Tracy Newell has been named the principal of Eisenhower Middle School. Newell currently serves as the Lead-Associate Principal at Garden City High School in Garden City, KS. He has served in that position since 2006. Prior to that, he was a State Math Consultant for the Kansas State Department of Education from 2004-2006. He also has been a mathematics teacher at Oskaloosa Middle School and McLouth High School. He has a B.A. in Mathematics Education and a M.S. in Educational Administration from Washburn University. “I am appreciative, enthusiastic, and honored to have been chosen for the Principal’s position at Eisenhower…
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James Shields admitted that it felt a little weird when he stepped on the mound for Kansas City on Tuesday night, peered into the batter’s box and saw a former Rays teammate standing at the plate. After allowing a two-run homer to Matt Joyce in the first, Shields only allowed three more hits over the next six innings. That kept the Royals in the game long enough for Mike Moustakas to hit a go-ahead two-run homer and spur Kansas City to an 8-2 victory over Tampa Bay in the series opener. Kansas City has been looking for a legitimate No.…
Postelection tensions spilled over in Venezuela’s parliament on Tuesday, as lawmakers brawled. Pro-government legislators started throwing punches after opposition members unfurled a protest banner.
The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive.
Jury deliberations are expected to resume on Wednesday in the capital murder trial of a Philadelphia doctor charged with killing a patient and four viable babies.
A Massachusetts man who remains hospitalized after surviving the Boston Marathon bombings avoided losing his legs because he was jumping over metal railing and was airborne as the second explosion occurred.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 39-year-old Topeka man has been sentenced to about 10 years in prison for a November 2011 home invasion in which he burned a woman with a heated knife blade. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Monroe Lockhart III was sentenced Tuesday in Shawnee County court. He was convicted earlier of aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. Assistant district attorney Chris Biggs had asked that Lockhart receive a total sentence of 11 years, 6 months. Defense attorney Linda Eckelman sought concurrent sentences of about five years. Lockhart will be credited for the 15 months he has served…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas revenue officials say the state collected nearly what was expected for April, missing projections by less than $5 million. The monthly report released Tuesday showed that Kansas collected $764.8 million in taxes. The state expected to collect $769.2 million for the month. The estimate was based on new projections calculated April 19 by a group of researchers and economists. Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said Kansas collected $25 million more in individual income taxes in April 2013 compared to April 2012. Jordan said collections indicate the state is seeing economic growth as a result of tax cuts…
NICKERSON, Kan. (AP) Voters in the south-central Kansas town of Nickerson have said no to starting a full-time police department. The Hutchinson News reports that in an advisory election conducted by mail ballot, 129 voters voted yes for setting up a police department, and 181 voters said no. Voting ended Tuesday. The Nickerson City Council isn’t required to follow what the voters chose, but council members said they would seek their input from residents after the police department was eliminated in 2012. The proposed Nickerson Police Department would have at least two officers for the town of about 1,000 residents.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says the state should divert $1.15 million from bioscience efforts to fund a new adult stem cell center at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The governor said Monday that the money from the Kansas Bioscience Authority could be used to create the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center, with $754,500 per year to maintain the center after that. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the proposal was part of numerous spending adjustments Brownback has sent to the Legislature, which reconvenes May 8. The Legislature this session passed a bill requiring the medical center to start the…