TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas is honoring two Topeka officers who were killed on duty last year by adding their names to the Law Enforcement Memorial on the Statehouse grounds. The state plans to remember their deaths during its annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on May 3 outside the Statehouse. A candlelight vigil is scheduled for the night before at the memorial, on the northeast part of the grounds. Topeka police Cpl. David Gogian and Officer Jeffrey Atherly were shot to death in December while checking possible drug activity outside a supermarket. Their killer later was fatally shot by law enforcement…
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By K-State Student Hayden Coons The baby boomers are widely known as America’s greatest generation by many people; and I doubt many will argue against that. The very first baby boomers started to turn 65 in 2011 and are now retiring. Martin Everson, like many baby boomers is retired. Just because he is retired doesn’t mean he has stopped working. When you are 62 years old and have been working sun up to sun down your whole life it is hard to just quit working. Martin is a third-generation Coloradan, and he grew up working on the family farm in…
The Geary County Sheriff’s Department report that Adam Guzman of Junction City was taken into custody shortly after noon Thursday after a high speed chase on I-70 and through Junction City. Guzman was stopped and arrested for aggravated assault felony fleeing and eluding, possession of marijuana, reckless driving, and driving while revoked. No bond information was provided.
The 15th and final spring practice for K-State football will be witnessed 10,000 or so of their closest friends during the annual Purple/White Spring Game this Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Wildcat fans’ interest will piqued by their first peek at the progress of quarterbacks Jake Waters and Daniel Sams as they battle to replace Heisman finalist Collin Klein. The strong-armed Waters arrived at K-State during the winter after leading Iowa Western Community College to a junior college national championship. He threw 38 touchdown passes for the Reivers and was named the NJCAA offensive player of the year.…
NEW YORK (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs have taken offensive tackle Eric Fisher of Central Michigan to begin the NFL draft Thursday night. Fisher became the first player from the Mid-American Conference taken to open the draft. He is the third offensive tackle picked No. 1 overall since the 1970 merger, joining Orlando Pace in 1997 and Jake Long five years ago. Fisher is the first selection by new Chiefs coach Andy Reid and general manager John Dorsey, who entertained trade offers before selecting the 6-foot-7, 306-pound Fisher over Texas A&M All-America tackle Luke Joeckel.
DETROIT (AP) Alex Gordon’s grand slam highlighted a five-run 10th inning for the Kansas City Royals, who rallied against the Detroit bullpen for an 8-3 win Thursday after Tigers ace Justin Verlander left with a thumb injury. George Kottaras put the Royals ahead 4-3 with a bases-loaded walk off Phil Coke (0-3). Darin Downs came on for Detroit after that, but Gordon broke the game open one out later with his homer over the center-field wall. Verlander is day-to-day with what the team said was cracked skin on his throwing thumb. The right-hander allowed two runs one earned in seven…
With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers. A House vote on the measure could occur on Friday.
Most of us at age 13, probably weren’t playing piano pieces by Beethoven and Mozart, with ease. However that’s just what 13 year-old Manhattan resident, Barry Zhang , loves to do. “Working on the piano is very hard, and you have to do a lot of it to be able to just maintain the level you are with the pieces you’re playing. But what makes it fun, is going to a competition and then performing,” said Barry Zhang. Barry started playing piano at just five years of age and has astounded his teachers ever since. “He is, at age 13, playing music…
The K-18 traffic switch has been completed in Riley County. This means that eastbound and westbound K-18 from 56th Avenue to just west of K-113/Seth Child Road have been moved to the new westbound K-18 lanes and are reduced to one lane in each direction for pavement reconstruction work. Drivers, remember to allow some extra time for your daily peak hour commutes for the next week or so until traffic adjusts to the new traffic configuration. All work on the K-18 Project is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2013.
After Tuesday’s press conference, more news has come of happenings in Washington surrounding the furloughs of air traffic controllers. In a press release Thursday, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), author of the Protect Our Skies Act, released the following statement on the Senate’s unanimous passage of a bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing at the FAA: “Something rare has happened in Washington; the Senate came together on a bipartisan basis to put common sense…