TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas will join Oklahoma in suing the federal government over the addition of the lesser prairie chicken to its list of threatened species. Brownback announced his state’s response Friday during a news conference. Oklahoma sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in federal court last week, challenging the process under which the federal agency was considering the listing. The Kansas governor said there was no need for the federal agency to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened because five states containing its habitat have developed a conservation plan. The states are Kansas,…
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says the report that cleared him of involvement in closing lanes near the George Washington Bridge “will stand the test of time, and it will be tested.” His office hired the law firm that issued the report.
Jeremiah Denton, who survived 71/2 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and alerted the U.S. military to conditions there when he blinked the word “torture” in Morse code during a television interview, has died. He was 89.
Tallgrass Brewing Company has made it official. While we’ve been hearing at Manhattan City commission meetings and from other sources about the company’s plans to expand, a news release from Company President Jeff Gill indicates the company is making plans to triple its brewing capacity. This is the brewery’s latest move in solidifying Tallgrass as a regional player in the exploding national craft beer market. Tallgrass will be acquiring an existing 60,000 square foot building in Manhattan, Kansas, which it will convert into a brewery. Tallgrass is already the largest brewery in Kansas with its 2013 production exceeding 16,000 barrels…
Unemployment numbers are unchanged for the Manhattan metropolitan area compared to the month before, according to figures just released by the Kansas Department of Labor. 5.4 percent is the unemployment rate for February, which was the same in January and a bit lower than the 5.5 percent from last February. The metro area includes Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary Counties. The Manhattan metro area’s unemployment rate in February is the lowest in the state when compared to other metro areas The city of Manhattan by itself had a 4.2 percent rate, up a tenth from January but lower than last…
New K-State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie has hired the first member of his coaching staff, and it’s a very familiar face for the veteran coach. Mittie named former TCU associate head coach Brian Osterman to the same position at K-State. It’s a job he held under Mittie for the last six years with the Horned Frogs. Osterman has 23 years of coaching experience, including nine as a men’s head coach at Colby Community College and Missouri State-West Plains. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including analysis, highlights, coaches…
Heavy winds and at least one tornado damaged homes in northwestern Missouri on Thursday. No injuries were reported.
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Moves northeast. Data analysis indicates the plane was going faster than was previously realized, and ran out of fuel more quickly.
The Air Force fired nine mid-level nuclear commanders and will discipline dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base in response to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported.
The International Monetary Fund pledges up to $18 billion in loans Thursday to prop up Ukraine’s teetering economy, as the United States Congress votes overwhelmingly to pass a bill aiding Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia.