With time running out, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past the Ohio Clock to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, for the vote on a bill to fund the government, but stripped of the defund “Obamacare” language, as crafted by House Republicans. A band of conservatives, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had wanted to derail the bill, but many Senate Republican lawmakers opposed the conservatives’ tactics, including GOP leader McConnell. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama leaves after making a statement regarding the budget fight in Congress and foreign policy challenges, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president said the debt ceiling breach far worse than a government shutdown and would effectively shutter economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Rodney McGruder has signed a contract with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, according to the Thunder’s official website. Terms of the deal have not been officially released. McGruder played in the NBA summer league with the Orlando Magic, but was not offered a deal by the team after the summer. He was named first team all-big 12 during his senior season at K-State after averaging 15.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.26 steals per game. The Thunder also announced the signing of former Iowa State guard Diante Garrett along with McGruder. There are currently 17 players on the Thunder…
A farm machinery accident has claimed the life of a former Kansas State High School Activities Association official. Rick Bowden died Thursday on his farm near Waverly, Nebraska Bowden spent 18 years as an assistant director for the KSHSAA before retiring in May 2011. Bowden, who also served in the Kansas Legislature from 1985 to 1993, oversaw a number of high school sports including football, wrestling, baseball, softball, and track and field. He’s survived by his wife Sue, two daughters and four grandchildren. Funeral services are pending.
A Junction City man has been arrested on rape and criminal sodomy charges. Hugo Rosales-Leonor was taken into custody by Geary county Sheriff’s Deputies shortly after eight Thursday morning on Franklin Street. No further details were provided, as the investigation continues.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Washburn University is celebrating the 215th birthday of its namesake and mascot Saturday on the Memorial Union lawn. The Topeka school started in 1865 as Lincoln College but changed its name three years later after receiving $25,000 from Ichabod Washburn. He developed a machine and technique that made wire stronger and easier to produce. The company he and his son-in-law ran was the primary domestic producer of piano wire and the crinoline wire used in hoop skirts. As an abolitionist, Washburn liked what the fledging Kansas school was doing. The school included men, women and an African-American…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A married couple in their 80s has died in a two-vehicle crash in Overland Park. The Kansas City Star reports that the 86-year-old man and his 80-year-old wife died Thursday when their vehicle collided with another car that ran a stop sign. Overland Park police said the victims’ names haven’t been released. Police say the driver of the other car was not injured, but a passenger in his car had minor injuries.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State says it’s working to improve the university’s online learning, with a goal of increasing the number of online students. The university announced in a news release Thursday that it had established the Office of Online Learning and named an interim director. The university’s new vice president for academic affairs, Tony Vizzini, says for many degree programs, no adequate online substitute is available for students working with instructors at a research university. He says improved online learning could help students and the university. The Wichita Eagle reports president John Bardo has said he intends to establish…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas Medical Center is planning a $3 million project to study the role of exercise in preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The study will be funded by the National Institutes of Health. The medical center is looking for 100 healthy people 65 or older to participate in the trial. Participants who are at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease will walk on a treadmill regularly for one year. They will then undergo brain scans to determine if the exercise is reducing the risk of getting Alzheimer’s.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Hutchinson police say a 14-year-old boy is in custody after a fire at his home killed his mother and sister. Police say the boy is suspected of deliberately setting the fire on Thursday. The teenager has not been charged. District Attorney Keith Schroeder says investigators determined an accelerant was poured in several rooms on the first floor of the house and intentionally ignited. Fire officials say the mother and daughter were found dead together in a bedroom. The girl died shortly after the fire and her mother died later Thursday. The boy and his father were unharmed.