Update as of noon Thursday: More details were released just before noon Thursday regarding a fatal accident involving a law enforcement pursuit, KMAN news first told you about early in the morning. A news release from the Kansas Highway patrol indicates On Wednesday at approximately 10:30 p.m., a trooper observed a vehicle travelling the wrong direction on I-70 near Grandview Plaza. The trooper attempted to stop the vehicle, and a chase ensued. During the pursuit, a GMC utility vehicle with three occupants steered away from the fleeing vehicle, resulting in them entering a south ditch. The GMC rolled and came to…
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Jared Moore threw four and two-thirds innings of scoreless, two-hit relief as K-State pulled out a 3-2 victory over Omaha on Wednesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. Senior right hander Jake Doller started on the hill for the Wildcats, but walked three and gave up a run on two hits in three and one-third innings. Moore (1-0) gave up a single to the first batter he faced, but then retired the next 12 Mavericks. Gerardo Esquivel surrendered a run on four hits in the top of the ninth, but earned his first career save. K-State got just enough offense against…
CHICAGO (AP) Adam Dunn homered and the Chicago White Sox went deep four times to back a solid start by Jake Peavy in a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday afternoon. Tyler Flowers, Dayan Viciedo and Alexi Ramirez also connected, and the White Sox made it two straight wins to start the season after dropping 12 of 18 to Kansas City a year ago. The Royals, full of optimism after posting the majors’ best record in spring training, will try to avoid a season-opening sweep Thursday. Dunn had two hits and scored twice. He led off…
talian border police intercepted a ton of gold bullion worth 7.5 million dollars at Ponte Chiasso on the border with Switzerland on Easter Sunday. Video silent from source.
Thursday marks the 45th anniversary of the day that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee. King was shot dead at the Lorraine Motel. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
Connecticut lawmakers have approved wide-ranging legislation in response to last year’s deadly school shooting in Newtown, including gun control measures that ban the sales of large-capacity ammunition magazines and more than 100 weapons.
TOPEKA, Kan. Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and government workers has stalled in the state Senate. A leading backer of the measure, House Pensions Committee Chairman Steve Johnson, said Wednesday the measure is now “dead in the water.” Johnson commented after Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson said he won’t bring up the bill unless it’s tied to a plan for starting a 401(k)-style pension plan for public employees. The House approved the bonding bill last month, but its pensions committee tabled a proposal for a new 401(k)-style public…
TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas lawmakers are expanding a sweeping anti-abortion bill by adding language making it illegal to end a pregnancy solely because of the gender of the fetus. House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on the final, compromise version of the anti-abortion bill. Both chambers could vote on their compromise Thursday. The Senate previously approved a separate bill banning sex-selection abortions. The House has not, but it has a solid anti-abortion majority. Other differences between the chambers were technical. The compromise measure would block tax breaks for abortion providers and prohibit their involvement in public school sex education classes. It…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with USD 383 Board member Walt Pesaresi and Superintendent Bob Shannon, followed by Dr. Jeff Hornsby, K-State’s Director of the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship, and Chad Jackson. Cathy ends the show with Eli Schooley, the new student body president at K-State. [mp3-jplayer]
TOPEKA, Kan. The Kansas Supreme Court has denied a request from Democratic legislative leaders to intervene in the appeal of a ruling on school finance. Wednesday’s order rejects a motion from House Minority Leader Paul Davis and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley to join the appeals process. A three-judge panel in Shawnee County District Court ruled in January that the state’s current system of funding public schools violates the Kansas Constitution. The panel ordered increases in education spending. The state appealed, and lawyers for the state and the plaintiff school districts and parents have been in mediation toward a settlement.…