K-State received a record number of donations in the 2014 fiscal year, which ended June 30th. Alumni, parents, faculty, students and corporate partners gave and committed a total of 2011 million dollars, an all-time record in the 70 year history of the KSU Foundation. The previous record of 152 million dollars was set last year. In a break-down of donations per counties, Riley County had by far the largest number of donors at nearly 8000 and they donated the second most of any county in the state at just shy of 30 million dollars. Donor totals from other local counties…
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A Virginia man was injured in a Riley County accident Monday night, which involved a driver falling asleep. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Seth Kaikstian, 24, of Virginia Beach, who was a passenger in the car, was taken to Mercy Regional Health Center following the accident, which occurred on I-70 shortly before 9 p.m. The accident involved a 1991 Chevrolet Camaro, driven by William Lopiccolo, 23, of Fort Riley, and was in the inside lane of I-70 westbound, approximately a mile west of the Riley/Wabaunsee County line, when Lopiccolo fell asleep. The vehicle entered the median and struck a ditch.…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Police in Kansas City, Kansas, have identified a 53-year-old woman who died in a recent house fire. Police on Monday said Carole Young died at a hospital after firefighters found her Thursday night inside the burning home. The Kansas City Star reports that fire officials haven’t said how the fire started. The blaze caused about $35,000 in damage to the house and its contents.
Today on “The Game”…MLB is at the All-Star break. Auburn at the SEC media days. World Cup final on Sunday. Phil Steele from Athlon Sports joins the show. Evaluation of the Royals 1st half of the season. You Can’t Be Serious as well.
Attorney General Eric Holder listens at right as Tony West, the Justice Department’s lead negotiator, answer questions after announcing at the Justice Department in Washington Monday, July 14, 2014, that Citigroup will pay $7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis. The agreement comes weeks after talks between the sides broke down, prompting the government to warn that it would sue the New York investment bank. The bank had offered to pay less then $4 billion, a sum substantially less that what the Justice Department was asking for. The settlement…
In this photo taken on a smartphone on Saturday, July 12, 2014, people run to shelter from hailstorm on the beach at Ob River, the major river in western Siberia in Novosibirsk, Russia. The Investigative Committee said in a statement published online Monday that two young girls aged three and four had died Saturday in the lakeside town of Bredsk, not far from the large Siberian city of Novosibirsk. The two girls died after sustaining traumatic brain injuries when a tree fell on their tent, where they were taking shelter from the storm along with their families.
BENTON, Kan. (AP) A south-central teenager and two adults have died after collision involving a driver going the wrong way on a state highway. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victims of Sunday’s accident as 16-year-old Dominic Stolfi of Benton, 27-year-old Lisa Hardy and 52-year-old Nancy Ross, both of Potwin. The patrol says a car driven by Stolfi was traveling west in the eastbound lanes of Kansas 254 near the Butler/Sedgwick County line. A car driven by Hardy tried to swerve out of the way but was hit by Stolfi’s car. Ross was a passenger in Hardy’s car.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 42-year-old Neosho County woman has been sentenced to about a year in federal prison for embezzling more than $278,000 from a bank branch and two customers. The office of U.S. Attorney for Kansas said in a release Monday that Sherrie Landell of Erie, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a bank employee and admitted that from September 2007 to May 2013 she embezzled from Exchange State Bank. She worked at the bank’s branch in St. Paul, Kansas. Landell’s also accused of fraudulently altering the bank’s records to conceal the crime. The prosecutor’s office…
A proposed elementary school in southwest Pottawatomie County is causing Pottawatomie County commissioners to consider major improvements to Harvest Road, to the tune of about three million dollars. Chuck Bartlett of Alfred Benesch Consulting made a presentation to commissioners regarding a one mile stretch of the road from Excel to Lake Elbo Road. Traffic is expected to increase from 80 vehicles a day to as many as 915 vehicles per hour during peak hours by 2030. Bartlett also talked about other aspects of the project, such as 100 foot right of way for the project. Bartlett added a 10 foot wide multi-use…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Primary Care Doctor with the Veterinary Health Center at Kansas State Univesrity, Susan Nelson. She also spoke with Chair of the Cattle Baron’s Ball auction committee, Amy Reed and Chair of the food and beverage committee, Carrie Farrell. For the third segment, Assistant Director of Planning with the City of Manhattan, Eric Cattell; Senior Planner, Lance Evans and Pottawatomie County Planner, John Keller shared details on the Manhattan Area 2035 Comprehensive Plan. Lastly, on Flint Hills Focus, Cathy talked to Gwyn and Josh Hoy of the Flying W Ranch, and Flint Hills Discovery Center Director, Fred Goss.