TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka fire officials say a blaze at the city’s public high school caused $400,000 damage. No one was injured in the Tuesday evening fire at Topeka High School. WIBW reports that police say the fire originated in an area of roofing construction and is not considered suspicious. Teachers who were scheduled to report to work Wednesday will meet at a city church. School officials say the fire is unlikely to delay the scheduled opening of school next Wednesday. Topeka High was one of the first million-dollar high schools built west of the Mississippi and is a landmark…
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HOLTON, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old Holton soldier who died in Afghanistan will be laid to rest Saturday in his hometown. Pfc. Cody G. Baker, who died last week, will be buried with full military honors at Holton Cemetery. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Evangel United Methodist Church in Holton. The Pentagon said Baker and 21-year-old Pfc. Gil I. Morales Del Valle, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Aug. 3 when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. They were infantrymen with a battalion from Fort Polk, La. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Baker, a 2010 graduate of…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) The Saline County sheriff says overcrowding at the jail prompted a dozen violent incidents in the jail since June 1. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski told county commissioners Tuesday that the situation has become so bad that he might be forced to house inmates elsewhere. The sheriff says staff and inmates have been injured in the violence, and he’s concerned that the county could end up paying medical bills. The Salina Journal reports that the jail housed 233 last weekend, 41 over capacity. The juvenile facility also is over capacity. Kochanowski says when the jail is that crowded, it’s…
One of the more tragic incidents in his time in Afghanistan–that’s how former Manhattan resident Edward Faircloth describes the weekend crash of a helicopter shot down by a Tailban insurgent, leading to the death of 30 Americans and eight Afghans. Faircloth is serving as the Senior Advisor for the Afghan Ministry of Defense Public Affairs Office with the NATO training mission in Afghanistan. But while he doesn’t want to minimize the tragedy, he notes it’s one of many in that part of the world. Faircloth tells KMAN there are some strong emotions, however He says it won’t change the mission…
This is recently retired NBA superstar Shaquille O’ Neal with his girlfriend Nikki “Hoopz” Alexander. Shaq is 7′ 1″, “Hoopz” of VH1’s “I Love Money” and “Flavor of Love” barely makes it to his elbow. Pretty hilarious, it almost looks photoshopped….
The Princeton Review’s Best 376 colleges for 2012 named Kansas State as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education. In fact K-State ranked 2nd in the nation for campus and community relations, 14th in quality of life and 15th for campus food. In Princeton’s 2012 best colleges region by region Kansas state was ranked as one of the Best of the West . This places Kansas State in the top 25 percent of the nation’s four year colleges. The primary criteria for selecting schools in the Princeton Review is outstanding academics, evaluations of institutional data, campus vistits, and…
The K-State Alumni Association has reported a record breaking 12 percent increase in alumni engagement for the fiscal year. In fact Kansas State has been 1st among the big 12 in percentages of graduate alumni participation for the past 15 years. Assistant Vice President, and Director of Communications Steve Logback says that the continued success of the association can be attributed to new initiatives such as outreach to international, and out of state alumni. However, Logback says the real strength of the organization is the strong ties that lie in the Kansas State family. Alumni who are interested in getting…