After several weeks of trying to find a replacement for a position vacated by outgoing Riley County USD 378 School board member, Dan Thomson, current board members Monday night approved a replacement board member to fill the vacant position. Tom Richard was selected to fill the vacancy. Thomson resigned from the board due to the district’s nepotism policy, with the recent hiring of his wife in the district. Earlier in the meeting, Glen Hawkins put forth his own name for the open position. He was nominated and seconded, but the motion failed on a 3-3 vote. Hawkins was recently a candidate…
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A Chapman woman was lifeflighted for medical treatment following an accident in Geary County Monday evening. Norma Coria was flown to a Wichita hospital in critical condition, according to the Geary County Sheriff’s office. Coria was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer east on Old 40 Highway in the 2600 block when she lost control and rolled her vehicle. The accident was reported at six p.m. Monday.
President Barack Obama says the securing of Mosul dam in northern Iraq by Iraqi and Kurdish forces is a “major step forward” in the battle against Islamic State militants
A man is detained after a standoff between protesters and police Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown’s shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has suspended freshman running back Joe Mixon for the season after he pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of assault. Mixon, one of the nation’s top recruits and a potential starter, is accused of knocking a woman unconscious with a punch and breaking several bones in her face last month. A release from the school Monday said university President David Boren accepted the recommendation of athletic director Joe Castiglione and coach Bob Stoops to suspend Mixon. He will be excluded from all team activities and removed from the team roster.
MINNEAPOLIS — Erik Kratz had played in only five games for Kansas City since being acquired from Toronto in a trade on July 28. But the big guy always stayed ready and that discipline paid off Monday night to keep the Royals rolling. Kratz homered twice after replacing an ailing Salvador Perez, and Jason Vargas pitched seven strong innings to lead the first-place Royals to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Vargas (10-5) allowed one run on four this and struck out three, but had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 17 when Oswaldo Arcia hit a solo homer…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Police in Topeka are looking for two men after a woman reported being pistol-whipped and carjacked outside a motel. WIBW-TV reports officers were called around 7 a.m. Monday to the Traveler’s Inn in the southern part of the city. The victim told police that two men attacked her, then stole her maroon, 2004 Chrysler Pacifica with Kansas plates 406 GGZ. The woman’s injuries were not life-threatening.
KSU is #20 in AP poll, but the Big 12 doesn’t represent well. K-State football fan appreciation day was Saturday. Texas PCGD reporter Joe Taylor joins the show. Chiefs lose at Carolina. Royals go 2-1 over the weekend. K-State football captains do the ALS ice water bucket challenge. You Can’t Be Serious wraps up the show.
President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, Wednesday to meet with U.S. law enforcement authorities investigating the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old.
Lawyers for Texas Governor Rick Perry called the indictment against their client a ‘nasty attack’ and an ‘attempt to criminalize politics’ at a press conference Monday.