Rank – School – Record – Last Week’s Rank 6A 1. WASHBURN RURAL (13-2) (1) 2. Blue Valley North (13-5) (5) 3. Gardner-Edgerton (19-3) (5 in 5A) 4. MANHATTAN (18-6) (2) 5. Olathe East (11-2) (4) Others: Derby (12-8), Olathe Northwest (14-6), Olathe South (10-6), Wichita Heights (8-5) 5A 1. Bishop Miege (16-2) (1) 2. St. Thomas Aquinas (20-4) (2) 3. Newton (22-1) (NR) 4. VALLEY CENTER (17-2) (4) 5. SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (9-2) (NR) Others: Lansing (12-6), Mill Valley (13-6), SEAMAN (17-7) 4A 1. St. James Academy (22-0) (1) 2. Maize South (18-0) (2) 3. McPherson (19-1) (3 in 5A)…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is endorsing the re-election bid of U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo for the state’s 4th Congressional District. Pompeo told reporters Tuesday he is seeking re-election. His announcement comes at a time polls are showing congressional approval ratings at historically low levels. Pompeo took office in January. He said he has done what he told Kansas voters he would do. He said he has worked so the government spends as little money as it possibly can and has worked to beat back government regulation. The Republican congressman says when people talk about liberty, freedom and…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) More than 20 faith, labor and community groups are expected to convene in Wichita this week to mobilize grassroots opposition to an effort to move up the start date for new Kansas voter identification laws. The groups are calling the statewide partnership KanVote and plan to meet Thursday in Wichita. Participants oppose a push by Secretary of State Kris Kobach to require people who are voting for the first time to show proof of citizenship starting in March, rather than in January 2013 as the new law now requires.
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Enrollment at Pittsburg State University this fall has increased by 2 percent. The Kansas Board of Regents said Tuesday that Pittsburg State now has 7,275 students, an increase of 145 from last year. University President Steve Scott said in a statement on the university’s website that the school has also set new records in both credit hour production and full-time equivalency. Pittsburg State University says it had a 6.6 percent increase in new freshmen and 2.1 percent increase in credit hour production.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Members of the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Refueling Wing will conduct a mass casualty exercise to test the unit’s capabilities to respond to multiple scenarios. The event Sunday at Forbes Field south of Topeka will simulate events that could strike the former Air Force base, its personnel or members of the community. It is one of many exercises the 190th conducts each year focusing on things like potential natural disasters, severe weather emergencies and enemy attack. While the unit’s primary mission is to fly KC-135 refueling aircraft, it also conducts a state mission to respond to…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Funding for three new programs at Emporia State University has made it into a Kansas Board of Regents budget proposal. The school says the $31.7 million budget proposal approved last week would include $250,000 for each new program. Two of the programs are undergraduate degrees in eCommerce and sustainability. The third is a graduate degree in something called “nursing informatics,” which is the integration of information technology into nursing. The combined $750,000 the university is seeking for the new programs would be used to pay staff salaries. The Board of Regents will submit its budget proposal to…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas senator Bob Dole will attend the dedication of a bypass in Hutchinson that was named for him in 2004. The Hutchinson News reports that Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, will meet the public Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Cosmosphere. The $42 million bypass was built to funnel heavy truck traffic around Hutchinson and South Hutchinson. Chamber of Commerce president Dave Kerr says the state plans to eventually build 13 miles of highway from the north end of the bypass to a point between Lyons and Sterling. Dole has not been able to attend a dedication…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A Leavenworth man has pleaded guilty to shooting another man to death during an attempted robbery. Twenty-two-year-old Bobby K. Brown pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and other charges in the Feb. 14 death of Stephen Knox-Brune. The Leavenworth Times reports that Brown had been charged with felony murder but the charge was amended as part of a plea agreement. Knox-Brune was shot during a struggle with Brown over a weapon. Prosecutors said the shooting was intentional, while Brown’s attorneys said it was an accident. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 4.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The Lawrence City Commission has added gender identity to the city’s anti-discrimination code. The commission voted Tuesday night to add legal protection for transvestites and others who are transgender. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the change will make it illegal for employers, landlords and most businesses to discriminate against people who don’t identify with the gender of their birth. A deeply divided crowd of about 70 people testified before the vote. Opponents said the vote condones a choice that violates Bible teachings. Supporters say being transgender is a biological disposition, rather than a lifestyle choice. But commissioners…
MINNEAPOLIS — This surely was not the type of birthday blast that Vin Mazzaro appreciated. Mazzaro, on his first relief pitch of the game, gave up a grand slam to Minnesota’s Rene Tosoni on Tuesday night and the Twins defeated the Royals, 7-4, at Target Field. The bases-loaded homer came on Mazzaro’s 25th birthday. No way to celebrate your birthday. “No, definitely not,” Mazzaro said. The Twins could celebrate a small success. The victory kept them from losing for the 100th time this season, something they’d done just once previously in 51 years of their Minnesota existence. The Royals…