On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Art DeGroat, retired lieutenant colonel and Executive Director of Military and Veterans Affairs at Kansas State University; as well as Todd Lovin, Tuttle Creek State Park Manager.
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Riley County Health Department staff members presented several recommendations during Monday’s county commission meeting, all of which were approved unanimously. The changes are within two different areas of the department’s financial policies-family planning and general administration. All of the adjustments will officially be implemented on January 1st: write off outstanding balances greater than, or equal to, 730 days monthly statements will be mailed out monthly income will be calculated according to Title 10 guidelines Title 10 clients requesting to be “confidential clients” will not be sent statements for third party payments no Title 10 clients with outstanding balances will be…
Junction City Police officers were dispatched to a residence early Monday morning for an unresponsive female call, and upon arrival-a subject was found deceased in a bathtub. Police Officers, along with the Junction City Fire Department and EMS crews, responded to the call on 338 West Walnut Street in Junction City. Upon further examination, it was discovered the woman received a single gunshot wound-which is believed to be the cause of death. An autopsy will be conducted Tuesday on the subject, who was identified as Leigh Castle (44). Castle did reside at the residence where she was found. No foul play is…
In her final season as head coach, Manhattan High girls tennis coach Joyce Allen was named the 2014 6A girls tennis coach of the year. Allen had two state qualifiers this season in Cathy Lei and Kristen Fraley. Lei finished 8th at state, and Fraley finished 11th in leading the Indians to a 7th place finish as a team. Fraley will sign with Emporia State on Wednesday. Lei and Fraley combined for seven state appearances in their careers. Allen, who just finished her 26th season at MHS, has only missed out on having a state qualifier once since taking over in 1989. She…
Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police Monday as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters. Police say 40 people were arrested.
An Ohio State football player who disappeared after sending his parents a text message about his concussions was found in a trash bin, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications After compiling 22 victories and a winning Big 12 record, the K-State volleyball has advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 15th time in program history as it learned on Sunday that it will play Utah of the Pac-12 in Lincoln, Nebraska for the First Round on December 5 at 4:30 p.m., the NCAA selection committee announced. K-State will play alongside the Utes, Hofstra and host No. 14 Nebraska in the Bob Devaney Sports Center for the First/Second Rounds of the tournament. All four teams are among the 16 teams in the Seattle Regional,…
Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city’s streets for more than two months.
Residents of Ferguson had mixed reactions to the resignation of Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Michael Brown in August.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A prosecutor has decided that no criminal charges are warranted in the death of a Missouri woman at a Kansas jail. Fifty-eight-year-old Brenda Sewell of Kansas City, Missouri, was jailed in Sherman County when she died Jan. 22. She and her sister had been arrested two days earlier for possessing a small amount of marijuana. Relatives say Sewell wasn’t given an opportunity to make a phone call. They also contend jailers refused to give her prescription medication and were slow to help after she collapsed in her cell. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Sherman County Attorney Charles…