LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas chemistry professor has received a $1.38 million federal grant to help with research into HIV vaccines. Heather Desaire will use the money from the National Institutes of Health to investigate several HIV vaccine candidates. The University of Kansas says she will conduct her work in collaboration with researchers from Duke University Medical Center and Harvard Medical Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1.1 million people in the U.S. were infected with HIV at the end of 2009. About 50,000 people are newly infected each year.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Economic researchers at Wichita State University are preparing to release their 2013 employment forecast for Kansas. The forecast being released Wednesday online is produced by the university’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research. The center’s analysts look at signs of economic stability and weakness, then use those indicators to predict employment by industry in the coming year. The center’s annual Wichita Economic Outlook Conference will take place Oct. 11 at Century II. This year the center has added four more such conferences around the state. Those are set for later this month in Pittsburg, Hays, Emporia…
ABILENE, Kan. (AP) Several events are scheduled in Abilene this month to celebrate Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 122nd birthday. Eisenhower was born Oct. 14, 1890, in Texas but moved to Abilene as a boy, where he graduated from high school and went on to accept an appointment to West Point. After leading the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, he was elected president in 1952 and 1956. Seventh-graders from schools in Abilene and Chapman will visit the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum on Oct. 10-11 for special programs on Eisenhower’s life and 1950s culture. Members of the Kansas Veterans…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas attorney general’s new chief spokesman is a former state Board of Regents official who also previously served as a top aide to former Gov. Bill Graves. Don Brown joined Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office this week. He replaces Jeff Wagaman, who was promoted to lead the office’s new Division of Crime Victims Compensation. Brown was Graves’ chief spokesman from November 1999 to February 2002. He was also communications director for the state Department of Health and Environment. Most recently, Brown was a project manager for the regents’ Kan-ed program, which brings high-speed Internet service to…
Manhattan Postmaster C.J. Lincoln is headed to Junction City to become their new postmaster. Lincoln says the switch will allow him to be closer to home and save him some drive time, but he won’t leave Manhattan just yet as he plans to serve temporarily as postmaster for both cities until a replacement can be found. “I’ll kind of be working back and forth for a little bit, ” Lincoln says. “There is a very good supervisor staff there in Junction City so I think that we will be able to handle it.” Lincoln has worked with the United States…
Arrests K-State Police and Riley County Police partnered up to charge one Manhattan man with a number of misdemeanors and felonies. Around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, Kansas State police arrested Andre Murphy (33) on the K-State campus for three counts of theft. Riley County Police assisted in the theft investigation. Murphy was arrested on a $3,000 bond and is currently confined. Several thousands of dollars worth of property, believed to belong to K-State, was recovered , as were drugs, currency and a firearm. The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are expected. Riley County Police issued a search warrant for…
For K-State & KU fans heading to Manhattan for this Saturday’s (October 6) Home Football Game, please take note of the following construction projects and traffic impacts that may impact your game day commute. Drivers should expect significant delays through the active project work zones and should allow plenty of extra time for game day commutes. I-70 From Topeka west to Manhattan: 24/7 WEEKEND LANE CLOSURES: Eastbound I-70 over five bridges including MacVicar Avenue, MoPac Railroad (between 10th Street & Adams Street interchanges), Washington Street and Deer Creek/Carnahan Avenue (in downtown Topeka) will be reduced to one lane though three…
– Manhattan High boys soccer dropped a 3-2 decision in overtime to Hayden on Tuesday night at Anneberg Park. – The Manhattan High volleyball team went 2-1 in a quad on Tuesday night at Highland Park. The Indians beat the Scots 25-12, 25-11, and also knocked off Emporia 25-17, 25-14. But Washburn Rural bested MHS 25-17, 25-14. – Blue Valley volleyball battled, but dropped a pair of matches at Washington County on Tuesday night. The Rams fell to the Tigers 25-16, 25-13, and Valley Heights beat Blue Valley 25-15, 25-13. – Riley County volleyball was swept by Silver Lake in a pair…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Miguel Cabrera had two hits and drove in two runs before leaving in the fifth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat his AL Central champion Detroit Tigers 4-2 Tuesday night. With one game remaining in the regular season, Cabrera leads the American League in average (.331), home runs (44) and RBIs (139), putting him on the brink of becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Alcides Esocbar and Jeff Francoeur went deep for Kansas City, and Salvador Perez provided the go-ahead RBI in the fifth inning. Jeremy…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer will miss his scheduled start Wednesday night in Kansas City after twisting his right ankle while celebrating Detroit’s AL Central title. Manager Jim Leyland said that someone stepped on Scherzer’s ankle while the Tigers were jumping into a joyous pile behind the pitcher’s mound following their 6-3 victory Monday night. Scherzer was going to pitch five innings in the regular-season finale to test out his sore right shoulder, which caused him to miss his last scheduled start. Leyland said he’s not sure what the injury means for Scherzer’s availability when Detroit…