LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas graduate and his wife are committing $2.5 million to establish an endowed scholarship to help students majoring in education. The dean of the School of Education, Rick Ginsberg, says the gift is the largest in the school’s history. He thanked the donors, who don’t want their names released. He says that once the scholarship program is in place, it will attract the best students. Ginsberg says one goal of the scholarship is to help education students understand and appreciate the larger system in which their work will be a part. This gift will…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Supreme Court says a special commission’s report on the operations of the state’s judicial branch will be released to the public later this month. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss says the high court received the report last week and is reviewing its proposals for making the court system more efficient and effective. The Supreme Court created the 25-member Blue Ribbon Commission one year ago to consider such issues as the number of court offices, their hours of operation, using technology to reduce costs and increasing the court system’s staffing flexibility Nuss says the justices want to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democrats in the Kansas Legislature are rolling out a proposal for funding public schools as the 2012 session gets under way. Details were to be released Tuesday at news conferences in Johnson County and Topeka. Democratic leaders noted in announcing the news conferences that Kansas school districts have faced funding cuts in recent years. House Minority Leader Paul Davis, of Lawrence, has said that some of the surplus revenue the state has collected this year should go toward restoring some of the cuts. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing that the state rewrite the current funding formula…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee is targeting eight incumbent state senators in Republican primaries this year and PAC raised more than $163,000 last year to finance its efforts. The Chamber PAC’s targets include Senate President Steve Morris, of Hugoton. The PAC is expected to file a report Tuesday with the secretary of state’s office detailing its activities for 2011. Jeff Glendening, the chamber’s vice president of political affairs, confirmed details for The Associated Press ahead of the filing. He said the PAC spent about $112,000 last year, including maximum $1,000 contributions for challengers to…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Rodney McGruder scored 20 points to lead No. 23 Kansas State past No. 7 Missouri 75-59 Saturday. Missouri (14-1, 1-1 Big 12) entered the day as one the nation’s four remaining unbeaten teams but never threatened in the final 30 minutes. Marcus Denmon led the Tigers with 17 points while Michael Dixon added 16. Will Spradling had 14 points for the Wildcats, (12-2, 1-1) who led by at least a dozen points the entire second half. K-State held Missouri without a field goal for more than eight minutes in the first half, taking its lead from 16-10…
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) Manhattan High grad Jackie Carmichael hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap a wild finish and give Illinois State a 75-73 victory over Evansville on Saturday. The last minute of the game featured five lead changes before Carmichael’s shot gave the Redbirds (11-4, 3-1 Missouri Valley) the win. Illinois State got baskets from Tyler Brown with 41 seconds left and Nic Moore with 7 seconds remaining, but Evansville (7-7, 2-2) countered with a 3-pointer by Colt Ryan at the 18-second mark and Lewis Jones hit both ends of a one-and-one free-throw situation with 2.8 seconds remaining…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Explosive returner Joe Adams had one last big highlight to help No. 7 Arkansas end a record-tying season in tall Cotton. All-SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson was well short of the record passing performance he had earlier this season at Cowboys Stadium, but did throw two touchdown passes after Adams’ fourth punt return for a TD and the Razorbacks beat No. 11 Kansas State 29-16 in the Cotton Bowl on Friday night. The Razorbacks (11-2) matched a school record with their 11th victory. Their only losses were to No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, their SEC West rivals…
There’s a new Chair heading the Pottawatomie County Board of Commissioners. Newly appointed Commission Chair Gary Yenzer will assume the role formerly held by Stan Hartwich. The move was made official during Monday’s meeting in Westmoreland. While there are a number of projects that will be getting underway in the county in 2012, Yenzer says handling the construction of the new courthouse will be his primary focus as he begins his tenure as chair. In addition to the courthouse, Yenzer says maintaining roads and bridges will be another top priority. Yenzer concluded with his overall mission as commission chair, saying…