OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Johnson County Community College is welcoming about 700 students to its new $13 million culinary academy. Classes at the Hospitality Culinary Academy begin Monday. Students will find a much larger work space with five new culinary labs that cook with gas instead of electricity. The college already has the largest culinary apprenticeship program in the country. It’s accredited by the American Culinary Federation and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. The Kansas City Star reports only 225 of the nearly 5,000 culinary programs in the United States have earned ACF accreditation. The Johnson Community…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Students who arrive at one Wichita elementary school to begin the new school year will see the results of long hours of extra work during the weekend by teachers and maintenance staff. The district had to scramble to find a new building after a fire damaged College Hill elementary school last week. District officials chose to reopen a school building that had been closed and employees worked throughout the weekend to prepare for students’ arrival Monday morning. Parents and students met with school employees Sunday to get a look at the school. The main concern is a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas congressional delegation will be talking about taxes with independent oil producers. Their session Monday at this year annual Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association convention in Wichita is titled “Over the Cliff Digging in on Taxes.” Expected panelists include U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts along with U.S. Reps. Mike Pompeo, Kevin Yoder, Lynn Jenkins and Tim Huelskamp. Other sessions planned during the convention include seminars on health care reform and oil exploration in a geologic formation known as the Mississippian Lime Play in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Wichita State University men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A longtime Wichita attorney says he wants to replace Rep. Nile Dillmore in the Kansas House after Dillmore steps down next month. John Carmichael is a Democrat, like Dillmore. Democratic precinct committee members in Dillmore’s 92nd House District in northwest Wichita will decide during the fall who will fill the seat through the end of Dillmore’s current, two-year term. But Carmichael says he’s also preparing to run for the seat in 2014. Carmichael is secretary of the Kansas Democratic Party and a former member of the Kansas Human Rights Commission. Dillmore has announced that he’s resigning after…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Ron Trewyn, Kansas State’s Vice President for Research, on an update on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State. Then Cathy turns to Cheryl Grice with Fairy Godmothers, which is associated with the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation. [mp3-jplayer]
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Tensions remain high in Egypt after suspected Islamic militants ambush a police convoy, killing 25 off-duty officers. While the US and EU consider suspending vital aid, judicial officials indicate former president Mubarak may be released.
Oscar Pistorius cries as he prays with his sister Aimee and brother Carl in the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Pistorius was indicted Monday on charges of murder and illegal possession of ammunition for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo)
Update Tuesday: KMAN news has confirmed an individual wanted in connection with a rape two weekends ago in Manhattan died in Wamego of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. While Wamego Police Chief Mike Baker would not connect the two cases, he confirmed Tuesday morning Alexander Shelton, 26, was found dead at a Wamego residence this past weekend of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Riley County Police announced Monday afternoon Shelton was a subject wanted in connection with the rape reported near the campus of Kansas State University early on the morning of August 11th. #### The Riley County Police Department…
In the early morning hours of August 18, 2013, the Riley County Police Department responded to a battery in the South Central portion of Manhattan, Kansas. A female victim jogging alone was stopped by an unknown male subject. This male, with unknown intentions, battered the victim who was ultimately able to escape with minor injury. RCPD is confident that this incident is not related to the sexual assault that was reported to have happened last week in Manhattan, but urges members of the community to continue to take steps that will help protect themselves from becoming a victim. If you…