WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A church in need of a permanent home has submitted the winning bid for a former elementary school in Wichita. The 21,000-square-foot Booth Elementary School has been used for storage since students were moved to a nearby school in 2003. The Wichita Eagle reports that a nondenominational Christian church called Hope International Fellowship submitted a winning bid of $83,000 for Booth Elementary during an auction Tuesday. The Wichita school board must approve the sale. Hope International has about 70 to 100 members who’ve been meeting for years in a school gymnasium rented from the Wichita district. Senior…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas has launched a cost-sharing program to help farmers and ranchers increase water supplies for livestock as the state remains in severe drought. The State Conservation Commission voted this week to spend $500,000 from existing funds for water projects, mainly in pastures that have little or no water supplies. The state will provide up to $2,000 per project and up to $4,000 to each landowner. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking applicants to focus on restoring existing ponds, developing wells and springs or completing water storage projects. Officials say applications should be submitted through county conservation…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Attorneys representing Wichita aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft in its bankruptcy proceeding are seeking more than $1 million for work they performed in June. The New York law firm of Kirkland and Ellis LLP filed a monthly statement Tuesday. The firm is seeking payment of 80 percent of the more than $1.75 million it says it ran up in attorney fees, plus a little more than $57,000 in expenses. The firm says 35 lawyers spent 2,444 billable hours on the Hawker Beechcraft case in June, with three partners billing as much as $1,045 per hour. Kirkland and Ellis…
The Badminton World Federation disqualified eight players at the London 2012 Olympics, after they were trying to lose matches to receive a more favourable place in the tournament.
Some are calling it the best moment at the Olympics so far: London Mayor Boris Johnson stuck on a zip wire. Crowds who gathered at a London park to watch the games on live screens were delighted Wednesday when the mayor provided a comic sideshow.
Bruce Weber took over the K-State men’s basketball program in April after Frank Martin left the school for South Carolina. Through the transition, the group of returning Wildcats stayed intact until reserve guard Jeremy Jones left the program last week. Weber joined KMAN’s “The Game” on Tuesday afternoon, and he says Jones missed a number of team workouts in the spring and early summer. Weber says Jones was allowed to return to the team but decided a transfer would be his best option. Weber says they may add a player to fill the scholarship of Jones for the upcoming season,…
K-State senior defensive end Meshak Williams is one of 40 defensive ends nationally named to the watch list for the 2012 Ted Hendricks Award. Williams is one of six from the Big 12 up for the award given to the nation’s best defensive end. Williams racked up 7 sacks and 10 tackles for loss last season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alcides Escobar drove in three runs, Luke Hochevar pitched six solid innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 8-3 Tuesday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Escobar had two hits for his 34th multihit game, raising his average to a team-leading .307. Jarrod Dyson and Alex Gordon had three hits each, and Chris Getz had two hits and drove in two runs. The Royals scored all their runs in the first three innings. Hochevar settled down after giving up three runs over the second and third innings. One run scored on…
CINCINNATI (AP) The Reds strengthened the back end of their bullpen by acquiring closer Jonathan Broxton from Kansas City for a pair of minor leaguers. Manager Dusty Baker said after Tuesday’s trade that Broxton will be a setup man for closer Aroldis Chapman and can finish games when the left-hander isn’t available. In return the Royals get right-handed starter J.C. Sulbaran and lefty reliever Donnie Joseph…the number 9 and 12 prospects in the Reds system according to Baseball America.
Campaign finance and expenditure reports from primary candidates for the State Board of Education District Six seat show Usha Reddi of Manhattan being the most active, with $8,673 in donations, and $6,025.90 in expenditures. Candidate Carol Viar has raised $1,500 dollars and spent $1,046.20. During a forum on KMAN Wednesday morning Reddi explained she doesn’t “want any holes, ” with the 23 counties in the sixth district, which she describes as incredible. Reddi also says State Board of Education isn’t always on people’s radar and she wants them to be aware of the board’s importance. Viar tells KMAN there’s a…