TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas prison officials are turning to Facebook to help find people who skip out on court-mandated parole. Each Monday, the Department of Corrections will post information about an offender who has failed to maintain contact with his or her parole officer. Such individuals are known as absconders and have warrants issued for their arrests. Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay says Kansas currently has about 170 absconders, down from more than 400 three years ago. He calls Facebook another tool for locating people and getting them back into custody. The first person featured on the agency’s Facebook page is…
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It’s time to check in with the Riley County Schools, as Cathy talks with Brady Burton, Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384 Superintendent, and Brad Starnes, USD 378 Superintendent. [mp3-jplayer]
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Oracle Team USA crew, including skipper Jimmy Spithill, second from left, and tactician Ben Ainslie, front center, celebrate after winning the 19th race against Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America’s Cup sailing event Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in San Francisco. Team USA trailed 8-1 with New Zealand needing to win one more race and Oracle Team USA kept the cup at home by winning eight straight races. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters as he emerges from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare.” Cruz ended the marathon Senate speech opposing President Barack Obama’s health care law after talking for 21 hours, 19 minutes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
ksda_gov The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) will lead an emergency preparedness exercise October 9-10, 2013, in Manhattan, to practice the state’s response plan to a foreign animal disease. The two-day functional exercise, which will be based out of the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) on K-State’s main campus, will enable KDA and its partners in neighboring states, other state agencies, federal and local government, industry and universities to practice the state’s foreign animal disease response plan. More than 200 individuals will participate in the functional exercise, which will be based on the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States.…
The Manhattan Fire Department is represented at a rescue conference being held at the Crisis City in Salina this week. Assistant Chief of Training and Safety Mike Kaus tells KMAN half a dozen folks are attending the sixth annual conference. Kaus adds a variety of areas are covered, with different skills emphasized. One example he provides is searching for people in basements of houses in the case of something like a tornado. MFD Personnel at the Crisis Center are both instructing and attending classes. Another training set for later this week involves an active shooter drill–this training will be held…
44 premier artists from around the world, some of them from Kansas, submitted paintings and sculptures for the Through Artists’ Eyes exhibit at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. The exhibit marks the first partnership between the Strecker-Nelson Gallery and the discovery center. Owner of the gallery, Jay Nelson commented, “I represent all of these artists in my commercial gallery, and each one has a very individual vision of the flint hills. Some of them go out and paint together. They can stand side by side and paint the same scenery, and you end up with two completely different paintings.” KMAN spoke to…
SEATTLE (AP) Justin Smoak hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat Kansas City 4-0 on Tuesday night, putting the Royals’ postseason hopes in serious jeopardy. Mariners rookie left-hander James Paxton (3-0), making just his fourth major league start, worked a career-high seven innings, allowing four hits, walking none and striking out a career-high 10. The playoff picture looks as bleak as it can be for the Royals (83-74). They are four games behind Cleveland for the second wild-card berth with five games to play. The Royals’ three competitors for the two wild-card spots Tampa…
K-State junior wide receiver Tyler Lockett is one of six players nationally to be added to the 2013 Biletnikoff Award watch list. Lockett ranks 5th nationally in total receiving yards with 469. The junior is coming off a record performance when he set a new K-State single game mark with 237 receiving yards at Texas. Lockett becomes the first Wildcat since 2007 to be up for the Biletnikoff as Jordy Nelson was one of three finalists for the award that season. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including…