WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita’s school superintendent is asking the district to spend $3 million to improve school security. The school board will consider superintendent John Allison’s request at its meeting next Monday. Allison says the money is needed to install high-definition cameras, computers, keyless-entry doors, a revamped dispatch center and more. He has proposed a contract with Aventura Technologies Inc. to install and launch a centralized surveillance system that would monitor more than 100 schools and other sites. The district’s current surveillance system includes video cameras and digital video receivers that were installed through a grant nine years ago. The…
Author: KMAN Staff
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Former University of Kansas Chancellor Gene Budig and his wife, Gretchen Budig, will receive the Dole Humanitarian Award. The award from the university’s Department of Special Education will honor the Budigs for their work to improve the lives with people with disabilities and their families. The university announced Thursday that the Budigs will be honored during a private ceremony next Friday at the Dole Institute of Politics. Gene Budig was chancellor at the university from 1981 to 1994, when he resigned to become president of baseball’s American League. The university said in a news release that Budig…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two Topeka police officers who died in the line of duty last year will be honored at a ceremony honoring Kansas law enforcement officers at the Statehouse. The 31st annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial service will be held Friday at the Statehouse. It will include the unveiling of a memorial that adds the names of Cpl. David David Gogian and officer Jeff Atherly of Topeka. They were shot to death in December while checking possible drug activity outside a supermarket. Their killer later was fatally shot by law enforcement officers. The officers were honored Thursday with a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The man accused of shooting and killing two people at a Wichita Dollar General store last year will face trial on capital murder charges. A judge bound Marquis Marshall over for trial after a preliminary hearing Thursday. He’s charged in the November 2012 shooting that killed a store employee, Zachary Hunt, 22, and customer, Henry Harvey, 79. Three witnesses at Thursday’s hearing did not indicate a possible motive for the shootings. Marshall will be arraigned May 16. Prosecutors have not said if they will seek the death penalty.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a former Kansas City Chiefs player and businessman to the board that oversees operations of the state’s only toll road. Brownback’s office announced Thursday that David Lindstrom of Leawood will serve a four-year term on the Kansas Turnpike Authority board. Lindstrom was a defensive end for the Chiefs in the 1970s and 1980s before entering the restaurant business and becoming a real estate associate and securities broker. He’s also served on the Johnson County Commission and the state arts commission. He was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002 as the…
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…
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…