WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Air Force is defending its decision to award a contract for a light air support plane to Sierra Nevada Corp. in the wake of a formal protest by Wichita-based Beechcraft. Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick said in a statement this week the Air Force restarted the competition for the contract last May with a new evaluation team as well as internal and external advisers. He says the Air Force is confident that its decision is well supported and that the proposals were fairly evaluated. The contract for 20 planes for use in Afghanistan is worth…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) General Motors has begun building a new paint shop at its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. The automaker says in a release that construction began Tuesday on the 450,000-square-foot paint shop, which is part of a $600 million investment in the plant. Construction is expected to take about two years. GM says the upgrade at Fairfax is designed to reduce the energy needed to build the cars and to reduce water consumption and chemical waste at the 572-acre site. The Fairfax plant builds the Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu.
Cathy checks in with the Pottawatomie County Schools, as Denise O’Dea, superintendent with Wamego’s USD 320, and Darrel Stufflebeam, superintendent with Rock Creek’s USD 323, stop in on today’s InFocus. [mp3-jplayer]
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas, the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium and the first Jesuit. The 76-year-old chose the name Pope Francis.
Tuesday brought the victims of a Manhattan home invasion face to face with the man accused of an armed attack on their residence last fall. 22 year old Levertis Horne appeared in Riley County Magistrate court facing charges of Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Battery for his alleged involvement in an incident that saw K-State student Chase Cargile shot and wounded in his upper torso on October 5th. Officials say when Cargile took the stand on Tuesday and identified Horne as the man who shot him in the incident. At the end of Tuesday’s hearing, Horne was bound on the two charges.…
The Sprint Center in Kansas City will get revved up on Wednesday night when the Big 12 tournament begins, albeit without any of the top six seeds in action. Big 12 co-champs K-State and KU will found out their quarterfinal round opponents for Thursday. Eighth seeded West Virginia and #9 seed Texas Tech will lead things off at 6:00pm, with the winner advancing to play Kansas. The winner of #7 seed Texas and 10th seeded TCU gets the right to face the Wildcats on Thursday, and will tip at 8:30. The other two quarterfinal matchups on Thursday are set as #4 seed Oklahoma…
Update— The name has been released of the individual killed in the car crash that occurred at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. 28 year old Michael Ippert wrecked his 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe on highway 24 or Tuttle Creek Boulevard, just west of the Seth Child Intersection. The accident was reported after midnight, although authorities were still on the scene shortly after five a.m. Ippert was westbound on highway 24 when he drifted off the edge of the roadway. He then over corrected in an attempt to get back on the road and lost control. Once striking a guardrail, he overturned and…
Senior right hander Jake Doller threw seven innings of one-hit ball and the K-State baseball team shut out Northern Colorado 11-0 on Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. Doller (2-0) surrendered only a leadoff double in the fourth inning and a one-out walk in the fifth as he struck out six Bears. It was the second win for Doller in as many weeks. He’s blossomed so far in his role as a mid-week starter, also earning a win last week against Niagara without giving up an earned run. Freshman right hander Landon Busch still has yet to allow a hit…
Legislators in Topeka are working hard to try and fill a $350 million hole in the state’s school budget. When combined with the $400 million requirements for schools, this creates a $750 million deficit. Representative of the 66th district Sydney Carlin stated that it was decided in the house appropriations committee on Tuesday to make a 4% cut across the board from the state’s universitys, for a total of $31 million. As a result of these cuts, Carlin said student’s will experience a tax increase, as higher education costs will inflate. Carlin also says that numerous options have been explored in the…
A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said Tuesday.