TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate’s leading advocate of starting a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teachers and government workers says he’ll push fellow senators to endorse the idea. Sen. Jeff King, an Independence Republican, says he’ll offer such a proposal during Thursday’s debate on legislation designed to bolster the long-term financial health of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System. The pension system projects an $8.3 billion gap between its anticipated revenues and the benefits promised to public employees through 2033. The bill before the Senate would require new hires to join a plan that’s not a traditional one guaranteeing…
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Sunset Zoo will unveil its new entryway and education facility early next month. The Nature Exploration Center, will be open to the public on Sunday, June 3. The Zoo will open at Noon with a formal ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony; guests will be invited to use the new ticket booth following the ceremonies. Zoo ambassadors will be stationed throughout the 15,500 square foot facility to answer questions as guests explore. Family-friendly activities will be featured throughout the Zoo from 12:30 – 4:30pm. Community members are also invited to an exclusive first look at the Nature Exploration Center during Friends of…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal magistrate has found a Wichita restaurant in contempt for failing to pay workers more than $223,000 in back pay and damages. U.S. District Judge Karen Humphreys had given the China Star and its owners until Monday to pay the money awarded in a 2008 consent judgment or submit a payment plan. Defense attorney Joseph Cassell told the judge this week his clients were unable to pay the judgment or start a payment plan that would be acceptable to the court. The U.S. Labor Department announced the contempt order Wednesday. The agency says its investigation found…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback will be in attendance Friday for the annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on the Statehouse grounds. Brownback and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are both scheduled to speak, and the names of all Kansas law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty will be read. The name of Atchison police Sgt. David Enzbrenner will be added to the 266 others on the monument. Enzbrenner was killed Dec. 9 while helping code enforcement officers serving a nuisance order. He was the only Kansas officer killed on duty last year.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A northeastern Kansas community college has issued a campus alert after an employee found a man with a camera inside a women’s restroom. Johnson County Community College in Overland Park issued the alert Wednesday and released a surveillance photo of a man considered a person of interest. The Kansas City Star reports the man was described as white, in his mid-20s, about 6 feet tall and 150 to 165 pounds. He has short black hair and was wearing glasses and a white shirt.
Manhattan claims a new record as it welcomes one of the first non-profit restaurant in the nation. “Local” will be located at the current home of “Ingredient” and will donate 100% of its profits to different non-profit organizations in Manhattan. Owner, Dave Dreiling, mentions this is not the only unique aspect of the restaurant. “Local” will also feature locally grown food from area farmers. And a two acre farm less than a half mile from the restaurant will have fresh fruits and vegetables incorporated into the menu. “Local” will benefit a different local non-profit organization every month and will open May…
By Peter Wallner MLIVE.com (Original Story) COMSTOCK PARK, MI. – It was another comeback in a list of comebacks that West Michigan Whitecaps’ Jason King hopes is over. King, a fourth-round selection of the Tigers last year, made his season debut for the Whitecaps on Wednesday. The third baseman, the Tigers’ fourth-round pick in 2011, made his season debut Wednesday in the Whitecaps’ 8-4 win against Fort Wayne after a nearly year-long recovery from a torn ACL and meniscus that cut short his first professional season in Connecticut. King made the most of it, going 1-for-4 batting cleanup. He doubled…
Arrests Shawn Ryan Matheis, 26, 6222 Sparrow Ln., Apartment 64, for probation violation. Bond set at $500. Bradley Caleb Lewis, 24, Wathena, Kan., for probation violation. Bond set at $1,500. James Albert Adams, 27, Riley, Kan., for probation violation. Bond set at $25,000. Dalton James Amaro, 21, 4613 Freeman Rd., for criminal damage to property. Bond set at $500.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby has been offered the Big 12 commissioner job to replace the ousted Dan Beebe, a person with knowledge of the search said Wednesday night. The person confirmed that Bowlsby had received the offer after ESPN first reported the news, but didn’t know whether he planned to accept the job. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the offer weren’t made public. Bowlsby called an all-staff meeting for Thursday morning, according to an email to the athletic department staff. A copy was sent to The Associated Press. Bowlsby is a…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the second straight season, Kansas State’s Petra Niedermayerova will continue her season, as she was selected on Wednesday afternoon as one of the 64 singles players that will compete in the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships in Athens, Ga., May 23-28 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Niedermayerova is the second player in school history to make consecutive appearances in the national singles championship, joining Alena Jecminkova who was a three-time participant from 2000-02. Niedermayerova was one of seven players from the Big 12 to be selected into this year’s field. “I’m really excited for Petra and for K-State…