Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner David Finkel will discuss his most recent book, “Thank You For Your Service,” which has ties to the Manhattan area. Finkel will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Kansas State University Alumni Center main ballroom. A book sale and signing session will be at 3 p.m. in the K-State Alumni Center. The event is free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For free tickets, members of the military may contact Art DeGroat at degroata@k-state.edu; Kansas State University faculty, staff and students may contact Briana Nelson Goff at bnelson@k-state.edu; and…
Author: KMAN Staff
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel won this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for laying the foundation for computer models used to understand chemical processes. Karplus researches at Harvard, Levitt at Stanford and Warshel at USC.
The federal government shutdown is stalling the process for approving craft beers and labels. This could cost breweries extra time and money.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A 44-year-old man has been charged with beating another man to death in Olathe. The Kansas City Star reports that Brian Dale Pittman, of Olathe, is charged in Johnson County District Court with voluntary manslaughter. The victim, Arthur Wilson Cattlett Jr., 56, was unresponsive when police found him on Sept. 29. Prosecutors allege in court documents that Cattlett was beaten, kicked and stomped during a “sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion.” Court records show Pittman was arrested Tuesday and his bond was set at $1 million. It’s not immediately clear if he has an attorney.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Authorities have released the name of the 4-year-old girl killed in a weekend house fire in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star reports that fire department officials identified the victim Tuesday as Sh’mere Jackson-Green. The fire was reported just after 4 a.m. Sunday. When emergency crews arrived they found heavy flames coming from the rear and center sections of the home. The girl was found in or near a bedroom at the back of the house, which had no smoke detectors. A woman and a 7-year-old girl escaped uninjured. But a firefighter involved in the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) One person has died in a garage fire in southwest Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports that the fire was reported shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday. A dispatch supervisor says a car in the garage caught fire. No other details were immediately available, including the name of the victim.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas Supreme Court justices have told an attorney for the state that it has broken promises made to public schools about their funding. Justices Eric Rosen and Lee Johnson made their comments from the bench during arguments Tuesday on the appeal of a school funding lawsuit. The state is appealing a lower court ruling that legislators must boost annual funding for schools by at least $440 million. The Supreme Court is hearing a lawsuit filed in 2010 by several school districts, including Dodge City, Hutchinson, Kansas City and Wichita. They argue the state has failed to…
SILVER LAKE, Kan. (AP) Shawnee County authorities say a Silver Lake man died in an apparent accident while mowing. The body of Bernie M. Menhusen, 52, was found Monday night pinned beneath a riding lawn mower. Shawnee County sheriff’s Lt. Jay Simecka says Menhusen was dead at the scene. Simecka says the sheriff’s office was called about 10 p.m. Monday after Menhusen’s family reported they hadn’t heard from him since about 1 p.m. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Shawnee County’s Coroner’s office will determine the exact cause of death.
GODDARD, Kan. (AP) A small south-central Kansas town near Wichita is considering a project that would include an Olympic swimming venue, a hotel and a dinosaur-themed education park. The Goddard City Council voted Monday to schedule a public hearing Nov. 18 to discuss financing the project. KWCH reports that City Administrator Brian Silcott says the pool would be the site of swimming, diving and water polo competitions, and perhaps someday host Olympic regional competitions. It would be operated by the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Silcott says a marketing firm projected the project would attract 2.4 million visitors a year…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita officials say the city’s website was hacked during the weekend, potentially compromising the personal information of 29,000 vendors and employees. The city said in a news release late Monday the hackers might have gained access to Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers and banking information of vendors and former and current employees who were reimbursed for expenses since 1997. The city says it has fixed the problem and is notifying those who might be affected. City Manager Robert Layton says law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident. The release said city officials are working with the…