A pair of Lee’s Summit West (MO) High School teammates have committed to play football at K-State, according to Rivals.com. Four-star linebacker Nick Ramirez originally gave Missouri his verbal, but decommitted to the Tigers last month. He is the #3 player in the state of Missouri and the #12 inside linebacker nationally according to the Rivals’ rankings. The six foot, one inch, 228-pound Ramirez picked K-State over offers from Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Northwestern and Purdue. Strongside defensive end Jamone Boyd also gave K-State his commitment to play for the Wildcats in the class of 2013. He announced his decision…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina officials and the federal government have reached a financial settlement to cover the cost of cleaning up contaminated groundwater and soil at a former Air Force base. Officials announced Thursday that the federal government will pay 90 percent of an estimated $9.3 million to clean up the industrial solvent TCE at the former Schilling Air Force Base. The city of Salina will pay the remaining 10 percent. KSAL reports the federal share is about $8.4 million and the local share is $936,000. The deal must be approved by the Salina City Commission, the Salina School District,…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Federal regulators have cited the University of Kansas Medical Center for violations in its animal research facilities, one that led to the death of a goat. After an inspection in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the medical center for inadequate veterinary care, improper reporting and improper supervision of experimentation. A medical center spokeswoman says medical center lost an appeal of the citation for the goat’s death but the USDA has not indicated it will conduct further investigations. The USDA says some citations are corrected quickly and do not prompt further investigations. The Kansas City…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The family of a man who died while in custody of Shawnee County authorities is suing several county and Topeka officials and prison employees. The family of 35-year-old Julio Aguirre is suing 30 defendants including the city of Topeka, Police Chief Ron Miller and other officers and health care providers. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Aguirre was mentally unstable throughout his eight days in jail after being arrested in December 2010. The lawsuit alleges the family repeatedly asked that he be sent to a hospital but that request was ignored for days. He was eventually was sent to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka officials say a 2-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a pit bull mix at a relative’s home. The child was attacked Thursday afternoon while she and her mother were visiting the relative. Her name has not been released. Shawnee County Sheriff Lt. Danny Lotridge says the girl died after being taken to a Topeka hospital. Officers did not release information on circumstances surrounding the attack. The dog, a 6-year-old male, was taken away by animal control officers. Its fate was not immediately known.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has chosen Jan. 15 as the date to deliver his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature. The Republican governor will outline his legislative agenda for 2013 one day after lawmakers begin the annual session. Brownback goes into the new year with sizeable GOP majorities in both chambers. Republicans outnumber Democrats 92-33 in the House and 32-8 in the Senate.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report shows that Sumner County was Kansas’ top 2012 winter wheat producer. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that Sumner County growers cut 17.9 million bushels this year. McPherson County was second with 11.3 million bushels, followed by Reno County with 10.8 million bushels. Sumner County, in south-central Kansas, also had the most harvested acres with 375,500 total acres. Reno County was second with 246,000 acres, and McPherson County came in third with 225,600 harvested acres. But the highest yields were in Crawford County. Farmers there averaged 61.6 bushels of wheat per acre, breaking the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate’s new Republican leaders hope to finish making committee assignments early next week. Incoming Senate President Susan Wagle already has named the chairmen and vice chairmen of the chamber’s 13 standing committees. But an all-GOP leadership panel headed by the Wichita Republican has yet to finish its assigned task of filling out each panel. The panel will also appoint Democratic committee members from a list of recommendations from Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka. Wagle will become Senate president when lawmakers convene their 2013 session on Jan. 14, and committee assignments will start on that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Top Republicans in the Kansas Senate are considering a proposal to concentrate the power over committee assignments in the chamber’s president. And the idea has bipartisan support. Incoming Majority Leader Terry Bruce of Hutchinson said Thursday that some fellow Republicans view the Senate’s current method of handling committee assignments as cumbersome. A nine-member, all-GOP panel makes the assignments. The practice is a legacy of Republican infighting decades ago and voters electing Democratic lieutenant governors in the past to preside over a Republican-controlled Senate. Meanwhile, the House gives its speaker control over committee assignments. Bruce and Senate President…
Motorists who frequent K-18 have likely noticed a big change in that area. As of 5:15 p.m. on Thursday evening, eastbound and westbound K-18 from the west city limits of Manhattan to the east city limits of Ogden was OPENED to two lanes of unrestricted traffic in each direction for the upcoming winter season. All traffic alerts noted below have now been completed. Some construction work will continue on K-18 throughout the winter months as weather allows, but the work will take place off the roadway with no impacts to traffic.