The Kansas Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore announced Thursday the federally funded Low Income Energy Assistance Program, administered by DCF, will provide a supplemental benefit to help with summer utility bills to those already participating in the program. The payments are made to the participants’ utility providers, not to beneficiaries. Secretary Gilmore says this supplemental payment will help beneficiaries pay their bills, to keep them safe and comfortable during periods of temperature extremes.” The Low Income Energy Assistance Program provides an annual payment to help qualifying households pay winter heating bills. Individuals with disabilities, elderly persons, and…
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With an important referendum coming up for the Riley County Commission, help from outside sources may be needed when getting their message out to public. Deanna Hall, Owner of Manhattan Advertising Agency, presented an idea during Thursday’s meeting that her business could help with this process. “It would free up your staff to do the jobs that they already have to do, ” Hall says. “It provides you with that consistent message that one person can put out and it is a professional one that has been worked on to be appropriate for what you are trying to do and…
K-State women’s basketball will take on nine teams that made last year’s postseason coming up in 2012-13. The Cats released their schedule today that includes non conference trips to Wichita State, UC Santa Barbara, Tennessee State and Charlotte. K-State will head to Las Vegas for the World Vision Invitational, which includes Notre Dame, who played in the last two national title games, Texas A&M, the 2011 national champs and a former Big 12 member, plus traditional power Old Dominion. K-State begins Big 12 play on Wednesday, January 2nd at Allen Field House against the Kansas Jayhawks. TCU and West Virginia…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Sporting Kansas City won the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night, outlasting Seattle in a penalty shootout to derail the Sounders’ bid to become the first team to win four straight titles. Kansas City won the shootout 3-2 after the teams finished overtime tied 1-1. Sporting converted three of five attempts, while the Sounders missed their last three. Eddie Johnson’s shot over the bar on Seattle’s last attempt sealed Kansas City first Cup title since the then-Wizards won it in 2004. Kei Kamara opened the scoring for Kansas City on a penalty kick in the…
Hurricane-force winds hit parts of Kansas on Wednesday. Winds reached 79 miles per hour in Shawnee County, blowing trucks off a highway.
Country singer Randy Travis is charged with driving while intoxicated and threatening law officers. Texas officials say he crashed his Pontiac Trans Am and was found naked and combative at the scene Tuesday night.
New Mexico’s Angel Fire Resort had a surprise visitor at its lodge this week when a bear found its way inside through a back door that was left open. Surveillance video captured the animal wandering through the lobby and some of the corridors.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The nation’s chief agricultural negotiator plans to meet with Kansas producers to talk about trade issues. Isi Siddiqui is a presidential appointee in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. He planned several stops in Kansas on Thursday to discuss efforts to bring down trade barriers and increase U.S. farm exports. In Johnson County, Siddiqui is to tour Bayer Animal Health Co. and Kansas State University’s research lab. He also plans to tour the Cargill Innovation Center in Wichita and host a roundtable meeting with the Wichita Agribusiness Council.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has granted an extension for motions in the case of a Kansas man facing child pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia on Wednesday extended the deadline for pre-trial motions in the case of Michael D. Arnett of Roeland Park. The motions, previously required Aug. 6, are due Oct. 9. Arnett faces federal charges of making, possessing and distributing child pornography. A lawyer for Arnett says he’s pleaded not guilty. Investigators have said Arnett’s computer files also contained online chats about his desire to abduct, kill and eat children and had a photo…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature are hoping Republicans disillusioned with the results of their party’s primaries will back Democrats in November. House Minority Leader Paul Davis and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley said Wednesday the general election gives voters one more chance to decide how far Gov. Sam Brownback can advance his conservative agenda. Eight moderate GOP incumbents were ousted from the state Senate Tuesday by conservative challengers. Hensley says an unprecedented amount of outside money was spent on the GOP primaries. But he and Davis say despite being the minority party in Kansas, Democrats offer…