On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Riley County Commissioner, Ron Wells and Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief of Riley County Fire District #1, Pat Collins.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State University officials are celebrating after the Kansas Legislature approved $2 million for a new effort to create more technology jobs. The university also will get back some of the millions it lost last year when lawmakers cut its budget and put a cap on some employees’ salaries. Wichita State wants to create an Innovation Campus by forming partnerships with companies, which will be housed in four buildings on campus. The Wichita Eagle reports the effort to attract and train technology jobs is designed to make the city’s economy more diverse and less dependent on aviation…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) The Saline County sheriff is reopening an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against the county’s health director, who started work Monday. Bronson Farmer said he is more concerned about his new job as director of the Saline County Health Department than he is about Sheriff Glen Kochanowski’s decision to reopen the investigation. The Salina Journal reports a woman alleged that Farmer sexually harassed her in 2006, when they both worked at the health department. Farmer said Monday that the allegations were found to be false in 2007 and he is confident the new investigation will result…
After 15 years of service, Kansas 4-H Foundation, Inc. President and CEO, Gordon Hibbard has announced his retirement. This is the full statement Hibbard shared with KMAN: “I recently announced to the Kansas 4-H Foundation’s Board of Trustees that I will retire from my position as President/CEO by the end of the year. While I’m grateful to the Foundation’s trustees and staff for their support, it is time for me to step aside. I want to pursue other interests and allow someone else the opportunity to provide leadership for the Foundation’s work. The Kansas 4-H program is an important part of…
Officials searching for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 say no pings have been heard from deep in the Indian Ocean since Sunday. Pings consistent with an airplane’s black boxes were picked up over the weekend.
Some acts of vandalism and at least 11 arrests were reported as UConn fans celebrated their school’s NCAA men’s basketball championship. UConn topped Kentucky 60-54 in Arlington, Texas on Monday night.
A St. Mary’s man already serving time for multiple burglaries entered a plea of no contest Monday in Pottawatomie County District Court to three counts of non-residential burglaries. Luke Linxwiler’s sentencing is set for April 24th. The cases occurred in April and May of 2013 and involved Griffith Lumber and a site under construction in the industrial park in Pottawatomie County. Linxiler was sentenced in February to nine years in prison for multiple burglaires in rural St.Mary’s and the city of St. Mary’s last summer
Jason Vargas was sharp in eight innings of work for Kansas City as the Royals open up a three game series with the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-2 victory Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. Vargas (1-0) allowed four hits, walked one and struck out two in eight-plus innings, lowering his ERA to 1.20 in two starts. He lost his shutout bid when Ben Zobrist homered on his second pitch in the ninth. Rays starter Matt Moore (0-2) came out in the fifth inning with a sore left elbow. The All-Star lefty grimaced after throwing a pitch to Norichika Aoki…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Shabazz Napier scored 22 points and Connecticut won its second NCAA title in four years, beating all those Kentucky freshmen 60-54 in the championship game Monday night. Napier is among three UConn seniors who were part of the Huskies’ 2011 title. That trio stayed after coach Jim Calhoun’s retirement even when the Huskies were ineligible for the NCAA tournament last season. They came back strong in coach Kevin Ollie’s second season, and the Huskies (32-8) went all the way to their fourth overall title. Kentucky (29-11), with five freshmen starters, never led in the championship game. The…
“Wildcat Insider” on KMAN breaks down the K-State baseball team’s series loss to the Kansas Jayhawks over the weekend at Tointon Family Stadium. How important is the upcoming week for the K-State baseball team as the bat cats sit at 2-4 in the conference? The K-State volleyball team is working out and getting ready for the upcoming season, head coach Suzie Fritz joins the show to talk about the teams progress. Bill Snyder and the K-State football team continues spring practice with coach Snyder’s spring press conference coming up this week. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.