President Barack Obama speaks while meeting with Congressional leaders in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky.
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A former Manhattan man convicted last year of cultivation of marijuana and other drug related charges is going before the Kansas Court of Appeals later this month. Adam Hudson’s appeal is slated for Tuesday November 18th. Hudson, 31, was sentenced in July of 2013 in connection with a February 2013 case that resulted in three arrests. Riley County Police and members of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation served a drug related search warrant to a house in the 500 block of Fremont. Kansas Department of Corrections records indicate more than 100 marijuana plants were involved in the conviction, with possession with intent to sell…
An Idaho National Guard spokesman says the two crew members are dead after their Army National Guard helicopter crashed Thursday night in Boise.
Hackers stole 53 million email addresses in addition to customers’ card data, Home Depot said Thursday. The nation’s largest home improvement chain had disclosed the massive, months-long breach of 56 million debit and credit cards in September.
Kansas State University student Ross Allen, a senior in economics and philosophy and a minor in nonprofit leadership studies, has advanced to the final round of the 2015 Rhodes Scholarship competition. Allen, Soldier, will interview Saturday, Nov. 22, in St. Louis, Missouri, with other finalists from Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Winners will be announced after interviews are complete. Rhodes scholarships are awarded to 32 students from the United States each year and provide full funding for one or two years of study at Oxford University in England. Winners are selected for outstanding academic achievement, commitment to others and leadership potential.…
KSU at TCU is two days away. We’ll hear audio from Gary Patterson and other Big 12 coaches. Chiefs will play a game in London next season. Full Throttle to wrap hour 1. Tyler has to defend his tweets. Jamey Eisenberg from CBS sports in hour 2. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap up the show.
Philadelphia police credited an eyewitness for reporting Carlesha Freeland-Gaither’s alleged abduction and called him a hero. They also said their investigation was a “case study on how everything fell right into place.”
Palestinians burn tires during clashes with Israeli border police in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Clashes broke out after a Palestinian driver rammed a minivan into a crowded train station. He then backed out and proceeded to drive away, hitting several cars along the way, then got out of the car and attacked a group of civilians and police officers on the side of the road with a metal bar, killing one and wounding 13, before he was shot and killed.
Previous public building commission (PBC) discussions have caused a few differing opinions to arise on the matter. Riley County Commissioners have had several previous conversations about the possibility of forming a public building commission. Several complaints were originally brought forward by area residents, but soon subsided after the commission cleared up some misperceptions. During Thursday’s meeting, the commissioners reviewed the format for their upcoming public building commission meeting. Commission Chair, Robert Boyd stressed, “this meeting is just to educate, not to advocate”. County residents are invited to attend the meeting to provide their thoughts on the draft bylaws, and to…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Mike Kearns and Tom Fryer with the Flint HIlls Veteran’s Coalition, as well as Catherine Hedge with the League of Women Voters of Manhattan/Riley County.