TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A task force appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents says the state needs to start planning its first dental college. The task force also said in a report to the regents on Thursday that the state needs to place more students in out-of-state dental colleges. The regents appointed the task force last October to study insufficient dental care across the state, where 93 of 105 counties do not have enough dentists to serve their residents. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the task force said the state should send more Kansas students to dental schools in Missouri,…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Board of Regents has made it easier for college students to transfer credits among the state’s colleges. The Regents on Thursday approved 17 general education courses that will transfer among the state’s 32 public institutions of higher education. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that, depending on the credit hours taken and awarded, students may be able to transfer up to 59 credit hours between universities, community colleges and technical colleges. The courses approved for transfer include basic courses in government, history, English, science, psychology, economics, geography and public speaking. Regents Chairman Ed McKechnie says barriers to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State health officials have lifted toxic blue-green algae advisories at some lakes but the problem persists at other lakes. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Thursday lifted health advisories at Milford Lake, Marion Reservoir and Winfield City Lake. The state continues its advisory at Old Herington City Lake in Dickinson County, Cedar Bluff Reservoir in Trego County and Lovewell Reservoir in Jewell County. Lakes under a warning are Logan City Lake in Phillips County and Veterans Lake in Great Bend. An advisory means direct contact with the water is discouraged for people, pets and livestock.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A jury took less than two hours to convict a 27-year-old Kansas man of raping and molesting a 5-year-old girl. Joshua M. Walker was convicted Thursday in Douglas County of one count of child rape and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. He faces 20 years to life in prison on each count. He was living in Spring Hill when he was arrested in July 2011 The Lawrence Journal-World reports the girl, from Eudora, first accused Walker of abuse in 2010 but recanted. The allegations resurfaced in 2011 and Walker was arrested. A hearing will be held…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita doctor is seeking to quash or modify the subpoena filed by an abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter after learning of the doctor’s plans to offer abortions. The dispute comes in the civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against anti-abortion activist Angel Dillard, of Valley Center, under a federal law protecting access to reproductive services. Dr. Mila Means argued Thursday the subpoena seeking documents for her deposition next week are overly broad and burdensome. She also contends the subpoenaed information about her efforts to obtain funding or a facility to provide abortions…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Procedures are being revised at a public swimming pool in Topeka after a cloud of chlorine sent eight swimmers to hospitals. All were treated and released. WIBW-TV reports the incident happened at Blaisdell Pool in Gage Park while the Topeka Swimming Association was holding practice Thursday morning. Fifteen-year-old John Schmidt says he saw what looked like a volcano swirling toward him from jets under the water. A bubble of chlorine hit him in the face, making it impossible to breathe, before the chemical created a haze above the surface. An official says overnight storms shut off power…
Country Stampede began on Thursday, June 21 with acts such as The Farm and Luke Bryan. There are a number of people who work round the clock to make sure people stay safe while enjoying the Stampede experience. “We’ve had a few MIPs and we certanly have staff out looking for underaged drinkers,” said Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat. Riley County has also taken in there share of the Stampede action they continue to paroll their portion of the campground. “A portion of the campground is in Riley County as well and we have officers down there working pretty much the…
Jurors found Luis Aguirre guilty of capital murder in Riley County district court on Friday afternoon. Aguirre is on trial for the murders of his 18 year-old-girlfriend Tanya Maldonado, and their 13-month old son Juan in September of 2009. During closing arguments Assistant Riley County Prosecutor Barry Disney told the jury that finding a verdict was simply an exercise in following the law and weighing the credible evidence. Disney said there was only one verdict that would serve justice and that was to find Aguirre guilty of capital murder. Defense attorneys argued the state did not reach their burden of…
Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis made a stop in Manhattan to talk about some issues that have been strong in the legislature. One topic that Davis was pleased to announce was that within the Kansas State budget, funding for the arts has been reinstated. “I think that really is an acknowledgement that a mistake was made and I am pleased that we’ve reinstated that funding,” said Davis. Davis also brought up the issue of redistricting and how because of that the Kansas House of Representatives will have a lot of new people either due to retirements or the fact…
The June Board of Regents Meeting has concluded and with it comes news of a potential increase of tuition for students over the next few years. Kansas State University’s President Kirk Schulz brought back the news saying that the Board of Regents approved the request to increase tuition next year by five and a half percent. “Why we don’t really want tuition fees to go up, simply the exalating costs of health care and utilites and other things like that we really were left with no choice but to do those increases each year,” said Schulz. Another topic that was important to…