TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The interim director of the Kansas Association of State Employees says state correctional officers are being put at risk because of critical staffing shortages in state prisons. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Rebecca Proctor testified last week before the Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits. The legislative committee may consider legislation to standardize the pension benefits of Corrections Department employees. Proctor told the committee about inmates attacking guards and said all the adult facilities are short-staffed. She says that lawmakers should address wages before looking at pension benefits. Department of Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay confirmed that…
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A Ukrainian serviceman patrols the center of Trehizbenka village, controlled by Ukrainian government forces, in Luhansk region eastern Ukraine, Sunday, November. 23, 2014. More than 4,300 people have died in fighting in eastern Ukraine over the past half year, according to U.N. estimates.
Youths walk past a mural depicting peace in Ferguson on a vacant building up the street from the city’s police department, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson and the St. Louis region are on edge in anticipation of the announcement by a grand jury whether to criminally charge Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Close to 30 Riley County firefighters responded to a fire at Fox Creek Farm early Sunday morning. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins tells KMAN the large barn was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived at 12:45 a.m. The two horses that were reportedly in the barn were let out before firefighters arrived. There were no injuries. Collins is still waiting on more detailed estimates of damage, but indicated at least a couple hundred thousand dollars of damage is involved to the fiber-covered structure, with equipment and other property in the barn. Owners are Chuck and Dianna Orona. Collins…
(Photo courtesy Kansas State Athletics) By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Kylee Zumach had a match-high 13 kills, helping her break the K-State record for most kills in a season by a freshman, to help lead the K-State volleyball team to a sweep of TCU (27-25, 25-14, 27-25) on Saturday in Ahearn Field House. Zumach, who had seven of her 13 kills in the third set, passed Cari Jensen (376 in 2000) on the program’s all-time list. She now has a team-best 378 kills this season, the most by any Wildcat since 2011. “I come here every day and just…
Helicopter surveys on Sunday showed more extensive damage than earlier from an overnight 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the mountainous central Japan, which officials said injured at least 39 people.
Hundreds of volunteers joined a ‘shovel brigade’ in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, as the city was living up to its nickname, “The City of Good Neighbors.”
London fire officials say a suspected gas leak touched off an explosion in the basement of a London hotel, injuring 11 people and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests.
On Friday, calls for peace continued in Ferguson, Missouri as a grand jury prepares to decide whether to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Prosecutors have filed attempted capital murder charges against a Wichita man accused of raping a 26-year-old woman and setting her on fire last week. Bond was set yesterday at $250,000 for Cornell McNeal during his first court appearance.