The White House says the government’s health care website received 375,000 visitors on Monday by noon. That’s a surge in use on the first business day since officials declared the service able to accommodate a vast majority of users.
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The first December edition of “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN breaks down the Wildcats 31-10 Sunflower Showdown victory over the Jayhawks in Lawrence. What bowl game will Bill Snyder and the Cats be attending? That is a topic of discussion throughout the show. K-State men’s and women’s basketball back to the grind as they begin the final non conference stretch leading up to conference play. K-State AD John Currie joins the show to talk all things Kansas State and how the athletic department is looking at this time. All that and much more on another edition of “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN.
President Barack Obama arrives in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, to speak at a Worlds AIDS Day event. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
An Amazon.com employee stocks products along one of the many miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center on “Cyber Monday” the busiest online shopping day of the holiday season Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in Phoenix. Over 2,000 employees will work the over 1-million square foot facility on “Cyber Monday.” (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Police say an investigation into a shooting that left a woman wounded in Topeka has led to the discovery of three bodies at another location. Lt. Scott Gilchrist said in a news release late Sunday night that the victims were three adults. Their names were not immediately released and police didn’t say how they are believed to have died. Gilchrist said the woman whose gunshot injury initiated the investigation was found Sunday afternoon behind a restaurant. He said she had sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital. It’s not clear whether police have…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Construction is expected to start soon on a building that Hutchinson officials hope will make the city a regional firefighter training center. The Hutchinson News reports the city and Hutchinson Community College are collaborating on a new, 20,000-square-foot building for the school’s fire science program. The building will be located next to the Hutchinson Fire Department’s command and training center. It will replace the college’s existing fire science building a World War II-era building on the school’s South Campus, near the Hutchinson suburb of Yoder. Hutchinson Community College will lease the land for the new building from…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) With about one month left in the year, Wichita is on track to have one of its lowest homicide totals in a decade. So far, 16 homicides have been reported in 2013. Only 2005, which had 15 homicides, recorded fewer homicides in the last 10 years. The highest number of homicides in the last decade was in 2007, with 43. The Wichita Eagle reports city police are reluctant to discuss the reasons for the lower number of violent deaths. Capt. Brent Allred notes last year there were only 17 homicides through November, but then 11 more occurred…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wisconsin truck driver who joined a cyberattack on Wichita-based Koch Industries will learn his fate for the onslaught that briefly took the company’s website offline. Eric Rosol, of Black Creek, Wis., faced sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court in Wichita on one misdemeanor count of accessing a protected computer. Prosecutors agreed in Rosol’s plea deal to recommend a sentence at the low end of federal guidelines. Koch’s website was offline for about 15 minutes during the February 2011 attack organized by the hacking group Anonymous. The parties agreed the direct loss to Koch was less than…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Robbin Cole, Executive Director at Pawnee Mental Health, followed by Pat Collins, Riley County Fire Chief. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/120213-Seg-1.mp3 Robbin Cole https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/120213-Seg-2.mp3 Robbin Cole https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/120213-Seg-3.mp3 Pat Collins https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/120213-Seg-4.mp3 Pat Collins
A new baler was on the agenda for Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting. Tim Eisenbarth, County Noxious Weed Director, brought forth the request during the meeting. Eisenbarth explained some of the advantages of this new baler compared to the one they currently lease is it would reduce labor of personnel by being able to do more. Eisenbarth added they could also bale more than just paper, cardboard and plastics. Some of the issues that were raised during the discussion included the ability for proper electrical connections and also shelter for the new piece of equipment. Pat Weixelman, Commission Chair, also…