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…
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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]
The Manhattan city commission was divided over the initial talks regarding new building codes on Tuesday night at city hall. The commission reviewed the 2012 international codes, and the 2011 national electrical code, and gave direction to city staff to provide more data analysis on items such as cost of building within the new codes. The codes themselves were presented by Manhattan building official Brad Claussen, Fire Marshal Rick Stillwagon, and Plans Examiner Ryan Courtright. President of the American Instute of Architects in the Flint Hills Ben Moore says the codes are a good idea, but with some changes for…
A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow. Russia’s security services claim the American was a CIA officer.
Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department decided to subpoena phone records of AP citing one of the “most serious leaks” he’s ever encountered. Holder says he removed himself from the decision to subpoena the records.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama will not jump to conclusions until an independent investigation is finished on alleged IRS targeting of conservative political groups.
K-State will host Mississippi on December 5th this season as part of the Big 12/SEC challenge. This will be the first challenge for the Big 12 since a four-year series with the Pac-10 from 2007-10. The Rebels went 27-9 last year while winning the SEC tournament and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. They return leading scorer Marshall Henderson, one of the most polarizing figures in college basketball, who averaged 20.1 points per game last season. “I’m excited about this new partnership between the Big 12 and SEC,” said head coach Bruce Weber in a statement. “Scheduling…