TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two committees in the Kansas Legislature are close to finishing their work on proposed spending for public schools and the six regents universities. The House Appropriations Committee planned to hear a subcommittee’s recommendation Monday for funding K-12 education for the next two academic years. Kansas spends more than $3 billion on public schools annually. In the Senate, the Ways and Means Committee will review funding proposals for the University of Kansas and its medical center, as well as Kansas State, Wichita State, Pittsburg, Emporia and Fort Hays State universities. All of the spending recommendations will be folded…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita housing developer has offered the winning bid for a vacant elementary school in the northeastern part of the city. The Wichita Eagle reports that Mark Cox, owner of Vintage Construction, offered $56,000 at last week’s auction of the former Mueller Elementary School. The Wichita school board will now decide whether to approve the sale. The 61-year-old school and the surrounding property of roughly four acres are zoned single-family residential. Cox says the building is in good shape, and he hopes to convert it into housing. Mueller was one of five Wichita school buildings that closed…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Lobbyists in Kansas reported spending almost 6 percent more in 2012 to influence state government officials than they did in 2011. A report released this month by the state Governmental Ethics Commission said 550 lobbyists reported spending a total of $765,000 last year. That’s $43,000 more than the figure for 2011. The biggest jump in spending was on newsletters and other communications from groups to their members or from companies to their employees, urging them to contact state officials. The figure for 2012 was almost $115,000, compared to less than $20,000 in 2011. But spending on media…
The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley welcomed home nearly 250 Soldiers of the 4th IBCT, 1st ID during an 11:30 a.m. ceremony on Feb. 17. Col. Joseph Wawro and Command Sgt. Maj. Wylie Hutchison uncased the brigade’s colors during the ceremony, signifying the brigade’s return to Fort Riley. (U.S. Army Photos by Stephanie Hoff, 1st ID Public Affairs)
For this first time in his career, K-State sophomore Angel Rodriguez has been named Big 12 player of the week. The 5-foot 11-inch point guard averaged 19.5 points, 8 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 3 steals in games last week against Kansas and Baylor. Rodriguez posted a double-double with 22 points and 10 assists in a 81-61 victory over the Bears on Saturday night at Bramlage Coliseum. He grabbed five rebounds, snatched three steals, drained a perfect five-for-five from the free throw line, and connected on three of eight three-point shots against Baylor. Rodriguez also had 17 points, six assists, three steals,…
Riley County police made arrests in two separate incidents over the weekend. According to police reports, Christopher Murray,28 of Fort Riley, was taken into custody around 5:20 Saturday afternoon and charged with one count of aggravated assault. Bond was set at $5,000 Also on Saturday, Dirk Sparks,41 of Saint George, was arrested on a probation violation warrant. Sparks remains confined on a $5,000 bond. More information on these cases will be provided after Tuesday’s press brief with the Riley County police.
Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday in Arkansas in an apparent suicide.
Senior Jon Davis pounded out three hits including a two-run home run as K-State scored three runs in the seventh inning to complete a comeback from a three-run deficit to beat George Mason 7-6 in the finale of the Homewood Suites Tournament presented by Charleston Crab House on Sunday morning in Charleston, SC. The Patriots posted four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 6-3 lead over the Cats after the teams exchanged runs during the first three innings. Blair DeBord connected on a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull K-State…
Authorities say fugitive former cop Christopher Dorner died of a single gunshot wound to the head as authorities were pumping tear gas into a mountain cabin during a deadly gun battle with sheriff’s deputies.
A bomb hidden in a water tank ripped through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in Quetta, Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 65 people and wounding nearly 200, officials said.