GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Volunteers have a new plan to reduce the feral cat population in Garden City. The Garden City Telegram reports that the Finney County Humane Society is planning a trap, neuter and release program. The effort will use Humane Society volunteers to capture the cats and take them to participating veterinarians. Captured cats will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies, dewormed, tested for feline leukemia and treated for ear mites. After three days, the cats will be returned to the location where they were trapped. Kay Gillespie is leading the program. She says the effort will…
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EUREKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Attorney General’s Office says a man wanted in connection with two slayings has been killed in a shooting with authorities. Kevin Robert Welsh, 35, of Toronto, Kan., was being sought after the shootings earlier this month in Greenwood County, near the southeast Kansas town of Eureka. The attorney general’s office says in a release that Welsh was wounded in a shooting with Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents Wednesday evening in Eureka. The release says he was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Eureka. Officials with KBI and the attorney’s general office did not immediately return…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Art DeGroat, Director of Military Affairs at K-State, and Pullitzer Prize winning journalist David Finkel on his most recent book “Thank You For Your Service”.
Steve Smethers, with A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State, and Presenters Ralph and Mary Ellen Titus, and Dave McFarland, Associate Professor Emeritus of Journlaism and Mass Communications, stop in as well to talk about the Great Plains Radio History Symposium at K-State.
https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Headlines.mp3 The guys go through the big stories of the day: KSU basketball receiving 3 votes in the coaches poll, the Chiefs will be facing Houston’s 3rd string QB and NFL/college football tonight https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/John-Denton.mp3 TCU Powercat Gameday reporter John Denton joins the show to talk about the TCU-Oklahoma State game Saturday https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Full-Throttle2.mp3 Full throttle with the hitman Lyle Shepard https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Jeremy-Crabtree.mp3 ESPN Recruiting Nation Senior Writer Jeremy Crabtree talks K-State football recruiting https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Iwundu-and-Foster.mp3 Hear from Wesley Iwundu and Marcus Foster from K-State basketball media day
A St. Mary’s man has been sentenced to more than two years with the Department of Corrections for attemptted aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. Anthony Schindler was sentenced Thursday in Pottawatomie County court to 27 months. Schindler was arrested folllowing an incident in April after he reportedly stole a vehicle and reversed it into a police officer’s car.
First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp, who represents the Manhattan area, released a statement Thursday in response to Wednesday night’s action by Congress to reopen the government. “It is easy to sum up this deal – the political Establishment in Washington wins, and real Americans lose. Big businesses keep their ObamaCare exemption, special interests win, members of Congress retain their gold-plated health care – while ordinary Americans continue to struggle unfairly under the devastating effects of ObamaCare. This deal locks in special privileges for the politically connected, continues massive deficits, and adds hundreds of billions to the national debt. This isn’t…
It’s beginning to get back to normal at Tuttle Creek Lake, with the resumption of U-S Army Corps of Engineers’ operations. Brian McNulty is the Corps’ Operations Project Manager at the lake, and reminds us the Tuttle Creek State Park leased from the federal government by the state is only a small portion of the park. The six parks that were closed are in the process of opening back up. The one exception is the Stockdale Camping area, which developed a significant water leak leading to the water system being shut down. McNulty indicates the end of the recreation camping season…
Riley County’s Comprehensive Plan: Vision 2025, was presented to county commissioners during their Thursday meeting. Planning and Special Projects Director, Monty Wedel shared the details of the plan, starting with the four goals: Preserve productive agricultural lands Promote development compatible with rural character Respect the county’s environment and natural resources Provide appropriate areas for residential, commercial and industrial uses The estimated population for Riley County in the year 2025, is 85,000 residents. This is an increase of nearly 20,000 people. 87 percent of Riley County is cropland and grassland. Various measures have been taken to ensure all of these goals are met: including…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Former K-State quarterback Josh Freeman will start for the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night against the New York Giants. Vikings coach Leslie Frazier made the announcement after practice Wednesday. Frazier said Christian Ponder will be the backup, not Matt Cassel. Freeman will be the third starter in the last four games for Minnesota, assuming he makes it through the week without problems. Freeman was cut by Tampa Bay on Oct. 3 and signed by Minnesota five days later. The 25-year-old started 59 games over four-plus seasons with the Buccaneers. The former first-round draft pick got a…
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma wide receiver Trey Metoyer has been charged with two counts of indecent exposure and has left the football team. Cleveland County prosecutors filed the charges Tuesday against the 20-year-old Metoyer, a sophomore who is accused of exposing himself to two women in Norman, according to an affidavit filed in the case. Coach Bob Stoops said Metoyer has not been with the 18th-ranked Sooners since before its game against TCU on Oct. 5 and “I do not anticipate that he will return to the team in the future.”