LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas is presenting a special exhibit honoring the late Democratic Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota. McGovern, who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1972, died Sunday at the age of 90. Dole, the former Republican senator from Kansas, worked with McGovern to create an international food for education and child nutrition program, for which they shared the 2008 World Food Prize. He issued a statement Sunday praising McGovern as a “humble, compassionate and caring man.” The Dole Institute exhibit traces McGovern’s life growing up during…
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HOXIE, Kan. (AP) A public hearing takes place next month on a proposal to limit water withdrawals in part of northwestern Kansas. The Hays Daily News reports the Division of Water Resources is moving ahead with a local enhanced management plan. The plan seeks to limit irrigation in a 99-square-mile area of Sheridan and Thomas counties that’s considered a high-priority water use area because of declining water levels in the Ogallala aquifer. The plan calls for a five-year program limiting irrigation to 11 acre-inches of water per year. Water use for livestock would be limited to 12 gallons of water…
A vehicle was pulled out of the Big Blue River in East Manhattan Wednesday morning. Involved in the effort were the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department, U-S Army Corps of Engineers, and the Marysville search and rescue dive team. The 2002 GMC truck was recovered from the west side of the river near the channel. Valued at over $10,000 dollars, the truck was stolen from Cheney Construction during May of 2011. KMAN was at the scene and spoke to Detective Gerald Schmidt, who said the suspects are known and are currently confined in Junction City on unrelated charges. Upon investigation, Schmidt said it…
Manhattan was one of many stops for American Legion National Commander James Koutz Tuesday. Koutz had lunch with the local post and made comments about the number of issues pertaining to the more than 225-thousand military veterans living in Kansas. Commander of local Post 17 Harold Randa saysone issue of concern of the military is veterans who will soon be returning home, especially those who are wounded. CommanderKoutz commented to KMAN a main concern that has been brought up has been the backlog of claims in the VA. Koutz and his staff began their journey across Kansas on Monday and will be concluding on Thursday…
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With just two weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama began a cross-country rush to hold onto office in tough economic times with a new booklet outlining his second-term agenda and a closing argument that the choice comes down to trust. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/1_A_lIb3tBQ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) A former cross-country truck driver has been found guilty for the second time in the 2000 kidnapping and rape of a Kansas teenager. A Franklin County jury on Monday convicted Ralph E. Corey, 53, of five charges for kidnapping a 16-year-old Ottawa girl as she left work. She was driven to several locations in Ottawa and sexually assaulted. After Corey was found guilty of the same charges in July, a juror admitted accessing information about the case from a smartphone during the trial. That violated the judge’s instruction, leading to a mistrial. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the case…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The ranks of Republican and unaffiliated voters are surging in Kansas, while the number of Democrats has plummeted since 2008. The Kansas secretary of state’s office says there are now 439,639 registered Democrats, a drop of more than 45,000 since the 2008 election. Democrats make up just over 25 percent of the state’s registered voters. Republican registrations increased by over 11,000 to 782,161 people. That’s nearly 45 percent of the state’s voter totals. Unaffiliated registrations reached 508,204, an increase of more than 25,000 since 2008. Unaffiliated voters now make up 29 percent of the state’s voters. The…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gas Services’ request to increase rates by $32 million a year would include about $8 million in executive bonuses. The gas company says the bonuses allow it to hire the executives whose expertise in running the company is good for shareholders and ratepayers. But a consumer watch group is arguing that the bonuses encourage executives to concentrate on profits, rather than efficiency and customer service. The Kansas Corporation Commission is scheduled to take technical testimony on the rate increase starting Nov. 7 in Topeka. The Wichita Eagle reports the commission staff is recommending that the company…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A managed health care company is moving 300 workers from offices in Kansas City, Mo., a few miles across the state line to Overland Park, Kan. KSHB-TV reports Coventry Health Care of Kansas Inc. plans to make the move next April. Coventry’s Kansas City offices are located in the southern part of the city, about a block from the Kansas border. Coventry Health Care of Kansas provides health benefit products and services to individuals in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. It’s a subsidiary of Maryland-based Coventry Health Care Inc., and also has offices in Wichita.