TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss says furloughs for judicial branch employees will begin April 13. Nuss said Wednesday that furloughs would take place every other Friday after that in order to close a shortfall in court operating funds. Legislators failed to appropriate additional money last week after an agreement between the House and Senate on a proposed $14.1 billion state budget unraveled. Lawmakers began their annual spring last week without passing a spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. They won’t reconvene until April 25. The spending plan also covered a $1.4 million…
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A researcher who investigates hate groups for the Southern Poverty Law Center will be the featured speaker at a June civil rights symposium in Kansas. Michelle Bramblett is information manager for the group’s Intelligence Project. Bramblett is expected to talk about the center’s work tracking and exposing the activities of hate groups. Bramblett will be among several speakers June 8 at the daylong event sponsored by the U.S. attorney’s office on federal civil rights enforcement in Kansas. Other topics will include human trafficking, civil rights for returning veterans and the rights guaranteed under the Americans With…
CONCORDIA, Kan. (AP) A north-central Kansas community college plans to lower three wind turbines that have been deemed too tall by the Federal Aviation Administration so the school doesn’t lose about $1 million in federal grants. The Salina Journal reports Cloud County Community College officials have decided to pay for the roughly $150,000 project rather than lose the grants. The windmills are 110 feet tall and sit on a hill south of campus. A year ago the FAA told the college the windmills are in Blosser Municipal Airport’s airspace but were not considered a hazard. But sometime later the turbines…
Arrests Deanna Rai Johnson, 23, 717 Kearney St., for aggravated battery, battery, criminal damage to property, possession of drug paraphernalia, and unlawful possession of marijuana. Confined on $3,500 bond. Kenneth Paul Farrington, 47, 2013 Beck St., for failure to appeal. Confined on $3,000 bond. Clifton Mears Rosin, 22, 6030 Tuttle Terr., Apartment No. 4, for extradition of an imprisoned person. Confined on no bond. Christopher Demetri Starkes, 23, 610 N. 5th St., for failure to appear. Confined on $250 bond. Fredrick Darrell Swinson, 24, 1415 Flint Hills Place, Apartment No. 1102, for probation violation. Released on $1,000 bond. Cesar Riccardo…
Wamego City Commissioners heard more advisory board updates at Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page introduced Wamego Hospital Association’s Chairman of the Board, Lanny Bosse, who said Wamego City Hospital continues to do well and grow. He said the management team of the Hospital is nationally recognized, and former Administrator and current Mercy Regional Health Center Administrator John Broberg still oversees Wamego’s operation. According to Bosse, some of the 2011 highlights include the renovation of the area around the Emergency Room to add privacy; renovating a recently vacated Doctor’s office to add space for visiting specialists and funded Chemotherapy equipment…
Looking to avoid a season sweep, K-State managed just four hits in a 6-0 loss to Nebraska on Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The Huskers won both previous meetings in Lincoln, and scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning aided by an errors. They put the game away with a 3-run seventh. On a planned bullpen night for both teams, Nebraska’s Tyler King picks up his first win in four innings of work, giving up just one hit on 49 pitches. K-State’s Jared Moore dropped to 2-2, as he gave up an earned run on three hit in 2 2/3 innings.…
DENVER (AP) Brittney Griner came up big for Baylor, scoring 26 points and grabbing 13 rebounds to help the Lady Bears finish off an undefeated season with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame in the national championship game Tuesday night. Baylor became the first team in NCAA history to win 40 games. Even more important to the Lady Bears, the team cut down the nets for the first time since 2005. For the Fighting Irish (35-4), a second straight trip to the title game ended in heartbreak. They lost 76-70 to Texas A&M last season. Odyssey Sims chipped in…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Former Texas women’s basketball assistant Karen Aston is taking over the Longhorns with a mission to rebuild one of the nation’s premier programs back into a championship contender. Aston, the head coach at North Texas last season, was introduced at a campus news conference in Austin on Tuesday. She emerged last week as the top candidate after a short search to replace Gail Goestenkors, who resigned March 20 after the Longhorns failed to advance past the first round of the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year. Aston was a Texas assistant from 1998-2006 where she…
SAN DIEGO (AP) Clayton Richard pitched six shutout innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night. Chase Headley and Jesus Guzman hit back-to-back homers off Kansas City left-hander Jonathan Sanchez with two out in the third inning. Richard allowed just three singles while striking out five and walking none. Brayan Pena homered for Kansas City in the seventh inning. Sanchez allowed two runs and four hits in three innings. Richard had allowed 14 earned runs in 14 innings over his four previous spring starts.
A pair of area athletes who led their teams to conference titles will take the floor in the Kansas Basketball Coaches’ Association all-star games this summer. Manhattan High swept thru the Centennial League with an undefeated 13-0 mark, and MJ Massanet was the Tribe’s leading scorer and rebounder. She’ll play for the white squad in the KBCA all-star game. Future K-State Wildcat Kelly Thomson of Riley County will play for the blue squad after a stellar high school career. Thomson led the Falcons to back-to-back Mid-East League titles, and three state tournament berths over four years. The KBCA all-star games are…