecent liberties with a child was filed by the Riley County Police Department Monday at approximately 9:35 AM. Police were made aware of an incident involving a 42-year-old male who inappropriately touched a 12-year-old male on several occasions. These crimes allegedly occurred in the city limits of Manhattan over the past two years. Due to the nature of this investigation no further information has been released. ### An Olathe woman was taken into custody Monday for failure to appear, with the original offense of battery. 32 year old Tomi Tibbetts was arrested at about 8:15 PM while at…
A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet crashed near a military base in central California on Monday. The pilot ejected and was not hurt.
As Hungarian troops worked to build another fence at their border with Croatia, buses carrying some 500 migrants and refugees arrived at the border.
Court is back in session Tuesday, as the Kansas State University Manhattan campus celebrates U.S. Constitution Observance Day with a series of real court cases being argued by Kansas attorneys on campus. Court hearings begin at 1 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the K-State Student Union. The day gives students a chance to see how the court system and the appeals process works, according to pre-law adviser Daralyn Gordon Arata. Kansas Court of Appeals Judges Stephen Hill, G. Joseph Pierron Jr. and Karen Arnold-Burger will hear the cases and rule on them as a three-judge panel. The cases…
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker has dropped out of the Republican race for president. One of the last Republicans to enter the race, Walker joins former Texas Governor Rick Perry as one of the first to leave it.
Apple Inc. says it has removed some applications from its App Store after they were found to contain malicious software in an unusual security breach.
KMAN Sports Director John Kurtz and “Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson break down K-State’s 39-33 3OT win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday. Here from the players and coaches as they react to the victory to move the Wildcats to 3-0 on the season. K-State volleyball will begin conference play this week after a tough weekend at the Creighton tournament in Omaha. Plus Big 12 football and more on “Wildcat Insider”. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1-KState-over-LaTech-39-33.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2-KState-defense-over-LaTech.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/3-Big-12-FB-weekend.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/4-KState-Volleyball.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/5-KState-survives-LaTech.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/6-KState-WRs.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/7-Justin-Silmon-and-Big-12-FB.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/8-TCU-hurting-and-KState-at-OK-State.mp3