CRESTLINE, Kan. (AP) A pilot says the oil pressure in his crop duster fell sharply before the small plane crashed in far southeastern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday near an industrial park north of the Cherokee County town of Crestline. John Tim Kellogg, 48, of Riverton, told troopers the plane seemed to lose all power as a he made a 180-degree turn toward a safe landing place after the oil pressure dropped. Kellogg says he was able to clear a tree line before bringing the plane down in a freshly plowed…
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It’s Riley County day! Cathy gets a chance to sit down with Commission Chair Dave Lewis. [mp3-jplayer]
The Manhattan city commission was divided over the initial talks regarding new building codes on Tuesday night at city hall. The commission reviewed the 2012 international codes, and the 2011 national electrical code, and gave direction to city staff to provide more data analysis on items such as cost of building within the new codes. The codes themselves were presented by Manhattan building official Brad Claussen, Fire Marshal Rick Stillwagon, and Plans Examiner Ryan Courtright. President of the American Instute of Architects in the Flint Hills Ben Moore says the codes are a good idea, but with some changes for…
A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow. Russia’s security services claim the American was a CIA officer.
Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department decided to subpoena phone records of AP citing one of the “most serious leaks” he’s ever encountered. Holder says he removed himself from the decision to subpoena the records.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama will not jump to conclusions until an independent investigation is finished on alleged IRS targeting of conservative political groups.
K-State will host Mississippi on December 5th this season as part of the Big 12/SEC challenge. This will be the first challenge for the Big 12 since a four-year series with the Pac-10 from 2007-10. The Rebels went 27-9 last year while winning the SEC tournament and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. They return leading scorer Marshall Henderson, one of the most polarizing figures in college basketball, who averaged 20.1 points per game last season. “I’m excited about this new partnership between the Big 12 and SEC,” said head coach Bruce Weber in a statement. “Scheduling…
Despite going undrafted, Meshak Williams will head to Ravens training camp this summer after signing a free agent deal with the Super Bowl champs. The Baltimore Ravens official website lists Williams as one of four undrafted rookies to sign with the team after this past weekend’s rookie camp. Williams played defensive end at K-State, but is listed as an outside linebacker for the Ravens. He was second in the Big 12 last year with eight and a half sacks during his senior season. Williams will join his former teammate Arthur Brown in the Ravens front seven. Brown was Baltimore’s second…
USD 320’s annual audit came out clean. At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, Agler & Gaeddert’s Harold Mayes presented the final audit report to the Board for year end June 2012. Mayes said it was a clean audit with an unqualified opinion. The audit is performed according to the Kansas Municipal Audit Guide, and USD 320 is in compliance with Kansas Statutes. According to the report, there was no material weakness or deficiencies. In other business, the Board approved a revised K-12 Mathematics Curriculum, which according to Director of Curriculum Dr. Mary Kaye Siebert , hasn’t been updated since 2005.…
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press. The news cooperative filed a letter of protest on Monday calling the broad search of records “unprecedented.”