On today’s InFocus, Erik fills in for Cathy and has an interview with U-S Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas. In studio today, Erik talks with Lynda Bachelor and others with Hands on Kansas State, followed by Todd Lovin with Tuttle Creek State Park. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121313-Seg1.mp3 Pat Roberts https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121313-Seg-2.mp3 Hands on K-State https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121313-Seg-3.mp3 Hands on K-State https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121313-Seg-4.mp3 Todd Lovin
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On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Eric Zenk, PUblic Affairs Specialist with Fort Riley, followed by Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Scott Hulshoff and Flint Hills Christian School Administrator Tim McDonald. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121213-Seg-1.mp3 Eric Zenk https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121213-Seg-2.mp3 Eric Zenk https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121213-Seg-3.mp3 Eric Zenk https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121213-Seg-4.mp3 Scott Hulshoff and Tim McDonald https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/121213-Seg-5.mp3 Scott Hulshoff and Time McDonald
DENVER (AP) Phillip Rivers outplayed Peyton Manning and the San Diego Chargers sprung a 27-20 upset Thursday night over the Denver Broncos. Rivers threw for 166 yards and two scores to Keenan Allen and kept the Chargers’ offense on the field for nearly 39 minutes. Stuck on the sideline most of the night, Manning ended up with 289 yards and only two touchdowns. The Broncos (11-3) fell at home in the regular season for the first time in 14 games. The Chargers (7-7) snapped Denver’s 10-game AFC West winning streak and stayed in the hunt for a playoff spot. Denver’s…
The USA Today named K-State senior safety Ty Zimmerman a second team all-American on Thursday. The Junction City native is an all-American for the second straight season after receiving second team honors in 2012 from CBS Sports.com. Zimmerman logged 69 tackles in 10 games in 2013 to go along with three tackles for loss and three interceptions, two of which he took back for touchdowns. K-State will battle Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Saturday, December 28th at 9:15pm. For a $99 per night rate at the Palomar Hotel in Phoenix, go to Powercat Gameday.com.
I-70 is seeing more accidents as reports began coming in at about 7:15 Friday morning of maybe seven vehicles involved in a rollover accident at the 322 milemarker. About an hour later, that number increased to multiple accidents along a 16 mile treck between milemarkers 322 to 338. Riley County Police, Kansas Highway Patrol, and EMS were all on scene. The number of people injured is still yet to be determined. According to both Riley County Police Public Information Officer Mat Droge and Kansa Highway Patrol Lt Greg Harkrader, the cause is due to ice on the roads. Droge mentions a number of vehicles have pulled…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Friends of the University of Kansas graduate student found dead this week are raising money to help the student’s family. Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana was reported missing Saturday. Police found his body Monday. 6NewsLawrence reports friends have started a fundraiser on PayPal to raise money. The funds will pay for airfare for his family in Peru, funeral costs and to send his belongings back home. Police say investigators are awaiting autopsy results to determine his cause of death but they do not currently suspect foul play.
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Kansas environmental officials are seeking volunteers to help count birds at Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend from Saturday through the first week of January. The Wichita Eagle reports the Christmas Bird Count is an annual tradition across the U.S. More than 40 such counts are held across Kansas. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center and the Nature Conservancy are asking for help counting birds at Cheyenne Bottoms, an important migratory stopover for thousands of shorebirds and waterfowl. More than 148 species of birds have been recorded spending their winters in the area. Volunteers are asked to help…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas has censured a former senior scientist in the Kansas Geological Survey over plagiarism allegations. The Lawrence Journal-World reports a university committee found that Marios Sophocleous, a hydrology scientist, engaged in plagiarism and self-plagiarism in seven journal articles dealing with hydrology and groundwater. Sophocleous denies the allegations. He says he never copied the work of others or his own. Sophocleous joined the Kansas Geological survey in 1978 as an assistant scientist and was a senior scientist from 1987 to 2013, when he retired. Jill Jess, a university spokeswoman, declined to elaborate on details of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A flamingo that escaped from the Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005 has been spotted again, this time in Texas. A Massachusetts birder says the flamingo, known as No. 492 because of the number on its leg band, was seen last week off the Texas Gulf Coast. The bird was with a companion, a Yucatan-born Caribbean flamingo with a band reading “HDNT.” Two flamingoes escaped from the zoo in Wichita after employees did not clip their wings to prevent them from flying. No. 492 has been spotted many times since then, from Wisconsin to Louisiana. No sightings of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Wearing a light blue Sporting Kansas City scarf, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said he’s proud of the state’s first team to win a major professional sports championship. Brownback said Thursday that winning the Major League Soccer title put the Kansas City region firmly in the center of the United States soccer map. Sporting KC defeated Real Salt Lake on penalty kicks to claim its second MLS title. The governor says there could be more soccer on the way with Sporting KC’s owners working with U.S. Soccer to bring a national training and coaching development center to the…