CHICAGO (AP) Adam Dunn homered and the Chicago White Sox went deep four times to back a solid start by Jake Peavy in a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday afternoon. Tyler Flowers, Dayan Viciedo and Alexi Ramirez also connected, and the White Sox made it two straight wins to start the season after dropping 12 of 18 to Kansas City a year ago. The Royals, full of optimism after posting the majors’ best record in spring training, will try to avoid a season-opening sweep Thursday. Dunn had two hits and scored twice. He led off…
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talian border police intercepted a ton of gold bullion worth 7.5 million dollars at Ponte Chiasso on the border with Switzerland on Easter Sunday. Video silent from source.
Thursday marks the 45th anniversary of the day that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee. King was shot dead at the Lorraine Motel. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
Connecticut lawmakers have approved wide-ranging legislation in response to last year’s deadly school shooting in Newtown, including gun control measures that ban the sales of large-capacity ammunition magazines and more than 100 weapons.
TOPEKA, Kan. Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and government workers has stalled in the state Senate. A leading backer of the measure, House Pensions Committee Chairman Steve Johnson, said Wednesday the measure is now “dead in the water.” Johnson commented after Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson said he won’t bring up the bill unless it’s tied to a plan for starting a 401(k)-style pension plan for public employees. The House approved the bonding bill last month, but its pensions committee tabled a proposal for a new 401(k)-style public…
TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas lawmakers are expanding a sweeping anti-abortion bill by adding language making it illegal to end a pregnancy solely because of the gender of the fetus. House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on the final, compromise version of the anti-abortion bill. Both chambers could vote on their compromise Thursday. The Senate previously approved a separate bill banning sex-selection abortions. The House has not, but it has a solid anti-abortion majority. Other differences between the chambers were technical. The compromise measure would block tax breaks for abortion providers and prohibit their involvement in public school sex education classes. It…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with USD 383 Board member Walt Pesaresi and Superintendent Bob Shannon, followed by Dr. Jeff Hornsby, K-State’s Director of the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship, and Chad Jackson. Cathy ends the show with Eli Schooley, the new student body president at K-State. [mp3-jplayer]
TOPEKA, Kan. The Kansas Supreme Court has denied a request from Democratic legislative leaders to intervene in the appeal of a ruling on school finance. Wednesday’s order rejects a motion from House Minority Leader Paul Davis and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley to join the appeals process. A three-judge panel in Shawnee County District Court ruled in January that the state’s current system of funding public schools violates the Kansas Constitution. The panel ordered increases in education spending. The state appealed, and lawyers for the state and the plaintiff school districts and parents have been in mediation toward a settlement.…
Tuesday saw the election for the USD 383 Manhattan Ogden school board and with it three new members. Aaron Estabrook, Pat Hudgins, and Marcia Rozell were sworn in during Wednesday night’s school board meeting, but they won’t take their spot at the table until July when three members move onto other things. During the meeting, the board unanimously approved the calendar for the 2013-2014 school year. Within the recommendation, the board approved the start date of August 14, 2013 and the end date as May 22, 2014. The board also approved the changes to the summer program, which include changes…
TOPEKA, Kan. The state of Kansas received a record number of applications for concealed carry permits in March, reaching a new high for the third consecutive month. Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office said Wednesday that 4,072 Kansans applied for permits last month. That’s 14 percent more than the previous records of 3,573 set in February. The state received 3,167 applications in January. Before this year, the record was 1,651 in March 2012. Schmidt’s office said that almost 53,300 Kansans already have permits. Gun sales and applications for gun permits have increased across the country in response to discussions about new…