TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas legislators are planning to introduce measures during the 2013 session to create oversight of the state’s new KanCare Medicaid system. House Rep. David Crum and Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook are expected to announce their plans Monday during a Statehouse news conference. KanCare is the new federally approved system for Medicaid in Kansas, providing health care services to the poor and disabled. Lawmakers will propose creating an oversight panel to which KanCare officials will report regular progress on the system. Similar panels have been in place in the Legislature to oversee state programs and initiatives. Joining the legislators…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Water Authority is holding a special meeting this week to discuss any possible 2013 legislation. The agency’s agenda for the session Wednesday also includes approval of a water quality study above El Dorado Reservoir. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Kansas Water Office in Topeka.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A former Kansas City area resident now lives in Newtown, Conn., and says the last few days have been especially difficult. Lillian Davis Bittman graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School in 1979. She and her family have lived in Newtown since 1995. Her three children, ages 21, 17 and 13, all formerly attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, where authorities say 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 20 students and six adults before killing himself Friday. Bittman told The Kansas City Star there have been a lot of tears and sleeplessness since the shootings. Bittman was briefly chairman of…
New information has been released regarding an unusual automobile accident that occured early Friday morning. KMAN reported on Friday that Riley County police recieved a report that two people had not arrived to where they were supposed to be. Police conducted a search and found a vehicle in a ditch near Deep Creek Road. Riley County police told reporters on Monday that what happened was that around 2:29 a.m. on Friday, Daniel McDowell (21) of 120 Butterfield Road was driving a blue 2012 Kia Forte south east on Deep Creek Road. The road curved to the right, and McDowell was unable to…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sebastian Janikowski kicked five field goals, Darren McFadden rushed for 110 yards and the Oakland Raiders shut out Kansas City for the second time ever, beating the Chiefs 15-0 on Sunday. The Raiders (4-10) overwhelmed the undermanned Chiefs (2-12) to snap a six-game losing streak. Sandwiched around those losses are a pair of wins over Kansas City, a rare bright spot in this disappointing season in Oakland. There has been little to cheer for this season for the Chiefs, who have lost 10 of 11 games and are tied for the second most losses in franchise…
The Manhattan High wrestling team pushed their dual meet record to 11-3 as they won six of seven matches over the weekend at the Flatwater Fracas in Grand Island, NE. The Tribe went 2-1 in pool play matches on Friday, beating Blair, NE 40-31 and Adams Central, NE 54-15, but they lost to Kearney, NE 42-26. Because MHS finished second in their pool, they couldn’t place in the top eight of the tournament. The Indians though did come in 9th by winning their final four duals against Aurora, NE 42-27, North Platte, NE 46-21, Bellevue East, NE 37-30, and Gretna,…
Update as of Noon Monday: TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of two Topeka police officers has died after an armed standoff with law enforcement at a house in the city. The man is suspected of killing 50-year-old Cpl. David Gogian and 29-year-old Jeff Atherly as they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle Sunday night. Shawnee County officials say in a statement that Kansas Bureau of Investigation officers tried to negotiate with the suspect before firing tear gas into the home. The statement says he emerged from the home carrying a gun…
President Barack Obama is offering the Connecticut town grappling with the aftermath of a deadly school shooting “the love and prayers of a nation.”
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Wichita School District says it will have crisis teams on hand Monday for students who have questions about the shootings in Connecticut. The district says on its website that Superintendent John Allison sent an email to parents Friday saying the district’s crisis teams would be available Monday to support students who have questions or concerns about the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Connecticut authorities say 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six adults at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, before killing himself Friday. Allison also reassured parents in the email that the Wichita…
Despite trailing by 11 points in the second half, the UTEP women’s basketball team rallied past K-State 52-50 on Sunday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The Cats led the Miners 39-28 with 10:12 to play when sophomore guard Haley Texada made a layup. K-State pushed their lead to 10 at 48-38 on a Chantay Caron jumper with 5:27 to go, but UTEP would score 14 of the final 16 points in the game. The Miners’ Anete Steinberga connected a layup with 1:24 to go and was fouled, but would miss the free throw to keep the score 50-48, K-State. UTEP pulled…