Today, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement regarding the isolated patient at The University of Kansas Hospital: “While it is good news that the preliminary test results are negative, a possible patient with Ebola in Kansas is a serious development and reiterates the need for us to heighten coordination and vigilance. I have spoken with hospital administrators who will continue to treat the isolated patient with an abundance of caution. I have also asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expedite the confirmatory test to definitively…
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Wamego Police are investigating the theft of a truck from Ebert Construction. The theft was reported Monday morning and involves a white 2014 F-450 from Ebert Construction at 103 West Valley Street in Wamego. The Kansas tag number is 601155. Estimated loss is $45,000. The truck reportedly was taken between Saturday night and Sunday morning this past weekend. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Wamego Police Department at 456-9553
Wamego’s USD 320 Board of Education looked at its facilities study at Monday’s regular meeting. Dr. G. Kent Stewart, a Consultant hired by the Board to do a comprehensive study of all of USD 320 property, summarized his plan. He began his presentation by saying “all the schools in Wamego are exelmpary. evidenced by all the awards hanging in the buildings”. He added the Board should be proud of what’s going on in the schools. Dr. Stewart reviewed the Six-Year Maintenance and Capital Improvement Plan to implement prioritized needs for the District. His study specifies planning for annual and long…
A third arrest was made in connection with the robbery incident that occurred in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place here in Manhattan earlier this month. Riley County Police announced this third arrest Tuesday morning, as the man was arrested around 12:30 p.m. on Monday. The Riley County Police Department made this arrest for aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and aggravated robbery after an investigation into the matter led to probable cause of an additional subject. Rasheem Wilson (26), of Manhattan, was arrested in the 400 block of Maple Place for the crimes previously mentioned. He was given a bond of $150,000. …
North Korean state media broadcast images of leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, ending a media absence that boosted global speculation that something was amiss in the reclusive country.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden is urging hospitals to diligently watch for patients with fever or symptoms of Ebola who have traveled from the three Ebola-stricken African nations in the past 21 days.
Kansas State Athletics Director John Currie announced Monday evening that the school will add Women’s Soccer as a Varsity sport beginning in the Fall of 2016. Currie also announced that to make room for the sport, K-State will discontinue its Varsity Equestrian program at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. With the addition of Women’s Soccer, K-State becomes the last Big 12 school to add the sport. Below is the complete release from K-State Athletics Communications with the announcement. ******************************************************************** MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following a recent NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommendation to drop the intercollegiate sport of equestrian…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has made another trip to Kansas to campaign for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback re-election bid. Christie is chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He joined Brownback on Monday at Freddy’s Frozen Custard in Wichita where he visited with restaurant patrons. A private fundraising event was scheduled later Monday. Brownback is locked in a tough race with Democratic challenger Paul Davis amid voters’ concerns about massive tax cuts that have created budget shortfalls. But Christie said indications from several polls show Kansas voters are swinging toward Brownback as they consider what he called…
Protect Environmental workers move disposal barrels to a staging area outside the apartment of a healthcare worker who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan and tested positive for the disease, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Dallas.
A woman who identified herself as Dragonfly, from the Brooklyn borough of New York, gets a hug from Ferguson, Mo., police Sgt. Michael Wood, after sharing her fear of police brutality with Wood, during a protest at the police station, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Activists planned a day of civil disobedience to protest the shooting of Michael Brown, in August, and a second police shooting in St. Louis last week.