Today following the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01), a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee issued the following statement: “It’s about time. It’s about time. However, veterans are dead or dying because of Shinseki’s failures, yet President Obama offers a verbal ‘Presidential Medal of Honor’ on behalf of Shinseki. This statement, this action, this VA scandal typifies what is replicated across this entire Administration–a culture of incompetence and non-accountability. We have seen this not only at the VA, but in the failed ObamaCare rollout, the IRS scandal, the Benghazi scandal, and numerous others. “Enough…
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Body Boarding classes are now available. Body boarding is a water sport in which you surf waves on a shorter and more flexible board. The cost is $20 per session. Available sessions are as follows: Session I: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7 & 14 Session II: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, August 2 & 9
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), the first U.S. Senator to call for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign on May 6, released the following statement today in response to President Obama’s announcement that Secretary Shinseki is stepping down: “Leadership matters; Calling for Secretary Shinseki’s resignation did not come lightly to me, but accountability starts at the top and the step taken today is just the beginning,” Sen. Moran, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said. “We now need accountability and true reform within the VA all across the country. For this to occur,…
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) Four of K-State’s 2014 football games are among the Big 12 Conference’s early national television selections, highlighted by the much anticipated September 18 matchup with SEC Champion Auburn, as the league office announced today designations for the opening three weeks of the season and special Thursday night broadcasts. The Wildcats’ August 30 season opener against Stephen F. Austin will be broadcast exclusively on K-StateHD.TV with kickoff slated for 6:10 p.m., at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-StateHD.TV programming will begin at 5:10 p.m., with its K-State Gameday show featuring Brian Smoller. K-State will then open up Big 12 Conference play in week two, its…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Royals shook up their coaching staff Thursday in an attempt to jumpstart their failing offense, appointing Dale Sveum (swaym) as the hitting coach and making Mike Jirschele their third base coach. Pedro Grifol, who took over as hitting coach last season, will now instruct catchers. The moves paid off as Omar Infante hit a two-run single in the 10th inning and the Royals overcame two home runs by Edwin Encarnacion to beat the Blue Jays 8-6 on Thursday night, snapping Toronto’s winning streak at nine games. Facing Todd Redmond, Alcides Escobar singled to begin the 10th.…
Los Angeles Clippers fans are applauding the reported deal that has former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer buying the team for $2 billion. Shelly Sterling negotiated the deal after her husband was recorded making racist remarks.
Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas share the title of Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. It’s the first time in 52 years that two spellers share the championship.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, where he’s spending two weeks as part of an international relief effort. Colyer is a plastic surgeon. Speaking by telephone Thursday from the African nation, Colyer said conditions are deteriorating as residents attempt to flee fighting between rebels and government forces. Colyer says residents are battling overcrowding in relief camps, heavy rains and lack of food. He says residents face risk of famine in the coming months in a region of the world that has been plagued by violence. The lieutenant governor…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is holding an active-shooter workshop at the Jewish center in Kansas where a Missouri man opened fire in a rampage that left three people dead. Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., of Aurora, Missouri, is charged with capital murder in the April 13 shooting deaths of a 69-year-old man and his 14-year-old grandson at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. He’s also charged with murder in the death of 53-year-old Terri LaManno at the nearby Village Shalom retirement center in Leawood. More than 150 people were expected to attend Friday’s workshop…
One person is dead after two tractor-trailers collided and burst into flames in Northwestern Oklahoma, Thursday. Aerial video shows the fiery wreckage.