LAWRENCE, Kan. — The embattled president of Haskell Indian Nations University has been fired following an internal investigation into complaints that he violated the free speech rights of faculty and students. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Ronald Graham was dismissed Friday after the Bureau of Indian Education sent a team to the Lawrence campus last month to do an administrative review. Graham began his presidency in May 2020. Graham said in a statement he would never intentionally violate the First Amendment rights of students and faculty.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas will follow new federal guidance that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer need to wear masks or socially distance, with some exceptions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the new guidelines Thursday. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the state will adopt the policy, effective immediately. The CDC said fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks in outdoors in crowds and indoors, except in crowded settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters. Kelly announced Wednesday the state will offer the Pfizer vaccine to children 12 and older, after the CDC approved…
WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas prosecutor says no criminal charges will be filed against a Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a woman who refused to pull over during a high-speed chase that began over a wrong license plate on a vehicle. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett on Thursday released his final report concluding that the deputy is immune from prosecution in the December 2019 death of 51-year-old Debra Lee Arbuckle. Bennett determined the deputy fired his weapon to stop what he perceived to be a threat of bodily injury to himself and his fellow deputies. An attorney…
ULYSSES, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a 13-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting another teen in southwestern Kansas last month. The KBI says in a news release that the Grant County Sheriff’s Office arrested the boy Thursday afternoon on suspicion of second-degree murder, criminal possession of a firearm and possession of stolen property in the April 28 fatal shooting of 14-year-old Christopher Garcia. Investigators say Garcia was shot at a Ulysses park and taken to a Wichita hospital, where he died four days later. The 13-year-old arrested is being held at the Southwest…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with President & CEO Bob Copple , Rita Zeller, Emily Schrader and Emily Walker from Ascension Via Christi. We were also joined by Dr. Thomas Lane – K-State VP for Student Life discussing mental health initiatives.
Kansas State University graduations get started Friday morning at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, with total of eight ceremonies taking place there–not counting Manhattan High’s use of the stadium for their graduation that night. Friday’s schedule has the graduate school ceremony at nine, the College of Veterinary Medicine at four and Manhattan High’s commencement tonight at 7:30. Saturday’s schedule is the same, with the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education and College of Health and Human Sciences holding their ceremonies. On Sunday, the College of Agriculture’s graduation is at eight, the College of Business Administration’s ceremony is at one…
Kansas will follow new federal guidance that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer need to wear masks or socially distance, with some exceptions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the new guidelines Thursday. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the state will adopt the policy, effective immediately. The CDC said fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks in outdoors in crowds and indoors, except in crowded settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters. Kelly announced Wednesday the state will offer the Pfizer vaccine to children 12 and older, after the CDC approved the change.
Major Jeremy Walker, acting director of primary care services at Irwin Army Community Hospital with Fort Riley discussed plans to provide COVID vaccines in a clinical setting. Mike Houck, a wildlife biologist with the Fort Riley Environmental Division spoke about outdoor recreation opportunities at Fort Riley. Manhattan Housing Authority guests including Executive Director Aaron Estabrook, Board Vice Chair Livie Olson and Assistant Housing Manager Alyssa Boley discussed why and how MHA came into existence.
Downtown Manhattan is bringing back Third Thursdays. Gina Scroggs, Executive Director of Downtown Manhattan Incorporated, says after a year without the event, they are excited to begin the Third Thursday season on May 20. Scroggs says the event is a a great way to explore downtown Manhattan and in a family friendly manner. “We’ll have art projects and local businesses will be engaged on the sidewalks,” Scroggs adds. “We will have the ever-popular ‘cake walk’ that Bourbon and Baker hosts in front of their business. So a lot of fun things to see and do.” Scroggs adds that not only…
After a difficult year for everyone, the Manhattan Juneteenth celebration seems even more important than ever. Sonya Baker, Chair of the planning committee, says this year’s event will kick off on Thursday, June 17 with a presentation from Phil Dixon. Dixon is a co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City and is the author of nine books. The presentation from Dixon will be at the Frederick Douglass Recreation Complex beginning at 6:30PM. Friday night festivities will include a night of jazz music and arts in the park. Baker tells KMAN that local saxophonist, JahVelle Rhone, will open…