TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Several Kansas schools and school districts have been recognized for their support of character education. Officials with the Kansas Department of Education, Kansas Character Education Initiative and the Brown v. Board National Historic Site in Topeka honored the schools and districts on Thursday. The Hesston school district was named the 2013 District of Character. Iola High School was the State School of Character. Anthony Elementary School in Leavenworth and the Kiowa County Elementary-Junior High School were recognized as Emerging Schools of Character. In addition, 12 schools and two school districts were presented with Promising Practice in Education…
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The Riley County Police Department will be using a new alert system in conjunction with their social media sites. The RCPD will now be participating in the IRIS Alert Program in an attempt to keep the public more informed about emergencies and potential dangers occurring in and around their homes, businesses or schools. To sign up for alerts, visit the Riley County Kansas Official website at rileycountyks.gov, click on the IRIS Emergency Notification link and sign up.
Kansas State University will host provosts from Big 12 universities starting Sunday. Provosts from member schools will visit Kansas State University for the first time since a conference reorganization added Texas Christian University and West Virginia University. Big 12 provosts meet at a member institution twice annually, once in the spring and once in the fall, to discuss key issues in higher education and common areas of interest. The provosts will visit the Konza Prairie Biological Station, a tallgrass prairie ecological research site, and go on a guided tour of the prairie with faculty from the Division of Biology. A…
The Kansas State Men’s basketball team has a shot to snag a point guard to help maybe fill the void for the loss of Angel Rodriquez to Miami. Gopowercat.com reports that Justin Edwards, who led Maine in scoring this year, will visit K-State this weekend. He averaged 16.7 points/gm, 5.1 rebounds/gm, 3.4 assists/gm and 1.9 steals/gm this past season. Besides K-State, other teams that are interested in Edwards are big 12 foe Iowa State, Creighton, St. Louis, Marquette, Dayton and Boise State. Due to the NCAA transfer rules, he would have to sit out the 2013-2014 season but would be…
The Kansas State outdoor track and field team will have a chance to make a little bit of history this weekend at the Big 12 championships. Senior high jumper Erik Kynard has a chance to become the first man to win three big 12 outdoor titles in the high jump. Kynard’s mark of 7-8 leads the big 12 high jump field by seven inches. Also looking to do big things this weekend is Kyle Wait (pole vault) and Carlos Rodriguez (200) who both have posted top marks in the conference. Also, Martina Tresch has the big 12’s top time in…
Crowds gathered around Hong Kong’s harbor on Thursday to watch the arrival of a giant inflatable rubber duck. Created by a Dutch artist to transport a message of peace and harmony to all, it has been sailing the seas since 2007.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered from the Bangladesh garment-factory building that collapsed last week, authorities said Friday.
Sales tax revenues for Manhattan are up for the first time in a while, with the April report released by Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen. $779,560 was collected, with an adjusted rate of about $718,523 , or $2,137 up from the year before. The city’s budget had called for $715,368. Information from state Treasurer Ron Estes’ office indicates The total for April 2013 is $1,974,794.95, with the compensating use tax amounting to $99,017.48. The transportation development district tax amounts to $38,284.99, resulting in a grand total of $1,322,097.42. Hayen indicates as in the past three months local retailers were both…
A small plane crashed into the Hudson River and sank on Thursday. Officials say it’s unclear how many people were on the plane, but there are no signs of survivors.
President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration’s decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.