Updated 3 p.m. Friday: Governor Sam Brownback, joined by Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Senate President Susan Wagle and House Speaker Ray Merrick and other legislators responded to the Kansas Supreme Court ruling on the Gannon vs Kansas case. “We have an opportunity for progress,” Governor Brownback said. “My commitment is to work with legislative leadership to address the allocation issue identified by the court. We will fix this.” The court has set out steps for the legislature to end the lawsuit by July 1, 2014. It affirms the Constitutional requirement for education to be “adequate” and “equitable.” “Our task is…
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Kansas State University students have elected Charles “Reagan” Kays, senior in agribusiness, Weir, as student body president. His running mate, Cody Kennedy, junior in secondary education and mathematics, Phillipsburg, will serve as student body vice president. Kays and Kennedy plan to start work immediately on implementing their platform issues, which are streamlining tutoring services, increasing communication with all 475 student organizations and advocating for a medical amnesty law. “I am most passionate about helping people and I want to do this for the rest of my life,” Kays said. “With the extraordinary opportunity to serve the students…
New Mexico residents and local officials are voicing frustration with the amount of information being released by the U.S. Department of Energy about a radiation leak last month at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste dump.
President Barack Obama ordered the West’s first sanctions in response to Russia’s military takeover of Crimea on Thursday, declaring his determination not to let the Kremlin carve up Ukraine.
The MHS boys lost the first game of sub-state to Topeka High, ending their season Thursday night.
“The Game” on KMAN is getting Wildcat fans ready for the final weekend in the Big 12. The guys will play out some scenarios that could play out for Bruce Weber and the Cats and how it will shake out next weeks Big 12 tourney in KC. The K-State women get ready for the Big 12 tourney tomorrow night in OKC. Can the K-State women play themselves into the postseason? The bat cats get ready for the home opener starting Friday afternoon with Iowa. K-State coming off three straight wins in Abilene Texas last weekend. Former K-State Safety Ty Zimmerman sat down with Matt Walters to talk football, future and much more. Brent Maycock from the Topeka Capital Journal to talk about Sub State hoops around the state of Kansas. All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Christie, facing conservatives who have been slow to embrace him, received applause throughout a speech that highlighted his opposition to abortion and stressed the importance of getting results. “We don’t get to govern if we don’t win,” Christie said.
Ukrainians and their supporters waving Ukrainian colors, is seen against an American flag during a rally in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “invasion of Ukraine and aggression in the region.” President Barack Obama declared on Thursday that a referendum in 10 days on the future of a Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula would violate international law.
The Junction City man charged in the shooting death of Crystal Fisher (25), almost exactly four years ago, will be sentenced soon. A federal jury returned a verdict Thursday convicting Marcus Roberson (32) of murdering the woman to keep her from giving information about his drug trafficking to federal law enforcement officers. Roberson faces one count of murder, one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, and one count of conspiracy to distribute powder cocaine. Prosecutors presented evidence during the trial, that Roberson lured Fisher to a location near an alley in central Junction, where he shot her four times…
Manhattan High senior Matt Liotta signed his letter of intent to play soccer next season at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. NESU wasn’t the only school that Liotta was looking at. Colorado State Pueblo, Fort Hays State and also Missouri State. “I think division II right now just ended up being the right level for me,” Liotta said. The Manhattan High boys soccer team made history this past season with the best finish in school history finishing second place at the state tournament. “I’ll definitely never forget this season it was incredible, made history with some of my best friends,”…