On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Kayla Savage and Jenny Locanthi with the Junior League of the Flint Hills with the Adopt a Family Program; North Central Regional Director for Special Olympics of Kansas, Krystin Guggisberg; and David Atchison of USD 383.
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Property owners came out in force at the Wamego City Commission Public Forum Tuesday. The meeting was scheduled to further discuss the Contractor Licensing Code Ordinance passed earlier this year requiring licensed contractors to do any work on property that requires a permit and that is not the owner’s primary residence, such as a property purchased for resale or a rental. The audience consisted of owners of rental properties and building contractors. Contractor Pat Weixelman said they have a system that works very well right now, with no problems the last 20-plus years in the construction business and citing an excellent…
A commercial supply ship bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday. The unmanned rocket was carrying 5,000 pounds of cargo for NASA.
By Kenny Lannou, K-State Athletics Communications With its 6-1 record heading into this weekend’s matchup with Oklahoma State, Kansas State was ranked ninth in the inaugural College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings announced Tuesday on ESPN by the 12-person committee. The Wildcats were one of five Big 12 teams to debut in the poll with TCU (7th), Baylor (13th), Oklahoma (18th) and West Virginia (20th) also ranked. Auburn, one of K-State’s non-conference opponents this season, was ranked third. The selection committee will prepare six more rankings this season, including the final one on Selection Day, Sunday, December 7. The top…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The raucous roar at Kauffman Stadium swelled with every batter in the second inning and then got louder the rest of the night. As bouncers rolled by infielders and bloops dropped in front of outfielders, it became clear this World Series was headed to a climactic Game 7 — just like the one 29 years ago when the Kansas City Royals won their only title. Lorenzo Cain looped a two-run single — one of eight Royals to get hits in a seven-run second inning — and Eric Hosmer chopped a two-run double over shortstop as…
Officials representing several different organizations in Riley County met Tuesday night to discuss facts and statistics about the Ebola virus. The meeting was led by Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Jason Orr of the Riley County Health Department. Orr presented several statistics and facts to an audience of officials everywhere from Mercy Regional Health Center to Riley County EMS. Riley County officials have been preparing for Ebola by training and practicing the proper procedures needed to successfully quarantine and treat infected persons. This includes coordinated training and meetings between Riley County EMS, Mercy Regional Health Center, the K-State Biosecurity Research…
On Tuesday night the Manhattan city commission heard a report on the state of the public pool system. Parks and Recreation Director Edward Eastes reported record attendance at the pools in 2014 with the total reaching 131, 876. However, revenues for the pool system fell, and if operations continue the city subsidy for the system is forecast to rise to $295,607. Officials cited a number of reasons for the rise of operation costs in 2014, which included a longer operational run from 2013. Several options were presented in the session to raise revenues, and included a proposal for a new pool…
The Game with Mitch Fortner and John Kurtz. Royals and Giants in Game 6 of the World Series tonight. Bernie Pleskoff of mlb.com with talk about that game. Get Fit to end hour 1. In hour 2, audio from coach Snyder today. Also one-on-one interviews with K-State players. You Can’t Be Serious to wrap the show.
A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Tuesday of lying during the investigation into the 2013 attack. (
Amber Vinson, 29, the Dallas nurse who was being treated for Ebola, right, embraces Emory University Hospital epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Ribner, as she leaves a press conference after being discharged from the hospital, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Vinson worked as a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who died of Ebola at the hospital on Oct. 8. Vinson was one of two nurses who became infected while caring for Duncan.