OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Labor has ordered the Shawnee Mission School District to stop enforcing its labor contract with teachers after finding the district wrongly imposed a three-year contract that wasn’t negotiated. Television station KMBC reports that the state Labor Department issued the ruling Friday, saying the three-year contract was not a good-faith negotiation and was done to interfere with the teachers’ rights. The teachers union and school district have typically had year-to-year deals. District officials maintained the contract was a good deal, with district spokesman David Smith saying the average wage and benefit increase…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed when his sport utility vehicle ran into the back of a semitrailer on Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. Saturday in Wyandotte County. The man’s been identified as 59-year-old Christopher Deason, who lived in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the SUV rear-ended the disabled semitrailer. The crash shut down a portion of the interstate for a time.
Monday’s program featured a preview of the Manhattan Public Library’s annual book sale happening Feb. 28 through March 1 with PR Coordinator Maddy Ogle and Book Sale Chair Keri Mills. The 16th annual Manhattan Polar Plunge happening March 28, benefiting Special Olympics Kansas, was also previewed by Special Olympics Kansas North Central Region Director Krystin Guggisberg. Linda Underwood of Clay Center also joined us to highlight a community auction and fundraising account for Riley resident Vaughna Gibson, who’s battling breast cancer, two brain aneurysms and cataracts.
Saturday marked the 200th birthday of women’s rights icon Susan B. Anthony, and the Riley County Museum had something special to commemorate it. On display at the museum was a letter written by Anthony to Annie Pillsbury Young, along with a photo that was given to Lillian Beck Holton. Holton’s family owned a newspaper in Holton, KS and she was the grandmother of Ed Seaton. Anthony visited Manhattan several times advocating for womens’ right to vote in the US. During those visits, she became acquainted with Young and received a letter from her. Young gave the letter to the Manhattan…
After an anti-abortion constitutional amendment fell four votes short of passing, area legislators Saturday said the session faces a standstill. Lawmakers such as Manhattan Sen. Tom Hawk (D), Rep. Sydney Carlin (D) and Rep. Tom Phillips (R) as well as Wamego Rep. Ron Highland (R) discussed hot topics and answered audience questions during their regular legislative coffee event, organized by the Manhattan Area chamber of Commerce and held at the Sunset Zoo Nature Exploration Place. Following the amendment’s failure, Senate President Susan Wagle has said they will not take up Medicaid expansion until the amendment is passed and put on…
Through their partnership, the American Red Cross and American Cancer Society are attempting to spread awareness of how donating blood can help cancer patients. American Red Cross Account Manager Kristi Ingalls explains why cancer patients often receive blood donations. Ingalls says she personally knows someone who received a significant amount of blood while receiving treatment. She says there are some local opportunities coming up for people who would like to help. With the flu and other sicknesses keeping some regular donors from being able to give blood, healthy people are encouraged to donate. To register for a blood drive or…
Riley County Health Department is making sure the county and Riley County commission are ready in the event a coronavirus outbreak occurs in the county. Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Andrew Adams says the reason for the presentation was due to the recent coronavirus outbreak that has been in the news. He started by reassuring the commission that the risk of the virus in the county and even the country is still very low. “These processes and protocols are already established. We train and plan over these things. Just because the virus is new, doesn’t mean what we are doing…
The Wamego Whiskey Syndicate hosted Whiskey and War Stories before a packed house at the Columbian Theatre in Wamego last night. The event featured former Green Beret Capt. Mark Nutsch telling the story “Horse Soldiers” an American military unit that was among the first in Afghanistan following the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. Nutsch says the “Horse Soldiers,” which were known for riding horses in combat, were tasked with forming an alliance of local militias to oppose the Taliban. Nutsch also talked about American Freedom Distillery, which is a company known for its Horse Soldier Bourbon that was formed by…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Ascension Via Christi President Bob Copple. We also spoke with ECO-Devo Director Jack Allston.
EMPORIA, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol says several children suffered minor injuries when a school bus rolled onto its side near Emporia. Patrol Lt. Dave Hundley say36 studests, two teachers, a chaperone and the driver were on the bus when it went into a ditch off a slushy Kansas Turnpike Wednesday morning about 14 miles south of Emporia. Seventeen children were taken to a hospital in Newton for treatment. The bus was carrying students from Park Elementary School in Wichita. The Emporia Gazette reports the students were on their way to a Topeka for a field trip.