WATHENA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man who made his 9-year-old son stand by a highway with a sign admitting he lied about stealing says he had to take a hard line. The St. Joseph News-Press reports the boy’s two-hour stint drew strong reactions from people driving along U.S. 36 in Wathena yesterday morning.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A top political supporter confirms that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will seek a second term next year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the first-term Republican governor recently sent a message to supporters seeking to raise funds for the 2014 campaign. David Kensinger, who heads Brownback’s political action committee, said yesterday that the governor “is actively raising funds and mobilizing grassroots supporters.”
Eight competitors from around the United States competed in the National Festival of Bread’s Bread Baking Contest. The festival was held at the Hilton Garden Inn Saturday. Kicking off at 9 a.m., the nation’s only amateur bread-baking competition began. Originally, 500 entries were submitted, and eventually were narrowed down to the top eight contestants. Each of the eight individuals had their own temporary kitchen and baked bread live for on-goers to observe. One of the competitors, Elke Roby of Lincoln, Nebraska, made the attempt years ago to “bake without the box”. Once this was successful, she began an exploration in…
Family members of the man found slain a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s house say they are looking for answers about what happened the night he died.
President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless wiretapping program to head the FBI for the next decade.
A three-story building collapsed Friday in India’s financial capital killing ten, half of those children. The collapse comes amid monsoon rains and flooding that are being blamed for near 600 deaths.
President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless wiretapping program to head the FBI for the next decade.
Summer is the peak season for lightning strikes, one of the top three storm-related killers in the United States. On average over the past 50 years, at least one Kansan has died from a lightning strike, each year. Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 23 to 29, and is sponsored by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, the National Weather Service, and the American Red Cross. The week-long event is a nationwide effort to encourage individuals, families, businesses and communities to avoid the dangers of lightning. The most dangerous place to be in the event of a storm is outside.…
After months of public discussion, the federal furlough will take place this summer. During a recent visit to KMAN, Colonel William Clark of Fort Riley shared that the furlough will affect nearly 2,470 civilians at the base. Workers who are paid through funds appropriated by Congress will be affected by the furlough while individuals paid by unappropriated funds will not. The furlough will affect the service times of military facilities such as the Commissary, offices to renew identification cards and museums by closing at least one day a week. Workers will face 11 non-consecutive unpaid days off affective July…
On today’s InFocus, Tom and Eli talk with Ginny Barnard, Riley County Extension Health Nutrition and Food Safety Agent, and Jami Ramsey, Center Director for the Riley County Senior Service Center, followed by Terry Robinson, Parade of Homes Committee Chairman, Loren Pepperd, FABA Board of Director/Past Parade of Homes Chairman and T-Shane Roberts, Executive Officer of the Flint Hills Builders. [mp3-jplayer]