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MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Seven strikeouts over six innings from starter Owen Boerema and a two-run homer by Roberto Pena led K-State to a 3-2 victory over No. 14 Texas Tech at Tointon Family Stadium on Friday night. After falling behind 2-0, the Wildcats (27-16, 10-6 Big 12) chipped their way to a one-run deficit before Pena launched his 12th home run of the season to pick up the series opener against the Red Raiders (29-14, 8-8 Big 12) to move to second in the league standings. “That was a great college baseball game,” head coach Pete Hughes said about his team’s upset victory. “We saw…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t pass even a scaled-back version of the “school choice” plans enacted in other states with GOP-controlled Legislatures. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly strongly opposed using state tax dollars to help parents pay for private or home schooling, and GOP conservatives had trouble winning over rural Republicans who didn’t think families living in areas with few private schools would receive much of a benefit. That meant as Republican leaders pondered a final push Friday on the last day of the Legislature’s annual session, supporters never…

As transgender people have increasingly gained acceptance and visibility, conservative lawmakers have zeroed in on restricting their rights: keeping transgender children off girls’ sports teams and out of certain bathrooms, and blocking them from receiving gender-affirming medical care. In response, a growing number of Democratic-controlled states have moved to protect such rights, especially access to gender-affirming care. In developments this week, one governor is telling lawmakers they’ll have to return for a special session if they fail to pass some restrictions, two others signed protections into law and a transgender lawmaker was barred from a Statehouse floor amid a standoff…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — No big tax cuts are coming for Kansas residents even though the state treasury is bulging with surplus cash and the Democratic governor and top Republican lawmakers both said over and over that families need relief from inflation. Republican leaders went into the final days of the GOP-controlled Legislature’s annual session hoping to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill cutting taxes nearly $1.4 billion over the next three years. Instead, a Republican senator helped kill the GOP bill after voting for it the day before — and promptly lost his committee chairmanship. Legislators adjourned Friday night…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous after a key legislative vote Thursday in the nation’s ongoing partisan culture war. The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 29-11 along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the medication abortion “reversal” measure. The GOP-controlled House overrode the veto Wednesday on an 84-40 vote and the new law takes effect July 1. Kelly vetoed more than a dozen bills restricting abortion providers, rolling back transgender rights or enacting other conservative policies that have…

Officers filed a report for identity theft in the 1400 block of Highland Dr. in Manhattan on April 27, 2023, around 1:00 p.m. A 38-year-old man was listed as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect opened a Verizon account and credit card in his name and charged over $16,000 to the two accounts. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Rhonda Rand, 52, of Manhattan was arrested on April 27, 2023, around 11;30 a.m. on her Manhattan…

News Radio KMAN · In Focus 4/28/23: Brian Peete Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 10:50 Segment 3 – 27:15 On Friday’s edition of In Focus, Riley County Police Department Director Brian Peete joins us Friday for the full hour where he’ll review his initial assessment of the police department — taking a look at climate and morale, crime and perception of crime, legitimacy and credibility, early warning systems for systemic bias and Comstat-type statistics.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. on Thursday, overriding the Democratic governor’s veto of the measure without having a clear idea of how their new law will be enforced. The vote in the House was 84-40, giving supporters exactly the two-thirds majority they needed to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s action. The vote in the Senate on Wednesday was 28-12, and the new law will take effect July 1. At least eight other states have enacted laws preventing transgender people from using the restrooms associated with their gender identities, but most of…