KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Kansas City, Kan., police say an 11-month-old boy died after being found unresponsive at a day care center. Firefighters were called to the Advantage Child Care Center Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City, Kan. KMBC reports workers said the toddler had been fussy and they thought he might be teething. They checked on him every 15 minutes while he was napping and eventually found him unresponsive. Emergency responders took the boy to the University of Kansas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy will be performed Wednesday to determine the cause of death.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Court of Appeals nominee Caleb Stegall is preparing to answer questions in writing and provide documents to a legislative committee that will review his appointment by Gov. Sam Brownback. Stegall faces a Wednesday afternoon deadline for submitting a completed questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He will also provide copies of policy statements, memos and articles he’s written and speeches he’s delivered during his legal career. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King said his office planned to make Stegall’s materials public by Wednesday evening. Stegall is Brownback’s chief counsel. The governor nominated him last week to fill…
FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker will receive the Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons award in October. The Wichita Eagle reports the former Republican senator will be honored during a community dinner and tribute Oct. 4 during the 10th annual Gordon Parks Celebration in Fort Scott. Gordon Parks is Fort Scott’s most famous native son. Parks, a noted photographer, writer, poet, musician and filmmaker, died in 2006. Kassebaum Baker became the first female senator from Kansas in 1978 when she was elected to the first of three six-year terms. She was also instrumental in helping create…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Labor Secretary Lana Gordon is preparing to deliver an overview of the state’s economy and prospects for job growth. Gordon will give the annual “State of Labor” address during a news conference Wednesday at the Statehouse. The speech is scheduled each year to coincide with the Labor Day observance. Kansas has seen a slight increase in unemployment recently, with the rate rising to 5.9 percent in July from 5.8 percent in June. Gordon and others have attributed the increase to more people entering the job market and seeking employment.
On today’s InFocus, Laura talks with USD 378 Supt. Brad Starnes and Marion Mazouch of Blue Valley Randolph’s USD 384. [mp3-jplayer]
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Earlier this summer, aTa Bus put brand new signs up around the Manhattan area, and as of Monday-aTa will be converting to the new signage stop routes. aTa bus encourages all Manhattan residents to look for the new signs, routes and times-as many changes were made. For more information-call 785-537-6345.
School traffic on Friday is anticipated to be impacted by the Kansas State football game that evening. Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Director of Communications and School Safety, Michele Jones announced Thursday that areas around Bill Snyder Family Stadium are expected to be extremely congested, with some neighborhoods possibly being inaccessible by school buses. Delays in and around the area could be as long as 30-45 minutes. In addition, routes traveling to and from Ogden on K-18 are expected to be delayed due to the increased traffic and ongoing construction activity. USD 383 asks that staff, faculty and parents be patient as…
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Suspended TCU defensive end Devonte Fields will be in uniform when the 20th-ranked Horned Frogs open the season against No. 12 LSU. The depth chart released by TCU lists Fields or Matt Anderson starting at right defensive end, but it’s still unlikely the reigning Big 12 defensive player of the year will play Saturday night. TCU announced in May that Fields was suspended for the first two games for an unspecified violation of “university and team policy.” Asked Tuesday if there was a chance Fields would play, coach Gary Patterson initially responded, “find out at…