TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Transportation Department is naming a highway interchange for a retired state lawmaker who was active in transportation debates. The honoree is former House member Margaret Long, a Democrat from Kansas City. The interchange at Kansas 7 and U.S. 24/40 in Bonner Springs will be named for Long at a ceremony Oct. 13. Long served in the House from 1998 through 2010 and was a member of the Transportation Committee throughout her tenure. During her time on the committee, legislators enacted major transportation programs, in 1999 and 2010. Long was the committee’s ranking Democrat from 2001…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas emergency management officials are urging residents to prepare for an invasion of zombies as part of a national disaster readiness campaign. October is Zombie Preparedness Month, a tongue-in-cheek campaign to get people nationwide to prepare for any type of disaster including attacks by killer zombies. The point is to get people to take an all-hazards approach to preparing themselves for things like tornadoes, floods and terrorist attacks. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management says if people are prepared for zombie attacks, they’re ready for anything. Several Topeka events are scheduled as part of the awareness effort,…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) Four graduates of the Army’s Command and General Staff College are being inducted into the International Officer Hall of Fame at Fort Leavenworth. The graduates will be honored at a ceremony Thursday at the northeast Kansas post. The graduates come from Kenya, Ireland, Moldolva and the Philippines. The Hall of Fame was established in 1973 by the Command and General Staff College, the Kansas City Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars and the Command and General Staff College Foundation. The honor recognizes graduates of the military college who have attained the highest rank…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Readers who prefer e-books from Kansas libraries might be out of luck for a few weeks. A contract dispute between the state library and its provider of e-books is likely to cause public libraries to stop checking out e-books until a new contract is in place. The Wichita Eagle reports the state’s provider of e-books, Overdrive, is proposing a 700 percent price increase over three years. It also wants the state to relinquish ownership of the e-books it bought for statewide use. The state interprets the current contract to mean it owns the e-books, rather than having…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A debate over whether state lawmakers could use campaign funds to buy water coolers for their offices has been settled. During the last session, legislators said tax dollars can’t be used for the water coolers. That meant the only water fountains in the six-floor Statehouse were on the first two floors. But Sen. Dick Kelsey of Goddard decided that he wanted to be able to offer visitors to his office a drink of water. He asked all 165 legislators to pay $65 each to provide the water fountains. He also requested an opinion from the ethics commission…
The Riley County commission formally approved new district lines during a meeting on Monday. The motion to accept the new boundaries passed unanimously amongst the board of commissioners. “It’s important to get those commission districts established because we will have two seats that will be up for election next year,” cou Each district will now have some sort of rural representation. Additionally, the commission districts are not contiguous as they have been in past years.nty clerk Rich Vargo said. To view the new boundaries that will be in place during next year’s August primaries, click here. *** The Riley County Historical Society and Museum…
The Big 12 Conference says school leaders have agreed to equally share first- and second-tier television money if its members agree to give the league their TV rights for at least six years. Interim commisioner Chuck Neinas says the vote should be seen as a positive sign for Missouri, which is reportedly considering whether to stay in the conference or join Texas A in the Southeastern Conference. Neinas says he plans to visit with Missouri officials this week to state the league’s case for staying put, but not before the school’s curators meet Tuesday. The revenue-sharing model had been proposed…
Two K-Staters have been named Big 12 player of the week following K-State’s 36-35 upset victory over #15 Baylor. Linebacker Arthur Brown is the Big 12 defensive player of the week, and is the second straight Wildcat to receive the honor after Tre Walker did so a week ago. Brown became the first player to intercept a pass thrown by Bears’ QB Robert Griffin this season. Brown’s pick set up the Cats’ game winning field goal in the fourth quarter, and he had a sack and a tackle on Baylor’s final drive of the game. He recorded eight tackles in…
The Big 12 Conference announced on Monday there will be a 6:00 pm kickoff for K-State’s game on October 15th at Texas Tech. The contest to be played in Lubbock was selected for television by Fox Sports Net. The 20th ranked Cats will host Missouri this Saturday at 2:30pm at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State announced Monday morning that fewer than 3,500 tickets remain for the game. Powercat Gameday will start on SportsRaKMAN at 10:30am on the west side of the stadium.
The Manhattan community is shocked by the weekend death of a community leader. 77-year old Eleanor Stolzer died Sunday after the vehicle she was traveling in overturned on U.S. 24 in Leavenworth County. Reports show Stolzer was traveling east in her 2009 four-door Mercedes about three-fourths of a mile north of Reno, Kansas. She failed to negotiate a curve in the road, losing control of her vehicle as it struck the guardrail on the right shoulder. Police arrived at the scene shortly after 5 p.m. to find the vehicle overturned. Stolzer, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the…