A new video from Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic.
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People watch fireworks celebrating the declaration of independence for Donetsk region at barricades in front of a regional administration building that was recently seized by pro-Russian activists in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 12, 2014, with a Russian national flag is in the background. Pro-Moscow insurgents in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday, putting pressure on Kiev to hold talks with the separatists.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Dr. Marjory Artzer, Asst. Clinical Professor with Pet Health Center and General Dentistry at the Veterinary Health Center at Kansas State University. She also spoke to Manhattan Senior Planner, Lance Evans, Assistant Director for Planning, Eric Cattell, and Riley County Planning and Development Director, Monty Wedel. Lastly, we had a Flint Hills Focus segment with Flint Hills Discovery Center Director, Fred Goss and Tim Tyner from the Hays House in Council Grove.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)-A state elections board has rejected a claim that U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts is not truly a Kansas resident, allowing him to seek re-election this year.The State Objections Board’s decision Monday means the three-term senator will be on the ballot in the Aug. 5 Republican primary. Eight northeast Kansas residents, including four from Riley County, had objected to the ballot listing, arguing that Roberts lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and not Dodge City, Kansas. GOP tea party challenger Milton Wolf has raised the issue repeatedly. Roberts owns a home in Alexandria, Virginia, but is registered to vote…
Riley County Commissioners signed a settlement document after an executive session discussion during yesterday’s Monday’s commission meeting, involving an incident that happened three years ago. Back in February of 2011, the Riley County Police Department pursued a suspect in a D.U.I who crashed the vehicle while driving. Previous reports indicate the man was Jason Fischer, of Marysville, who was injured in the accident-and treated at Stormont Vail of Topeka. The medical bills totaled $39,832.40, and he was later convicted of various offenses in Riley County Jail. Under Kansas law, Riley County was potentially liable for payment of those medical bills, but…
Winter storm warnings are in effect for parts of Colorado and Wyoming into Monday, as a spring snowstorm blankets the region. People in Southern Nebraska are dealing with damage from several tornadoes.
Pro-Russian insurgents in Eastern Ukraine say about 90 percent of voters backed their regions’ sovereignty. The West and the Ukrainian government reject the controversial referendum as illegal.
Voters in eastern Ukraine lined up at the polls in a twin referendum on sovereignty for two heavily populated industrial regions Sunday, amid warnings from the central government that the balloting was illegal.
Michael Sam, who came out as gay earlier this year, was drafted in the seventh and final round of the NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams, making him the first openly gay player in the league.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Three historic limestone bridges in north-central Kansas are among 11 properties nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The Salina Journal reports Brown’s Creek Tributary Masonry Arch Bridge, Antelope Creek Masonry Arch Bridge and North Rock Creek Masonry Arch Bridge in Mitchell County were built using locally quarried limestone between 1936 and 1940. They were projects for the Works Progress Administration, a federal work relief program. They bridges have been nominated for their local significance in areas of government, social history and engineering. Other nominated sites include the Town House Hotel in Kansas City and the…