The Justice Department is collecting data from thousands of cellphones through high-tech gear deployed on airplanes that mimics communications towers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. (
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One hour show today. K-State basketball regular season gets started tonight.
The Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed decisions in two local cases Friday–one in a Riley County indecent liberties case, and another in a Pottawatomie County domestic violence case. The Riley County Court decision involves an indecent liberties with a child case from 2012 which resulted in John Elmer Goodpasture Jr. being sentenced to life in prison. Goodpasture was convicted of 21 counts of sexual offenses which included rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Goodpasture appealed the sentence, maintaining the trial court erred in denying his request to expand the bill of particulars, with generalities allegedly listed in some…
Peter VanKuren will resign as Director of Manhattan Regional Airport effective May 15, 2015. Ron Fehr, City Manager for the City of Manhattan, announced the resignation today. “Although I am very appreciative of Peter giving substantial advance notice of his desire to relocate to the east coast to be closer to family, we will certainly miss his expertise and leadership for the Manhattan Regional Airport,” Fehr said. “Peter has played a vital role in the successful growth in air travel and airport improvements for our region. He was instrumental in obtaining grant funds, planning, design and beginning construction for the…
The state agriculture commissioner says no people or animals were killed or seriously injured in a large fire at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson. Two structures were lost.
Speaker John Boehner says Republicans will ‘fight the president tooth and nail’ on immigration reform at a House Leadership Committee briefing.
A Riley County same sex couple KMAN’s kept in touch with since last month were finally able to say “I do” during a Thursday ceremony outside the Riley County Courthouse, shortly after they received their marriage license at Riley County Court. KMAN spoke with Darci Bohnenblust last month after she and her current spouse Joleen Hickman were denied their application for marriage. Bohnenblust, who is an employee at Kansas State University, told KMAN this past Wednesday that she and Joleen were waiting. But apparently that changed quickly, with the marriage license granted Thursday morning. The U-S Supreme Court Wednesday said no…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, listen to a question from a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, after Senate Republicans voted on leadership positions for the 114th Congress. Standing with McConnell are, starting third from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens, at right, as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group.
Kick it off with K-State talk. Mizzou will play BYU at Arrowhead. Big 12 Coaches Teleconference audio. Lyle Shepard to wrap hour 1. ESPN analyst Sean Farnham in hour 2. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap the show.