The Popocatepetl volcano on Saturday vented a dense cloud of ash over the central Mexico state of Puebla, with ash falling to the ground in several towns. In San Andres Cholula, residents were worried about ash contaminating the water.
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The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrated its first birthday on Saturday by hosting “Discovery Day 2013: Making a Difference”. The day featured several family-focused activities including: a three-floor scavenger hunt, recycling projects & educational display from the K-State Recycling Center, Flint Hills themed arts & crafts, and free admission. “What an honor it was to be able to help sponsor this great event. We had nearly 3400 people that came in to see the Flint Hills Discovery Center. We had girl scouts from Marysville, Ks, the entire troop came down. We had countless soccer teams that were in town for a soccer tournament,…
A Lincoln, Nebraska bus driver accused of assaulting a passenger repeatedly punched the man before dragging him off the vehicle and leaving him on the side of a road has been fired.
The U.S. and China are committing to a process aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing for talks.
A Lion Air jet carrying more than 100 passengers and crew crashed into the ocean while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people, officials said.
Mitch Meyer and Shane Conlon each hit home runs and Ross Kivett went four for four to power a 17-hit attack as the Kansas State Baseball team bounced back from a tough loss on Friday to steamroll past Iowa 11-4 Saturday afternoon in Iowa City. K-State jumped out to a 9-2 lead after five innings and benefitted from three Hawkeye errors one day after seeing their season-high six-game winning streak come to an end. Several Wildcats took part in the hit parade with multiple-hit games. In addition to Kivett’s four hits, Tanner Witt had three, while Conlon, Meyer and Blair…
The White House is trying to tamp down concern over a new intelligence report showing North Korea could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.
Legendary comedian Jonathan Winters has died. The cherub-faced comic passed away Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes. He was 87.
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) Iowa scored six runs over the fourth and fifth innings and received great pitching performances from Matt Dermody and Nick Hibbing as the Hawkeyes topped Kansas State, 6-1, Friday afternoon at Duane Banks Field. The loss snapped K-State’s six-game winning streak as the Wildcats fell to 24-11 on the year, while Iowa improved to 12-16. K-State took a 1-0 lead on a Jared King double to left-center field in the third inning, but Iowa scored two runs in the fourth to take a one-run advantage. In the fifth, Taylor Kaufman hit the first of three seeing-eye…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Two of the leading Republican groups in Kansas are condemning a Saline County commissioner for using a racial slur in a public meeting. The Kansas Republican Party and the Kansas Young Republicans issued statements Thursday to the Salina Journal criticizing Commissioner Jim Gile. During a hearing last week, Gile used a variant of a racial slur to imply a job done sloppily or hastily. When asked what he meant, Gile replied: “Afro-Americanized.” The two GOP groups said Gile’s comments were offensive and did not reflect the party’s beliefs. They also condemned the commission for not objecting to…