TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed an executive order offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a homicide case in southeast Kansas. The governor made the announcement Wednesday, seeking the public’s help in locating Kevin Robert Welsh. The 35-year-old Welsh, of Toronto, Kan., is being sought in connection with the shooting deaths of Keith and Sheila Kriesel, both of Eureka, and the shooting of a third individual on Oct. 2 in Eureka. Welsh is considered armed and dangerous. Greenwood County law enforcement and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation have been…
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WASHINGTON (AP) Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts says he’ll oppose President Barack Obama’s nomination of the Federal Reserve’s vice chairwoman to the chairmanship of the nation’s central bank. The Republican senator said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve has pursued what he called “destructive” fiscal policies and said he expects that Janet Yellen would continue them if promoted. Roberts made his comments shortly after the Democratic president nominated Yellen. Yellen is a close ally of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and she’s a key architect of the Fed’s efforts to keep interest rates near record lows to support the economy. Roberts said those…
Cathy talks with James T. Hicks, Chief, Processing Center, Military Personnel Division at Fort Riley and Thomas Tessendorf, Chief, Occupational Health at the Irwin Army Community Hospital, followed by Susan Schinstock, Administrative Assistant for the Manhattan Catholic Schools, and ending with Tim McDonald Flint Hills Christian School Administrator, on today’s InFocus.
Lon Snowden, left, speaks to The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Edward Snowden’s father Lon Snowden told Russian television outside the Moscow airport Thursday morning that his son is not planning to return to the United States. He thanked Russia and President Vladimir Putin for sheltering his son, who provided the news media with information on global surveillance activities conducted by the U.S. special services. Edward Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena listens at right. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, leaves his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10,2103, for the White House and a meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the ongoing budget fight. Facing a fresh deadline, Boehner said Thursday that Republicans would vote to extend the government’s ability to borrow money for six weeks _ but only if President Barack Obama first agrees to fresh negotiations on spending cuts. Under the Republican plan, the partial government shutdown would continue in the meantime. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Due to the support of local farmers and America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, Blue Valley-Randolph received a $10,000 grant to purchase 10 FOSS (Full Option Science System) kits for grades K-8, last Friday. The kits include books and equipment to enhance each unit of study. America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, offers farmers the chance to nominate a local public school district, which can then compete for a grant of up to $25,000 to enhance math and/or science education. More than 1,150 nominated school districts submitted applications. America’s Farmers Grow Communities, which offers winning farmers the…
On a Thursday edition of “The Game”, the guys talk Big 12 hoops as the Wildcats are slated to finish 5th in the conference. Multiple angles taken throughout the show getting you prepared for Saturday’s match up in the Little Apple between the Wildcats and the Baylor Bears. Jamey Eisenberg stops by from CBSsports.com to talk fantasy football, plus “You can’t be serious”.
Stocks soared Thursday, putting the market on track for its second-best day of the year, on news Washington was moving closer to a deal to avert a U.S. government default.
World financial leaders converging on Washington for a high-level economic summit are getting a closer look at the US stalemate as talks resolving the shutdown inch closer. Economists say the budget fight has already hurt the US economy.
Foot and mouth disease is scary, particularly if you’re a farmer–and state authorities continued with a two day emergency drill with that scenario in Manhattan Thursday the Biosecurity Research Institute on the K-State campus. Mary Soukup, Communications Director with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, addressed reporters, including KMAN and a representative from “Modern Farmer” magazine based in New York, announcing that in the drill, the Kansas State football game had been cancelled. Soukup mentioned the 50,000 people and associated traffic could cause problems. Soukup admits to some irritated community members in that make believe world. Dr. Bill Brown, who serves as the Kansas Animal Health…