A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded Friday after taking off on a test flight, killing one person aboard and seriously injuring another while scattering wreckage in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas says its tax collections in October fell $23 million short of expectations. The state Department of Revenue reported Friday that the state had collected $417 million in taxes, or 5.2 percent less than the $440 million anticipated. Since the start of the current fiscal year in July, tax collections have been nearly $47 million less than anticipated, a 2.6 percent shortfall. The state expected to collect more than $1.81 billion in taxes and took in $1.77 billion. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan called the yearlong shortfall “manageable” and said Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration is looking for budget…
Nurse Kaci Hickox is accompanied by her boyfriend Ted Wilbur as she speaks to reporters outside their home, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Fort Kent, Maine. A Maine judge gave Hickox the OK to go wherever she pleases, handing state officials a defeat Friday in their bid to restrict her movements as a precaution against Ebola.
Eric Frein is escorted by police out the Pike County Courthouse after his arraignment in Milford, Pa., Friday Oct. 31, 2014. Frein, was captured seven weeks after police say he killed a Pennsylvania State trooper in an ambush outside a barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania.
It’s Friday! K-State hosts OSU on Saturday night. It’s a big weekend in the Big 12 and the top 25. Kevin Lockett kicks off hour 2. You Can’t Be Serious wraps up the show.
Those attending Thursday’s Great Plains Radio History Symposium at K-State probably felt like they’d taken a trip back in time, with memories of Kansas City’s battleground involving WHB and KUDL. Symposium co-founder Dave McFarland was pleased with the turnout at Hale Library. McFarland adds competition sometimes makes one better–and this is what happened during the ’50’s and ’60’s. The Thursday morning session dealt with the birth of Top 40 radio, featuring WHB and KUDL in Kansas City. But McFarland indicates the event wasn’t just about history. The afternoon dealt with streaming, bringing the Classic Top 40 to a new platform. The…
The MHS boys cross country team competed Friday morning at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence for the 2014 State Championships. The Indians brought home the top two places with Jackson Schroeder and Michael Melgares. Schroeder finished in first place, four seconds better than his counter part Melgares. Melgares had a tight finish with second and third place finishing a tenth of a second better than the third place finisher. Other notable finishes for the Indians: Isaiah Koppes (27th), Copper Schroeder (40th), Samuel Morgan (60th), Peter Gruenbacher (68th) and Alejandro Martinez (73rd). Manhattan as a team finished in third place behind Blue Valley…
With just days to go before voters cast their ballots in the high stakes midterm elections, control of the Senate hangs on just a few states, and the GOP is feeling optimistic that both houses of Congress may soon be back under its control.
One person has been reported missing after a series of explosions and fire at a fireworks factory in Great Britain. At least two other people were injured and taken to hospital, according to Britain’s Press Association news agency.
Authorities say they have captured a man accused of killing one Pennsylvania State trooper and seriously injuring another during an ambush outside police barracks.