SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Colorado man reported missing by his family last month has been found dead at a truck stop in central Kansas. The Salina Journal reports police do not suspect foul play in the death of Terry Hamilton, 67, although an autopsy was planned. A customer at a Salina truck stop along Interstate 70 reported a man in a car in the parking lot Monday afternoon. Hamilton’s family in the Denver suburb of Aurora had reported him missing in mid-October. Police said Hamilton’s car had been noticed at the truck stop earlier Monday. It wasn’t clear if the…
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GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) The Humane Society of the United States is offering up to $5,000 for information in the death of a cat that was decapitated in Great Bend. Great Bend police found the body of a male cat missing its head and front paw on Oct. 26. Great Bend Police Lt. David Bailey says evidence indicated the cat’s body parts were cut off. The Humane Society says in a news release that a donation from a board member enabled the organization to double its standard cruelty award to $5,000.
BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) State water officials are recommending a plan to dredge the John Redmond Reservoir in Coffey County, which has been filling with silt for decades. Besides offering recreation, the 50-year-old reservoir on the Neosho River near Burlington supplies backup water to 14 communities in southeast Kansas. It also supplies water to two smaller lakes that feed cooling towers at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the proposed dredging could become a model for managing other federal lakes in Kansas that also have silting problems. The Redmond reservoir has lost about 1,000 surface acres and…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Teachers and principals from around the country are heading to the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth to study leadership development. The three-day event starts Nov. 13 and is organized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Thirty educators are participating in what is being called an inaugural event to improve public school leaders. Association executive director JoAnn Bartoletti says in a release the educators will study the Army’s learning model, which focuses on continuous education for soldiers as they advance in their careers and meet changing missions. The symposium will include…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Manhattan Mayor John Matta and City Manager Ron Fehr.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with representatives from the Flint Hills Financial Literacy Council as Dan Seemann and Claudette Almaraz stop by. Mike Kearns and Tom Fryer with the Flint Hills Veteran’s Coalition also stop to talk.
Matt Walters and Brandon Tadtman roll through a Tuesday edition of “The Game”. They will get you geared up for Kansas State and Texas Tech on Saturday, do the Wildcats have a shot to pull the upset? Hear from head coach Bill Snyder as well as players on their thoughts on the weekend ahead at Texas Tech. Are the Kansas City Chiefs the worst 9-0 team in NFL history? Matt and Brandon debate that and break down the rest of the schedule for Andy Reid’s Chiefs. A lot of news around the NFL, the Incognito story out of Miami as well as Aaron Rodgers going down in the Packers loss to the Bears on MNF. All that and much more jam packed into two hours on KMAN.
Matt Walters and Brandon Tadtman roll through a Tuesday edition of “The Game”. They will get you geared up for Kansas State and Texas Tech on Saturday, do the Wildcats have a shot to pull the upset? Hear from head coach Bill Snyder as well as players on their thoughts on the weekend ahead at Texas Tech. Are the Kansas City Chiefs the worst 9-0 team in NFL history? Matt and Brandon debate that and break down the rest of the schedule for Andy Reid’s Chiefs. A lot of news around the NFL, the Incognito story out of Miami as well as Aaron Rodgers going down in the Packers loss to the Bears on MNF. All that and much more jam packed into two hours on KMAN.
Are Common Core educational standards really just rotten apples? That’s what one brochure indicated at a meeting in Manhattan Tuesday, organized by the Americans for Prosperity. Nearly 80 people showed up for the meeting, including parents, educators, legislators, and other concerned citizens. Paula Davis is a home school mother of 12, who says it’s interesting to her that higher math and science is pretty much non-existent in Common Core. Chuck Henderson with the Flint Hills Tea Party tells KMAN he wanted to hear finer details of the Common Core intentions. And he says he’s concerned about some very specific aspects…
Are Common Core educational standards really just rotten apples? That’s what one brochure indicated at a meeting in Manhattan Tuesday, organized by the Americans for Prosperity. Nearly 80 people showed up for the meeting, including parents, educators, legislators, and other concerned citizens. Paula Davis is a home school mother of 12, who says it’s interesting to her that higher math and science is pretty much non-existent in Common Core. Chuck Henderson with the Flint Hills Tea Party tells KMAN he wanted to hear finer details of the Common Core intentions. And he says he’s concerned about some very specific aspects…