KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) An animal pharmaceutical company based in the state of Washington has moved its headquarters to Kansas City, Kan., The company, Stason Animal Health, says it has leased space in the Biological Technology Center on the University of Kansas Medical Center campus. Stasonwhich is in the early stage of developing drugs for companion animals. It was based in Vancouver, Wash. Initially, only CEO Diana Wood will be located at the headquarters. Wood says the company chose Kansas City, Kan., to take advantage of the area’s growing animal health industry. The Kansas City Star reports the move was…
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Cosmosphere has launched a website with a live webcam where viewers can track conservation work on the engines that powered NASA’s Apollo moon mission. The Hutchinson museum said Monday it recently got confirmation that a serial number on a thrust chamber recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean shows the F-1 engine came from the Apollo 11 mission. Most of the more than 25,000 pounds of engine pieces are in tanks to remove corrosion. Some pieces are cleaned by hand. The Apollo F-1 conservation project was commissioned by Bezos Expeditions.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The recent spate of rainy weather has prompted Gov. Sam Brownback to revise the drought declaration in parts of Kansas. Brownback said Monday that 23 of the state’s 105 counties are no longer considered in drought conditions. It marks the first time since July 2012 that conditions have improved enough to remove counties from the drought designation. Brownback’s office says Kansas Water Office director Tracy Streeter recommended that 20 counties be moved into drought emergency status, 25 move to watch status and 37 remain in emergency status. Emergency status allows counties to draw water from certain state…
It’s Pottawatomie County Day as Laura steps in while Cathy is on vacation and talks with Pat Weixelman, Commission Chair, Greg Riot, Sheriff, Gregg Webster, Zoning Administrator, Lew Lowrey, Public Works Director, and Robert Reece, County Administrator. [mp3-jplayer]
The folded arms of the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial are seen in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Barack Obama, who will speak, was 2 years old and growing up in Hawaii when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Fifty years later, the nation’s first black president will stand as the most high-profile example of the racial progress King espoused, delivering remarks at a nationwide commemoration of the 1963 demonstration for jobs, economic justice and racial equality. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano waves as she leaves after delivering her farewell address at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Napolitano said her agency’s flexibility and agility have prepared it to respond to disasters and terror attacks alike. In her farewell speech before taking over the University of California system next month, Napolitano said the department’s strengths allowed it to respond quickly and effectively to hundreds of disasters and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
17 people were orriginally arrested in the series of 13 illegal narcotics search warrants back in July. The man with the highest bond, out of the 17 people, was set to appear in court Tuesday afternoon. After switching courtrooms, due to air conditioning problems, and calling the Riley County Information Technology Department in an attempt to get the web camera up and running-Judge William Malcolm asked to go on with the case. 47 year old Marvin Berroth was supposed to appear via web cam, but Malcolm asked that he be excused from appearing-due to technical problems. Berroth is currently being…
The community is invited to celebrate “A Century of Caring” in Junction City on Monday, September 9th. The event will be held at Geary Community Hospital, which was founded on September 9th of 1913 by Dr. W.A. Carr. From 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 400 box lunches will be distributed in the Thomas B. Fegan Dining Room, just inside the main entrance of the hospital. At noon, there will be remarks to mark the occasion from Chief Executive Officer of Geary Community Hospital- Dr. Joe Stratton, President and CEO of the Kansas Hospital Association-Tom Bell, President of the GCH Auxiliary-Gail Stein, and…
Two 16-year-olds are now in custody in Spokane, Washington, in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War Two Veteran. One teen is being held on two million dollars bail. The second is due in court on Tuesday.
Secretary of State John Kerry says chemical weapons were used in Syria, accusing President Bashar Assad of destroying evidence. Ratcheting up criticism of Syria’s alleged chemical weapons use, Kerry called last week’s attack a “moral obscenity.” <iframe width=”425″ height=”319″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/szg7IBIjYco” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>