LENEXA, Kan. (AP) Federal environmental regulators plan to hold a listening session in northeast Kansas next month on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. The Environmental Protection Agency says the Nov. 4 session is among 11 being held nationwide. The goal is to solicit ideas from the public about the best approaches under the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. The four-hour Kansas meeting will be held at the EPA’s regional office Lenexa and starts at 4 p.m. Comments can also be sent to carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov until Nov. 8.
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According to the Kansas City Star, K-State coach Deb Patterson received a commitment this week from Olathe South all-state guard Kylee Kopatich. The 5-10 senior averaged 17.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 3.5 steals per game in leading the Falcons to the 6A state tournament last season. Kopatich is a member of the 2014 recruiting class, and will join another Olathe native at K-State, as Wildcat freshman post Jessica Sheble is a North graduate. Stay connected to all things KSU on the go just text EMAW to 88474 For full video wrap-ups, including analysis, highlights, coaches & player interviews of K-State Football & Basketball…
State and County officials in Raleigh, North Carolina plan to investigate the accident at the State Fair Thursday night. Five people went to the hospital after an accident involving a ride called the ‘Vortex.’
The Riley County Police Department received a special award during an international convention for law enforcement hosted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The conference, held from October 19th to the 23rd, was located in Philadelphia and had attendance from around the globe. This conference offered workshops, class sessions, panels and other learning opportunities for the department’s representatives. Prior to the conference The Riley County Police Department submitted research for the department’s “Initiative: Laser Point” to the Judging Panel of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) for the international group. This year, RCPD was informed it would be receiving the 2013 IACP/Sprint…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina woman is accused of scamming sellers on Craigslist by sending fake money orders for purchases. The Salina Journal reports the 51-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of multiple felonies. Police Lt. Jim Norton says an investigation turned up at least eight victims with total losses of more than $5,000. The victims had advertised items for sale on Craigslist, including a guitar, silverware set, an electric dryer and a set of animal traps. Norton says investigators seized a stack of fake Western Union MoneyGrams made out for $975 each from the suspect’s apartment. Authorities believe…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Federal officials are watching for possible reports of illnesses linked to packaged foods from a plant in Kansas that have been recalled over concerns about potential Listeria contamination. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that it is monitoring for potential cases and working with both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. Officials were not reporting any illnesses, however. Oregon-based Reser’s Fine Foods is recalling 109,000 cases of refrigerated, ready-to-eat items distributed in the U.S. and Canada. The items include cole slaw and potato salad, as well as products…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A journalism professor suspended over a tweet that angrily targeted the National Rifle Association after the Navy Yard shootings will not return to his University of Kansas classroom in 2013. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced Thursday that David Guth, who was placed on administrative leave Sept. 20, would not teach the rest of this semester and would take a planned sabbatical in the spring. Teaching assignments for the fall of 2014 are not yet set. Guth posted the tweet after the September shootings killed 13 people in Washington, D.C. It said, “The blood is on the hands of…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Mercy Regional Health Center with RN Ramona Stueve and Dr. Debra Doubek on Mercy Light, followed by Robbin Cole, Executive Director of Pawnee Mental Health.
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Riley County Schools as USD 378 Superintendent Brad Starnes and Blue Valley/Randolph’s USD 384 Superintendent Brady Burton stop in.
K-State concluded its nine-month sesquicentennial celebration Thursday afternoon on the Anderson Hall lawn. “It seems like just a short time ago that we had that opening gala. We had all the stuff as we celebrated 150 years of meeting the needs of the great state of Kansas,” said Kirk Shultz, K-State President. The university will take a step closer its goal of becoming a top research university by the year 2025 with the dedication and groundbreaking of several building projects on campus. “Mary and Carl Ice Hall will be dedicated over in the Research Park and then we open up our state-of-the-art…