KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Kansas is getting a $400,000 federal grant to improve its prescription drug monitoring program to combat what U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom calls the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. Grissom announced the grant to the Kansas Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday. The board will use the money to strengthen the Kansas program and find new ways to share information between states. Kansas pharmacies report all controlled substances they dispense to the monitoring program. Grissom says the system is designed to help doctors track their own prescribing practices and their patients’ experiences with controlled substances. Grissom says far more…
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WASHINGTON (AP) A new report shows Kansas students performing about the same on the ACT college entrance exam this year as they did in 2011. Data released Wednesday for the class of 2012 show the state’s composite score was 21.9, compared to 22 the year before. The highest score possible is 36. Nationally, the average score was 21.1. The percentage of Kansas graduates earning scores indicating readiness for college was highest in English at 73 percent and lowest in science at 35 percent. Eighty-one percent of Kansas’ 2012 graduates took the exam, compared to 79 percent last year.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A retired air refueling plane that first flew during the Eisenhower administration is heading for permanent display at the Museum of the Kansas National Guard in Topeka. The KC-135 was added to the Air Force fleet in July 1958. It was used by the Air Force and then by the Kansas National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing until 2007. The museum staff requested that the KC-135E Stratotanker be spared decommissioning at an Air Force depot in Arizona. Instead, it was scheduled to be moved Wednesday moved from the Air National Guard’s facilities on the north side Forbes…
For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate has not altered the race against President Barack Obama. The campaign remains neck and neck, a new AP-GfK poll shows.
Hurricane forecasters say it’s too soon to know where Isaac will make landfall as islands like Cuba and the Dominican Republic could alter the storm’s path and strength.
Around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, Brian Kintzel Jr. (23) of Manhattan,was driving a blue 2005 Chevy Trail Blazer SUV traveling westbound on the 1800 block of Wildcat Creek Road. Kintzel lost control and caused the vehicle to roll into the south ditch where it struck a fence and broke a gate. Timothy Wilson (20), of Fort Riley, was seated in the passenger seat during the accident. Both men were injured and transported by EMS to Mercy Regional Health Center. Riley County Police indicated there was a head injury, shoulder injury and a leg gash wound. Kintzel was treated and released,…
Wednesday morning, surrounded by a number of trees in the north greenhouse, a number of representatives from the Kansas Forest Service and the Kansas Pipeline Association were present for a celebration. Larry Biles, state forester, had met with the Kansas Pipeline Association a couple of months ago to present a need they had for a new greenhouse. Michael Potvin, president of the Kansas Pipeline Association, along with others from the association decided to make a contribution to the Kansas Forest Service and the Conservation Trees Program. On Wednesday, Potvin presented Biles a check for $60,000 for the greenhouse because like those who are working…
More than 300 1st Infantry Division Soldiers assigned to the 1st Sustainment Brigade will soon join fellow “Big Red One” Soldiers in eastern Afghanistan. “Durable” leaders will case the brigade’s colors Monday during a ceremony on Cavalry Parade Field. The event is a symbolic last step in preparation for deployment. The Sustainment Brigade’s mission in Afghanistan is to provide U.S. and Joint Task Force Coalition Forces with support services including: transportation, supply, signal, and other operations. This is the brigade’s third deployment since its activation at Fort Riley in 2007. This marks its first deployment to Afghanistan. The ceremony is…
HOUSTON (AP) The city of Houston has submitted a bid to host the new Big 12-Southeastern Conference bowl dubbed the “Champions Bowl” and join the rotation for semifinal games in college football’s upcoming playoff system. Reliant Stadium has hosted a bowl game, currently the Meineke Car Care Bowl, since 2006. The Champions Bowl and college football’s four-team playoff will begin in the 2014 season. According to reports, other cities that plan to bid on the package are Arlington (Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Cotton Bowl), San Antonio (Alamodome, Alamo Bowl), New Orleans (Superdome, Sugar Bowl), and Atlanta (Georgia Dome, Chick-fil-a Bowl).
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Eric Hosmer’s two-out single in the 10th inning drove in the only run in Kansas City’s 1-0 victory over Tampa Bay on Tuesday night in a classic pitchers’ duel between the Royals’ Luke Hochevar and the Rays’ David Price. The run off Joel Peralta (1-5) was unearned after an error on Tampa Bay shortstop Ben Zobrist. Jeff Francouer scored the run after his single preceding Zobrist’s throwing error. Kelvin Herrera (1-1) got the win and Greg Holland pitched the 10th inning for his sixth save. Price and Hochevar both pitched eight innings, giving up a…