TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a revised program that gives water right holders more flexibility in managing the way they use their allocations. Changes in the state’s multi-year flex account are aimed at conserving water and extending the life of the Ogallala Aquifer. The new application form is available on the website of the state Division of Water Resources and at its offices. A multi-year flex account lets water right holders pump more water in any year but restricts the total pumping over the five-year period. The program is voluntary.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and top officials in his administration are preparing to reorganize three departments as part of an overhaul of the Medicaid program. Brownback scheduled a Thursday morning news conference to discuss the project. The governor was being joined by Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, who led the team that drafted the Medicaid overhaul plan, and secretaries of the departments of Aging, Health and Environment and Social and Rehabilitation Services. Brownback issued an order in February to reorganize those agencies. The order takes effect in July because lawmakers didn’t attempt to block it. The administration plans…
The name of the victim involved in a fatal skid loader accident Tuesday has been released. Jerry DeFoor, 65, of rural Olsburg died in that accident. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat reports just after 3:45 Tuesday afternoon, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a man trapped under a skid loader. EMS, Fire and Rescue, as well as Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the call in rural Olsburg. DeFoor was found to be trapped between the bucket of a skid loader and the cab. The man was determined to be deceased when found. He was removed from the skid…
The number 13 is considered unlucky, and definitely was for K-State on Wednesday night at Missouri State in a 3-0 loss. The Cats had 8 hits, but stranded 13 runners on base, and struck out the same number of times. The bright spot for K-State offensively was Jared King with a 3 for 4 night. The Bears meanwhile, managed just two hits, but scored three unearned runs thanks to a pair of costly errors. K-State drops to 17-15 overall with the loss, while Missouri State improves to 25-10. The Cats will welcome in #5 Baylor this weekend, who’s 12-0 atop…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Jonathan Broxton hit Jonny Gomes on the first pitch he threw with the bases loaded in the 12th inning, forcing Jemile Weeks home for the winning run in the Oakland Athletics’ 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Moments earlier, Broxton (0-1) plunked new A’s cleanup hitter Yoenis Cespedes on the first pitch to load the bases and the closer received a mound visit from pitching coach Dave Eiland. It marked the third time the A’s won on a game-ending hit by pitch in Oakland history and first since Olmedo Saenz on July 20,…
WACO, Texas (AP) The NCAA has put Baylor on three years of probation after a three-year investigation into hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text messages sent by basketball coaches to prep recruits. The NCAA and school released the details Wednesday, and the violations were considered to be major infractions. The NCAA said men’s coach Scott Drew failed to monitor his program and will be suspended for two Big 12 games next season in addition to recruiting restrictions. Women’s coach Kim Mulkey, whose team won the national championship last week, also received recruiting restrictions. All the penalties were proposed…
KMAN reported earlier Wednesday, April 11, 2012 of a rural Olsburg man who has died from an apparent skid loader accident. More details have become available. “After reviewing the call, it appears that the 65-year-old victim may have been attempting to enter the cab of the skid loader with a raised bucket,” Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat told KMAN. “The bucket came down on the victim and he died from the injuries.” The call was received at 3:47 Tuesday afternoon. The name of the victim still has yet to be released.
Arrests Jason A. Field, 25, 805 Allison Ave., Apartment No. 9, for domestic battery. Released on $500 bond. Jordan Scott Henderson, 18, 320 Highland Point Dr., for unlawful possession of hallucinogens, possession of drug paraphernalia, and unlawful possession of illegal substances. Released on $2,000 bond. Benson Joe Neal Jackson, 18, 514 Kearney St., for victim intimidation and domestic battery. Confined on $2,000 bond. Nickolaus Wayne Anderson, 23, Abilene, Kan., for failure to appear. Released on $1,000 bond. Nicholas Brandon Andreasen, 24, Fort Riley, Kan., for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. Confined on $500 bond. Ryan Matthew Savener, 31,…