OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A married couple in their 80s has died in a two-vehicle crash in Overland Park. The Kansas City Star reports that the 86-year-old man and his 80-year-old wife died Thursday when their vehicle collided with another car that ran a stop sign. Overland Park police said the victims’ names haven’t been released. Police say the driver of the other car was not injured, but a passenger in his car had minor injuries.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State says it’s working to improve the university’s online learning, with a goal of increasing the number of online students. The university announced in a news release Thursday that it had established the Office of Online Learning and named an interim director. The university’s new vice president for academic affairs, Tony Vizzini, says for many degree programs, no adequate online substitute is available for students working with instructors at a research university. He says improved online learning could help students and the university. The Wichita Eagle reports president John Bardo has said he intends to establish…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas Medical Center is planning a $3 million project to study the role of exercise in preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The study will be funded by the National Institutes of Health. The medical center is looking for 100 healthy people 65 or older to participate in the trial. Participants who are at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease will walk on a treadmill regularly for one year. They will then undergo brain scans to determine if the exercise is reducing the risk of getting Alzheimer’s.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police say a 14-year-old boy is in custody after a fire at his home killed his mother and sister. Police say the boy is suspected of deliberately setting the fire on Thursday. The teenager has not been charged. District Attorney Keith Schroeder says investigators determined an accelerant was poured in several rooms on the first floor of the house and intentionally ignited. Fire officials say the mother and daughter were found dead together in a bedroom. The girl died shortly after the fire and her mother died later Thursday. The boy and his father were unharmed.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Two pioneering researchers in the field of autism are scheduled to speak next month at a two-day conference on the disorder at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. Robert Koegel and Lynn Kern Koegel will make their presentation at noon Oct. 18 during the conference, titled “Beyond the Diagnosis: Autism Across the Lifespan.” The college says the Koegels developed a treatment at the University of California, Santa Barbara, that targets core features of autism to produce rapid and widespread gains in social, communicative and behavioral areas. The conference takes place Oct. 18 and 19, co-sponsored…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is planning five more town hall meetings in October to discuss the federal health care overhaul. Praeger has had nine sessions this month. She plans two more in Topeka on Monday, one day before the opening of an online health insurance marketplace for Kansas. The marketplace is being run by the federal government under its 2010 health care law. Praeger’s additional meetings are set for Oct. 2 in Independence; Oct. 3 in Emporia; Oct. 16 in Garden City; Oct. 17 in Liberal; and Oct. 22 in Kansas City, Kan. Enrollment in plans…
KASNAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The General Motors Foundation has given eight Kansas City area community organizations a total of $100,000 in grants. The Kansas City Star reports management and union leaders announced the grants during an event at GM’s Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. The recipients are located in Kansas and Missouri. The donations will go to the American Cancer Society; Blue River Watershed; Communities in Schools, Kansas; Harvesters Community Food Bank; Kansas City, Kansas School Foundation for Excellence; Heart of America Stand Down; Make-A-Wish Foundation, Kansas; and United Way. The foundation says it’s providing about $1.6 million…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with US Senator Jerry Moran of Manhattan, followed by author Paul Miles Schneider and Clark Balderson, Chair of Oztoberfest, and ending with Danielle Schapaugh, public relations coordinator with the Manhattan Public library. [mp3-jplayer]
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Patti Crub, Riley County Public Health Nurse, and Katy Oestman, Health Educator from Riley County Health department on flu shots. Next up was Joanne Long, American Red Cross’ new Community Chapter Executive, and ending with Adam McCaffrey, Director of Prevention, Treatment, and Recover yServices at Pawnee Mental Health, and Audra Akin. [mp3-jplayer]
CHICAGO — Despite being eliminated from the playoffs, the Kansas City Royals are not expecting to be playing in any meaningless games until spring training begins in February. Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven strong innings, and David Lough hit a two-run homer to lead the Royals to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night. Guthrie (15-12) became the Royals’ third 15-game winner since 1997. He gave up two runs and four hits, striking out four and walking one. One day after being eliminated from the postseason, the Royals earned their 84th win, their most since 1993. The Royals’ 6-0…