KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas are competing for law school students. Missouri-Kansas City’s law school has provided in-state undergraduate tuition for most Kansas residents for four years. Now, the KU School of Law is responding. The Kansas school will use a new scholarship program to allow residents of 11 Missouri counties to pay the equivalent of in-state tuition $19,623 a year instead of $33,067 for out-of-state students. Missouri-Kansas City’s law school does not formally waive out-of-state tuition but nearly all of those students get in-state tuition rates. The competition is partly…
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This is the 14th season as Athletic Director at Wamego High School for Mark Stephan, and this year will be his last. Stephan will step down at the end of this school year to pursue other opportunities. One of the big reason’s that Stephan hung around for so long was because of the community surrounding Wamego. “I’ve been living in Wamego since 1983, we wanted to put our roots down and raise our children in a good community which Wamego is,” says Stephan. Stephan was not just the AD but he was also the Assistant Principle and that in itself…
Officials in Geneva say the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane hijacked it to Switzerland, where he is seeking asylum.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States celebrate after placing first in the ice dance free dance figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 43-year-old woman had to have a knife removed from the back of her head at a Wichita hospital after a late-night altercation. The Wichita Eagle reports the woman and a 49-year-old man told police that someone pointed a handgun at them late Friday at an unknown location. They said the man pulled out a pocket knife to defend himself, but the suspect grabbed it and threw it at the woman. Wichita Police Sgt. Ron Hunt said the knife became imbedded in the back of the woman’s head. She walked into Via Christi Hospital with the knife…
“Wildcat Insider” breaks down the Wildcat’s loss to Baylor in double overtime in Waco on Saturday night. The K-State baseball team swept by Cal Poly to open up the 2014 campaign how will they bounce back? The K-State women pick up a win over the weekend against Texas Tech. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 69-year-old Kansas man ends up with a broken rib and collapsed lung after unsuccessfully trying to get a young woman to dance with him. The Wichita Eagle reports the man attempted to dance with the woman at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at the Driftwood Lounge when she took exception and pushed him. Police spokesman Sgt. John Hoofer says the man was injured when he fell back onto a wooden bench. He was transported to a local hospital. Police are still looking for the woman, who is in her 20s.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Some Kansas dentists say a low reimbursement rate and slow processing of KanCare claims are preventing them from accepting new patients covered by the state’s managed care program. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Manhattan dentist E. Hamrick Swan Jr. says the reimbursement rate for KanCare patients is about 40 percent of his fee. While he still takes KanCare patients, he said he has to limit the number of new ones he can accept. A spokeswoman for Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s health programs says last year’s switch to KanCare included a requirement that rates couldn’t fall below…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas Republican who is the main proponent of a House measure that would nullify Common Core reading and math standards in the state admits he hasn’t read what’s in them. Rep. Willie Dove, of Bonner Springs, says he is driven by a firm belief that the federal government shouldn’t be involved in education. He is pushing a bill in the Kansas House that would also nullify recently adopted Next Generation Science Standards and prohibit school districts from administering any tests aligned to those standards. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Dove serves on the House Education Committee,…
A special performance will be held at St. Bernard in Wamego next month. As part of a three night event, John Michael Talbot will be coming to town. Talbot is a music legend, author, and a Christian Evangelist. The event will be March 12, 13, and 14 at 7:00 pm at St. Bernard in Wamego. For more information, call 785-456-7869.