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Minneapolis police say the gunman who opened fire in a sign business killed four people before killing himself. Police have not released the gunman’s name or possible motive.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one-on-one for 75 minutes at a New York hotel.
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) A northeastern Kansas community college hopes to improve its rate of students completing degrees through a new arrangement with Emporia State University. Students who complete at least 45 college credits at Johnson County Community College will be able to finish their associate’s degrees at Emporia State. The schools announced the so-called reverse transfer agreement Thursday. Johnson County Community College reached a similar agreement with Kansas State University in March. Community colleges are under pressure to show their students are completing degrees. One concern is that they don’t receive credit for many students who transfer to four-year institutions…
HOISINGTON, Kan. (AP) The central Kansas community of Hoisington is giving away up to 15 home sites of roughly 12,000 square feet each to families willing to build houses on them. The Great Bend Tribune reports the acreage is a former mobile home park that was donated to Hoisington on the condition that it not be sold. The Hoisington City Land Bank decided this week to give the lots on a first-come, first-served basis to families who pay a refundable earnest fee of $500. Hoisington city manager Jonathan Mitchell says the program has the potential to increase the population and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka man has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for killing a neighbor after they argued about noise. WIBW-TV reports LaVance Thompson, 31, will also spend three years on post-release supervision under the sentence he received Thursday in Shawnee County District Court. Thompson was initially charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of James Sanders, 36, the night of Dec. 25, 2011. Thompson’s trial was under way in August when he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. Sanders and Thompson were neighbors in a Topeka apartment building. Prosecutors…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas will use a $24.5 million grant to establish a national center aimed at improving how children with disabilities are taught. Kansas officials said Wednesday the five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education is the largest grant ever received at the university. The money was awarded to the university’s Life Span Institute. Wayne Sailor, a special education professor, will be lead investigator for the grant project. He says the project would be based on research conducted in the last 20 years, which shows that students with disabilities do better when placed in classrooms…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A group that supports early-childhood programs in Kansas is preparing for massive budget cuts next year. The Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund has been told that up to 75 percent of its $56 million budget could be cut because of a drop in money from a lawsuit against tobacco companies. Topeka Capital-Journal reported Wednesday that the head of the cabinet, Amanda Adkins, told board members to prepare two different program recommendations. One would assume the group would continue to receive $56 million in tobacco funds. The other would assume the group gets only $12 million. Kansas…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Sedgwick County commissioners have approved a $10,000 grant for this weekend’s “Wings Over McConnell” air show but won’t be using a special hospitality tent that was to come with the donation. Commissioner Richard Ranzau had questioned spending the money on what he called a “party tent” at the McConnell Air Force Base event in Wichita. Commissioners initially were offered a special “chalet tent” where they and other leaders would be treated to a catered meal and beverages. Instead, the Wichita Eagle reports a tent now will be available for anyone seeking some shade. Backers of the donation…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins and her Democratic challenger are sparring over donations to the Republican incumbent’s re-election campaign from financial interests. Tobias Schlingensiepen of Topeka, the Democratic nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, called a news conference Wednesday to accuse Jenkins of turning her back on Kansas by taking the contributions. He says Jenkins has collected more than $610,000 from banking and insurance interests while voting against bills placing more regulations on those industries. Jenkins’ campaign manager, Bill Roe, issued a statement calling the $610,000 figure a “fabrication.” Roe also says most of the donations Jenkins has…