WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas is supporting Hobby Lobby in its fight to challenge the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers cover emergency contraceptives. The Wichita Eagle reports the Kansas Attorney General’s Office filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Hobby Lobby Inc., an Oklahoma-based arts and crafts retail chain. Hobby Lobby’s founder and CEO David Green objects to the regulation based on his religious principles. Attorney General Derek Schmidt says in a statement that the issue is religious liberty. He says the Constitution protects businesses that want to base policies on religious teachings. The Supreme Court…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Wyandotte County jury has awarded four former Kansas Gas Service employees more than $900,000 after deciding they were discriminated against based on age when they were fired for sharing emailed porn. The Kansas City Star reports the case began when KGS discovered pornographic materials had been shared in the company email system. Ten workers were fired among 52 employees who received the emailed obscene materials. The four men, all older than 40, said they were disciplined more harshly than others who received the emailed porn. The jury said the four men received unequal enforcement of…
Nikki Moody scored 20 points to lead four Iowa State players in double figures to lead the Cyclones to an 84-65 victory over Kansas State in Big 12 Women’s Basketball action Saturday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. K-State struggled to find its Offensive rhythm in the first half as Iowa State sprinted out to a 45-19 halftime lead. Though the Wildcats played significantly better in the second half, the deficit was too much to overcome as Iowa State avenged an 80-74 loss on January 18 at Bramlage Coliseum. Ashia Woods led K-State with a game-high 25 points and Freshman…
The Manhattan High girls basketball team went into Saturday nights championship contest with McPherson wanting to improve on a second place finish in the Mid America Classic a season ago. They most certainly did just that with a 44-37 victory to win the 19th annual Mid America Classic at the Roundhouse in McPherson. Manhattan coasted through the first two games with wins over Hays and Shawnee Mission South with ease, but it didn’t come easy against McPherson. Mac had the home court advantage on their side even though it was a tournament setting. It was close throughout the entire ball…
New Jersey governor Chris Christie booed at NFL’s Hand Off ceremony in Times Square Saturday. Christie has been under fire amid accusations that aides and allies purposely created a week of traffic gridlock in Fort Lee, N.J.
Actor Maximilian Schell died at a hospital in Innsbruck, Austria overnight following a “sudden illness,” according to his agent. Schell won the 1961 Academy Award for best actor for his role as a defense attorney in “Judgment at Nuremberg.”
Jim Sherow, the presumed Democratic nominee in the Kansas First Congressional district made the following statement about the closure of Topeka Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center emergency services: “As a Kansas Veteran and former Manhattan Mayor who values military service, the shutting down of emergency care at the Topeka VA is deplorable and indicative of the do-nothing government that currently holds office. Kansas veterans in the First District travel over 100 miles on average to receive care at a VA hospital, and now they have lost access to the emergency care services that could be needed at any moment. Right now…
Marcus Foster scored 23 points and Thomas Gipson had 19, but the star of the show was Juwan Staten who had a career high 35 points as West Virginia avenged an earlier loss and knocked off Kansas State 81-71 Saturday at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. The Wildcats trailed 39-31 at halftime and the deficit grew to 10 early in the second half before a rally cut it to one point in the final five minutes. However, the Mountaineers were able to put together a run and salt the game away. Kansas State (15-7, 5-4) will next be in action…
Updated Sunday morning: The owners of the home have been identified as Michael and Rhonda Eaves. #### A fire early Saturday morning destroyed a home in rural St. George. Pottawatomie County Fire Supervisor Bruce Brazzle tells KMAN the 3:30 a.m. fire in the 3400 block of Burr Oak Road was a rekindled fire from an earlier reported chimney fire, caused by a wood-burning stove. The original fire was reported at 8:30 Friday night. The owners reported the smell of smoke at 3:30 a.m., but were able to get out of the house uninjured. Brazzle says the attic was fully involved…
The FBI says a powder mailed to several locations in New York and New Jersey, including former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s business.