LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence police are searching for a 23-year-old University of Kansas student from Peru who hasn’t been seen since early Saturday. Gianfranco Villagomez, an industrial design student from Lima, Peru, was last seen walking near 9th and Michigan streets in Lawrence about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. His girlfriend, Donna Jo Harkrider, reported him missing about Saturday. Villagomez is about 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds. He has dark brown eyes, black hair and glasses. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with a KU Jayhawk logo on it, a long sleeve gray shirt, a black jacket, jeans and white tennis…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas State Board of Education members will decide this week whether the state’s new handwriting standards will encourage schools to make sure that fifth- and sixth-graders can write legibly in cursive. The handwriting standards are on the board’s agenda for a Tuesday meeting. State law requires the board to regularly update academic standards. Multistate academic standards adopted by Kansas in 2010 would require schools to teach young students cursive. Some educators question whether it’s a necessary skill, when people are using computer and cellphone keyboards more in communicating. But cursive has its advocates, and a handful of…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court is taking up an appeal of a minimum 50-year sentence imposed on a man convicted of premeditated first-degree murder. The case of Matthew Astorga on Monday’s docket is the second appeal of a so-called “Hard 50” sentence since legislators rewrote the law this fall in response to a June ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Kansas previously allowed judges to sentence people convicted of premeditated first-degree murder to 50 years before they can seek parole. But the nation’s highest court ruled that juries should have the final say on the facts triggering mandatory…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Dr. April Durant, Asst. clinical Professor of Small Animal Surgery at K-State’s College of Veterinary medicine, followed by Ken Lange, Don Thomson, Mike Shepherd on “Harmony for the Holidays,” featuring the Little Apple Chorus, and ending with Kathy Dzewaltowski, Rhondi Dale, Jim Sharp, Daniel Vaughn, Chris Boxberger on holiday fund raiser for Peace Memorial auditorium.
The next step is a go ahead for the Belvue Bridge as both Pottawatomie and Waubunsee County have agreed to the engineering estimates and the testing to come with it. During Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting, the commissioners decided to phone Waubunsee to get an idea of where to go with the project. Wabunsee County Commission Chair Ervan Stuewe gave the go ahead stating that they would contribute their percentage share. Pat Weixelman, Pottawatomie County Chair, asked about traffic control and Stuewe gave the approval of his county helping with that as well. The estimated cost for the engineering testing…
An apartment complex fire KMAN news first told you about early Monday morning caused an estimated $15,000 in damage. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to the blaze at 1210 Vattier Street at about 9:40 Sunday night. Upon arrival, crews found a three story apartment complex with arcing electrical meters. Crews stood by until the electrical meters were de-energized by Westar and then extinguished the fire, confining it to the immediate area. Six fire apparatus and sixteen firefighters responded with the last units clearing at around 1am. Eight occupants were displaced from the residence. The American Red Cross and Kansas…
Five people were injured in a half a dozen accidents worked by the Kansas Highway Patrol Sunday. Laura Rice,25, of Manhattan was taken to Mercy Regional Health Center following an accident on I-70, 20 miles east of Junction City in Riley County. Also in Riley County, an accident 14 miles east of Junction City sent Wilmer Baquero,42, of Junction City to the Geary Community Hospital. In Geary County, Keeghan Rayburn, 6, of Ogden was taken to Geary Community hospital following an accident on I-70,one mile west of the I-70-K-18 junction. Another accident on I-70 in Wabaunsee county, eight miles west of…
Snow-covered slippery roads were blamed for dozens of crashes in Racine County, Wisconsin on Sunday. At least two people died.
Anti-government protesters have toppled the statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in central Kiev amid huge protests gripping Ukraine.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) K-State is headed back to the desert, this time to face Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. The Wildcats (7-5) lost to Oregon 35-17 in last year’s Fiesta Bowl, but earned a return trip to Arizona after finishing strong this season. K-State lost four of its first six games, but finished with a flourish, rolling over rival Kansas 31-10 in their regular-season finale to win five of its final six. Michigan (7-5) opened the season 5-0 before fading down the stretch. The Wolverines lost four of its final five games, though came within a failed 2-point…