It’s time for Republican presidential contenders to “roast and ride,” a new twist on Iowa’s down-home style of politicking.
Author: KMAN Staff
Mourning a loss that touched people from the streets of Delaware to the White House and beyond, President Barack Obama joined Vice President Joe Biden in bidding farewell Saturday to the vice president’s eldest son, Beau. (
From K-State Communications and Marketing and the Governor’s office The state of Kansas approved a stopgap bill Saturday, to make all state of Kansas employees essential. Kansas State University employees are no longer furloughed. Although the Kansas Legislature has not approved a budget yet, all Kansas State University employees — regardless if they were given notification on Friday, June 5 — should report to work for their normal schedules. Governor Sam Brownback issued the following statement as the Legislature passed House Substitute for SB 11, designating all state employees as “essential” through Sine Die. “Today the Legislature passed, and I…
Visitors are going the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor once more now that the Navy has finished repairing a dock damaged in a mishap involving a hospital ship and two tugboats.
A Montana woman says her brother was sexually abused by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert during the years when the GOP leader was a wrestling coach at a suburban Chicago high school.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The next run Chi Chi Gonzalez gives up in the majors will be his first. “It is going to be sad,” Gonzalez said, then laughed. Gonzalez threw a three-hit shutout in his second major league start as the Texas Rangers beat the skidding Kansas City Royals 4-0 Friday night. The Royals lost for the eighth time in 10 games, while the Rangers have won six of seven and 14 of 18 to move into second place in the AL West behind Houston. Gonzalez (2-0), the Rangers’ 2013 first-round draft pick out of Oral Roberts, has not…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) At least 24,200 workers at Kansas state government agencies and state universities have received notices that they’ll be furloughed if lawmakers don’t approve a budget by Sunday. Figures provided Friday to The Associated Press showed that almost 71 percent of those employees work at a state university. Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn said about 7,100 employees in agencies under Gov. Sam Brownback’s direct control received notices. The University of Kansas reported sending furlough notices to almost 5,300 workers. Notices went to another 2,600 workers at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas State University announced it…
The entire U.S. federal workforce may be at risk after yet another massive cyber breach involving what security experts believe were hackers based in China.
Violent storms along Colorado’s front range produced tornadoes, heavy rain and hail that destroyed at least three homes, damaged more than 24 others and opened a 15-foot-deep sinkhole in suburban Denver that swallowed a police SUV.
A citywide cleanup effort following Thursday night’s storms will not be performed. The City of Manhattan forestry and public works crews have been working throughout the early morning hours and will continue to remove tree branches and debris from public roadways today. City crews will be removing limbs from citytrees in the public right-of-way areas and will continue to clear storm inlets. Typically, city trees are between the curb and the sidewalk or roughly 10 to 15 feet from the curb. Residents are encouraged to take their tree branches and vegetation debris to the Riley County Transfer Station. The Transfer…