Suddenly, President Obama is on the defensive over the Benghazi attack, the IRS Tea Party scandal, and a Justice Department probe of AP phone records. Is this what historians have come to call “the second-term curse”?
Author: KMAN Staff
Jeremy Guthrie was putting an eighteen game unbeaten streak on the line last night in LA against the Angels. He was fortunate enough to take a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning, but it was all down hill from there. Guthrie (5-1) yielded five runs and eleven hits over seven innings. He held the franchise record for consecutive starts without a loss while winning his previous 10 decisions. It was his first defeat since Aug. 3 last year, when Texas beat him 5-3 in Kansas City. The Angels bats came alive for the first time this series. Albert…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to authorize an additional $202 million in bonds for a new, national biodefense lab in Manhattan. The bill advanced Tuesday on a voice vote after brief debate. Approval on a second vote scheduled Wednesday would send it to the House. According to Senator Tom Hawk of Manhattan, who spoke with KMAN Tuesday afternoon, the bill has strong bi-partisan support and will likely pass. $105 million in bonds have already been authorized, bringing the total obligation for the state of Kansas to $307 million, should SB…
Attorney General Eric Holder defended the Justice Department’s secret review of AP phone records, saying it was part of a probe into a “very serious” national security leak. Meanwhile, the White House sought to distance itself from the matter.
A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his rogue clinic dodged a possible death sentence Tuesday in a hasty post-verdict deal with prosecutors.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Auditors say an annual college baseball tournament held in Wichita since 1935 is in financial trouble. The audit of the city-owned National Baseball Congress found the regional tournament is more than a quarter-million dollars in debt and owes two years of lease payments for Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. City officials say the tournament’s financial problems threaten its future. The city has begun a study to rescue the tournament, which made only $1,100 in profit last year. The Wichita Eagle reports initial plans are to seek corporate sponsorships and increase marketing of the tournament through 2014. The tournament is managed…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The names of two Topeka police officers who were shot to death last year are now displayed on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Family members of officer Jeff Atherly and Cpl. David Gogian were among those attending ceremonies Monday when the names of 321 U.S. law enforcement officers were formally dedicated on the walls of the memorial. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller also attended the vigil. The officers were killed last December at a Topeka grocery store while investigating a report of suspicious activity. Other officers later shot and…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Some University of Kansas faculty and staff are asking for expanded tuition benefits for their families. University officials say they will consider the request but note it could be difficult to fund more benefits in a time of tight state budgets. A report released last month found that the University of Kansas lags behind many other public universities in tuition benefits for families of faculty and staff. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas is the only Board of Regents university in the state that doesn’t offer assistance to dependents. Kansas and Washburn University are the only two in…
CRESTLINE, Kan. (AP) A pilot says the oil pressure in his crop duster fell sharply before the small plane crashed in far southeastern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday near an industrial park north of the Cherokee County town of Crestline. John Tim Kellogg, 48, of Riverton, told troopers the plane seemed to lose all power as a he made a 180-degree turn toward a safe landing place after the oil pressure dropped. Kellogg says he was able to clear a tree line before bringing the plane down in a freshly plowed…
It’s Riley County day! Cathy gets a chance to sit down with Commission Chair Dave Lewis. [mp3-jplayer]